Artist Info: Sam Carter

Sam Carter is a British guitarist, singer and songwriter, originally from the English Midlands but more recently based in Sheffield. He has released a series of albums of mainly original material which fall loosely into the folk/roots category. Carter is the winner of the "Horizon" award for best newcomer at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2010. He is one-half of False Lights.

He studied guitar with Martin Simpson and, early in his career, supported artists including Rachel Unthank & The Winterset [read more...]