ALICE presents the award-winning folk sensation Sam Lee for the first time in Denmark. His warm baritone weaves a clear thread to predecessors like Bert Jansch, Pentangle and Nick Drake, and his musical interest in birdsong connects tradition with a contemporary eco-conscious approach. Live, Sam Lee is known for creating magical moments with double bass, violin, and piano. Experience an engaging musician who revitalizes the British folk scene and raises his voice in the fight for climate justice.

Sam Lee plays a unique role in the British music scene. He’s an acclaimed, award-winning inventive singer, a folksong collector, conservationist and founder/director of The Nest Collective who’ve helped shake up the music scene and injected life back into the folk trad and world acoustic scenes.

His 1st release, ‘Ground Of Its Own’ in 2012, was short-listed for a Mercury Music Prize. Sam’s 2015 album ‘The Fade In Time’ broke further ground with ‘Lovely Molly’ winning a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Traditional Track. He also won Artist of the Year at the 2016 Songlines Magazine Awards.

“Folk tradition brought brilliantly up to date … Lee sings with a quality of understatement that nevertheless conjures intense emotional presence … Lee is an exquisite vocalist.” (The Telegraph)

“‘Old Wow’ sets folk music to work in service of the struggle to slow climate change” (Financial Times)

“A dazzling fusion of nature and song … Lee’s rich baritone voice carries the imprint of folk past  … It’s a daring piece of chamber folk” (The Observer)