Karine Polwart

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Karine Polwart (born 1971) is a Scottish singer-songwriter. She writes and performs music with a strong folk and roots feel, and her songs cover a wide area, from alcoholism to genocide.

Despite winning the Horizon Award for Best Newcomer at the BBC Folk Awards 2005, Karine Polwart is no newcomer to the folk world, having previously been a member of Malinky and Battlefield Band. Her solo career is new, and it is for this that she has been particularly recognised. Her songs cover a variety of topics, and although she has claimed at live performances that they are all quite depressing, many have an uplifting aspect. This is particularly notable in “The Sun’s Comin’ Over The Hill” (which won Best Original Song at the BBC Folk Awards 2005) which tells the story of woman who reacts to the death of her partner through a period of depression, drink and drugs, but has a more optimistic chorus, with the narrator foreseeing an end to this period. There are exceptions to this: “Waterlily” — the tale of a man whose wife is killed during the war in Yugoslavia — offers no such comfort. “Only One Way”, on the other hand, is an upbeat song with a strong political theme and some biting humour.

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1	Maybe There's A Road	70
2	Harder to Walk These Days Than Run full track	57
3	Faultlines full track	56
4	Resolution Road full track	53
5	The Sun's Comin' Over the Hill full track	52
6	The Light on the Shore full track	48
7	Four Strong Walls full track	47
8	Waterlily full track	46
9	Only One Way full track	43
9	What Are You Waiting For? full track	43
11	Daisy	26
12	Sorry	25
13	Azalea Flower full track	21
13	Skater of the Surface full track	21
15	I'm Gonna Do it All	20

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Hayzi22 wrote:
55 minutes ago

Karine Polwart is my favorite.

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theflyinglampie wrote:
October 2009

It's been a few years since I last worked with Karine. Way back in the tron Theatre in Glasgow. This needs to be changed :)

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SyntheticDiz wrote:
October 2009

Beautiful stuff.

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Lovecelticmusic wrote:
September 2009

What a Gem!

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FutureGods wrote:
September 2009

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Lovecelticmusic wrote:
August 2009

Please come to Illinois

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sabret00the wrote:
April 2009

The last thing I got from Karine was 'Scribbled In Chalk' to find out that she's had two releases slip under my radar, I feel disgraceful.

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magilune wrote:
March 2009

her lyrics are really sincere which is not what you can say easily of every song you hear

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hobopop wrote:
July 2008

i'll say you do!

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Yygdrasill wrote:
July 2008

Heard a song on Mike Harding's radio 2 show last week which sounded pretty cool,need to listen to more.

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balzadelia wrote:
June 2008

just discoverd her on a cd called THAT'S PROPER FOLK ,shes mighty

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Purplepig1 wrote:
March 2008

Wow. That's all. (:

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abbyemery wrote:
April 2007

i met her last year at the village pump festival. very lovely and very talented lady.

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antinomy wrote:
November 2006

Excellent gig last night in Cheltenham. Strongly recommend you see her live if you get the chance! Great performer and a very strong band.

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thebrightspark wrote:
November 2006

I saw play (and spoke to her) in Leeds last night. Ever so awesome. :D

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Shiverlady wrote:
August 2006

She is wonderful, I quite concur. :)

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Xavierism wrote:
June 2006

WOW! What an amazing voice! I've never heard of her until Last.FM. Thanks!

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hijamiefans wrote:
April 2006

This lady is going to be big soon - mark my words.

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