Description

Rupert Wates was born in London, UK, and has been based in the US since 2007. He signed a publishing deal with Eaton Music (London) in 1994 and has been a full time songwriter ever since.

He has won over 50 songwriting and performing awards. In 2018 he performed as a Finalist in the Kerrville New Folk Song Contest, and an Emerging Artist at Falconridge Folk Festival. He was voted ?Artist Of The Year? by the Listening Room Network in both 2013 and 2016. More than 25 of his songs have been covered by other artists, including two full length tribute albums to his material recorded by independent artists in Nashville and Los Angeles.

He has released 10 solo albums, tracks from which have been played on radio
worldwide. He averages 120 live shows a year, in every state in the US, in Canada and in Europe.

The Critics say:

PURE CLASS (http://musicriot.co.uk/album/lamentations-rupert-wates/)
TIMELESS (https://www.planetcountry.it/rupert-wates-lamentations/)
FLAWLESS (https://www.facebook.com/spiritofprogressiverock/)
AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE (John Barlass, At The Barrier)
?BRILLIANT MUSICIANSHIP? (Bob Leslie, Celtic Music Radio
www.celticmusicradio.net)
?An incomparable, timeless folk gem? (Cis Van Looy, Written In Music)
?Terrific hooks, deep lyrics, awesome voice and nearly astonishing fingerpicking chops ? the real deal? (Monterey County Weekly CA)
Lyrically, these songs combine the economy of a Woody Guthrie ballad with the intricacies of contemporary singer-songwriter Richard Thompson(Jim Abbott, Orlando Sentinel, May 21, 2013)
This is one gifted s.o.b...If you're not hip to this guy you're missing a lot
(F.A.M.E)

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?Her articulate picking, with suggestions of folk and jazz, frames intelligently written songs and is the backbone to her music.? Guitarist Magazine

?One of the most satisfying and spellbinding singer-songwriter collections I?ve encountered in some time.? RnR Magazine ?????

?Imaginative imagery supported by compelling music that summons up the best of early 70s folk, fluently delivered here with its own contemporary power. This is a fine collection of memorable songs by an outstanding writer and musician.? Record Collector

?A timeless English folk album, perfect for the still calm of a Sunday morning.? Shindig!

?Katie Spencer sits gracefully in a vocal nook between Sandy Denny, Linda Thompson and, to conjure
a name we hear less often these days, Bridget St John.? Prog Magazine

?This is beautifully written and played music, with the quiet consistency and confidence in its performers of some of Laura Marling?s best work. The Edge of the Land is an album that doesn?t feel the need to over-embellish its sound; it has the spontaneity that live performance captures combined with arrangements that are unfussy but interesting and quietly adventurous.? Folk Radio

?This is another admirably clear-sighted and wholly absorbing album from Katie, where the warmth of lyrical and musical ebb-and-flow go hand-in-tide.? ? Folk London

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Description

9 Nether Edge Road,

Sheffield,

South Yorkshire,

England,

S7 1RU.