The Fatea Showcase Sessions are designed to provide greater exposure to artists that have impressed the Fatea team. Some are already signed, others are carving a solo trail, releasing songs on their own labels, all are dedicated to their music

Fatea Showcase Sessions are exclusively available for a three month period after which they will never be available again. The Fatea Showcase Sessions are zip files containing high quality, 256kbs, drm free, mp3s.

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Showcase Session - Listen - Spring 23

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"Whilst the songs on The Fatea Showcase Sessions come to you, the listener, at no charge, they are not free. The writers/performers have put money, time and effort into creating the songs on this compilation for your enjoyment. We hope that you take the time to visit the websites of the artists included here and consider purchasing their music. Fatea hopes that this compilation gives you a taste for folk and roots orientated music and that you will seek out the works of the artists included in this compilation and in the wider music community."

"Listen" is dedicated to all acts from solo artists, through duos to bands. Each act has their own style and we hope you'll appreciate each of their efforts. The Fatea Showcase Sessions are designed so not all of the acts come from the same genre. "Listen" is available from August 1st to October 31st
Click Here or Right Click, Save Target As to download
"The Fatea Showcase Session:Listen" is a zip file. There may be a delay before download starts on some systems
Download includes sleeve pack.
Details of previous Fatea Showcase Sessions can be found Here

Please encourage your friends to collect their free copy of "Listen". If you could put a link to The Fatea Showcase Sessions on your website or Facebook etc, that would be fantastic. We want as many people as possible to hear each session. If you do pass on a copy to your friends, please pass on the full folder with sleeve pack.

Kirsty is a singer from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, who has a love of traditional folk songs collected in her native county. Kirsty has performed at local festivals and been a guest at the Whitby Folk Week.

ifnotnow began last year when Lena started playing guitar and singing again after rediscovering her teenage love for Emmylou Harris' music. Winton brought the mics, years of band experience and together they've now released their debut self titled EP.

The Marsh Family shot to worldwide fame after uploading pandemic parody songs that went viral in 2020 with their unique mix of humour, heart, and hope. The family of six, from Kent in the UK, are versatile, earthy, and independent.

Chiara Berardelli grew up in the Highlands of Scotland on a diet of classical piano and Radio 1's Sunday Night Top 40. Her songs are an affecting coming together of her piano-led love of harmony and her unapologetically honest lyrics.

Page of Swords is the latest project from Reading and Oxford's Ian Mitchell (formally of Little Red and Master of None). Over the course of the pandemic, Ian went back to his folk roots and crafted a set of quiet, intimate and haunting songs.

Since the release of their first recordings during the lockdown period in 2020, the singing of Pedair captured the imagination and hearts of audiences, and their sweeping harmonies, their skilled handling of tradition and the intimacy of the songs became a source of hope.

Maddie Morris is an artist who strives to make a difference in the world. Bold, insightful and refreshingly unique, she takes traditional song in new directions to shine a light on contemporary issues. Passionately political, yet gently understated.

Liverpool born 'Anglo-Celt', grew up in Wales, studied at Paul McCartney's LIPA and is now resident in the Scottish Highlands. Singer - songwriter, instrumentalist and music producer, Hushman (AKA Ewan MacPherson) is a well respected figure on the UK folk scene.

Su-a Lee is one of Scotland's most versatile, adventurous and charismatic cellists - she's worked with icons Eric Clapton and Peter Erskine (Weather Report). She works extensively in the UK classical and folk music scenes.

Music for your graveside" Sparse steel strung and tenor guitars create a rich but harsh and bitter sound. The dark, fragile musical style of South East London folk/Americana duo The Gillies reflect on life, love, loss and the moments that confirm our existence.

Barney Kenny is quickly carving out a name for himself as a solo artist . Armed with a 6 string and a Lapsteel slide guitar, Kenny's music doesn't fall into the normal trappings of 'folk'. Influenced by world music, blues and rock, he blends storytelling and acoustic music.

Scottish fiddle player and composer Catriona Price is half of the contemporary duo Twelfth Day, a member of the folk band Fara, and co-artistic director of the boundary-pushing string ensemble Thirteen North. Her debut solo album Hert has just been released.

Ian & Grace Murray make up the Scottish duo Mist & Wing, they make music that welcomes you in.  Think indie folk with hints of country: "If you mixed Angus & Julia Stone with The Jayhawks and The Chicks, this is what you'd get."

Freda Leask is a singer/songwriter from the Shetland Islands. Her work varies from folk songs inspired by the Shetland environment, history and dialect, to compositions with a more rootsy, americana style, drawing influence from authentic country, folk and gospel.

Sarah Jane Rimmer has a love for the story in songs, holding the listener's ear with tales of light and shadow in human relationships. The Parrot Club, featured on the BBC Introducing Mixtape, is the title track from her debut solo EP.

Serious Sam Barrett is a hard touring, folk and country singer from Yorkshire. Playing honest, heartfelt self penned and traditional songs on 12 string guitar and banjo playing Appalachian folk, and southern blues, yet sound emphatically English.

"Listen" is dedicated to all acts from solo artists, through duos to bands. Each act has their own style and we hope you'll appreciate each of their efforts. The Fatea Showcase Sessions are designed so not all of the acts come from the same genre. "Listen" is available from August 1st to October 31st.
Click Here or Right Click, Save Target As to download
"The Fatea Showcase Session:Listen" is a zip file. There may be a delay before download starts on some systems
Download includes sleeve pack.
Details of previous Fatea Showcase Sessions can be found Here

Please encourage your friends to collect their free copy of "Listen". If you could put a link to The Fatea Showcase Sessions on your website or Facebook etc, that would be fantastic. We want as many people as possible to hear each session. If you do pass on a copy to your friends, please pass on the full folder with sleeve pack.