Interview: Penguin Eggs
"Kitty Macfarlane is no ordinary singer/songwriter. From a village in the West Country of England, she comes onstage at the Sidmouth Folk...
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Review: Ingénu/e magazine
"Veering slightly off the mainstream, this is an album ahead of its time, a ground-breaking, remarkable album" Ingénu/e magazine
Feature: Somerset Life
"There's a new sound from Somerset. It has an unaffected, clear female voice, in the folk idiom but in no way rustic. The voice is
Live Review: Ruskin Mill
"Kitty Macfarlane, a Somerset singer/ songwriter presented her debut album, ‘Namer Of Clouds,’ to a large and near reverential audience
Live Review: Sage Gateshead
"As a storyteller she is a charm, captivating her audience as she performs"
Review: Penguin Eggs
"Her writing is startlingly poetic and deeply evocative of her subject matter due to her talent for vivid and descriptive imagery...
FATEA Female Artist Of The Year
Kitty Macfarlane wins Female Artist of the Year 2018 More info here
Review: Songlines
"An arresting and absorbing debut" Tim Cumming
Nomination: fRoots Album of the Year
Kitty Macfarlane's Namer Of Clouds is nominated for Album Of The Year in the fRoots Magazine Critics Poll
Review: RnR Magazine
★★★★
"A shrewd and discerning talent"
Interview: Portsmouth News
"The stunning album wears its intelligence and research lightly - wrapped in beguiling poetic lyrics and Kitty's easy way with a melody"
Live Review: Line Of Best Fit
The songs themselves are delicate, beautiful things, as crystal clear in their delivery as they are on record...
Review: Shire Folk
"Imbued and infused with poetic lyricism" Kevin T Ward
Interview: Folk Radio
"At the heart of the album is Macfarlane’s passion for exploring the natural world around her, a world that she finds “endlessly...
Review: Artree
"One of the best folk records I’ve heard in a long time comes in the shape of ‘Namer of Clouds’ from Kitty Macfarlane"
Review: For Folk's Sake
"It’s no exaggeration to describe the sensation of listening to Namer of Clouds as akin to walking through a small but lovingly crafted
Interview: Elsewhere Journal
"This is an album of haunting, lyrical music that asks the listener to consider her place in the world, the beauty to be found there and...
Review: Laurel Canyon
"The faultless ‘Namer Of Clouds’ certainly does have the wow! factor. Super vocals, songwriting, musicianship and arrangements. Poetic,
Mike Harding Folk Show
"She has made a beautiful song out of a wonderful poem - there are some wonderful tracks on this album"
Review: The Observer
"Macfarlane’s vocal style is easy, tuneful and “in the tradition”, as the saying goes, but what sets her work apart is her affinity wit
BBC 6 Music: Iggy Pop
"Smooth and believable"
BBC Radio 4 Pick Of the Week
Wrecking Days chosen by Lindsey Chapman on BBC Radio 4's Pick Of The Week. Listen here
Review: Financial Times
★★★★ These songs, says Kitty Macfarlane, are “loosely bound by our clumsy ties with the land”. In her case, the land is Somerset: the...
Review: Countryfile Magazine
"Singer-songwriter Kitty Macfarlane's debut album is a captivating celebration of the natural world and the landscapes of her Somer
The Guardian's Best Folk Albums 2018
Namer Of Clouds one of the Guardian's Best Folk Albums of 2018.
Review: The Metro
"Kitty's voice is pure and clean, with a slightly earthy quality, an unforced vibrato and faint echoes of Joni Mitchell and Vashti Bunyan"
Review: The Morning Star
★★★★ "Titled after Luke Howard, who in 1802 gave clouds their names, this collection of songs delights with the poetry of its lyrics....
Review: Mojo
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Recommendation: The Guardian
"Kitty Macfarlane’s Namer Of Clouds, a gently experimental collection of ballads and folk-inspired originals from a remarkably accompli
Review: fRoots
"Kitty expresses her intense empathy with the natural environment, which we need to treat with respect.... Namer Of Clouds is an impres
Review: Folk Radio
"An astonishingly accomplished debut album - full of old wisdom and bubbling over with new ideas. A singular songwriting talent... Macf
BBC Radio 2 - Mark Radcliffe
"Stunningly beautiful - what a production, what a sound"
Arts Preview: The Guardian
"Her remarkably accomplished debut album, Namer of Clouds, beguiles with its poetry and tenderness, and her eye for detail, vivid imagi
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