1. Karine Polwart writes and performs music with a strong folk and roots feel, her songs dealing with a variety of issues from alcoholism to genocide.
18 Facts About Karine Polwart
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Karine Polwart has been most recognised for her solo career, winning three awards at the BBC Folk Awards in 2005, and was previously a member of Malinky and Battlefield Band.
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Karine Polwart collaborated with The Fruit Tree Foundation on its debut album, First Edition.
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Karine Polwart was born and grew up in the small Stirlingshire town of Banknock and had an interest in music from an early age.
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Karine Polwart has described her whole family as being interested in music and one of her brothers, Steven, is a professional musician who plays guitar in the Karine Polwart band, whilst her sister Kerry is developing her own musical career with the group The Poems.
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Karine Polwart initially gained prominence as lead singer of the group Malinky.
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Karine Polwart has made guitar tablature available for several of her songs through her website, including notes on tuning and style.
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Karine Polwart supported The Beautiful South on their tour and she guested with David Knopfler at The Globe Theatre for a charity benefit for Reprieve.
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At the 2006, Hogmanay Live celebrations on BBC Scotland, Karine Polwart played several of her songs and dueted with Paolo Nutini.
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Karine Polwart took time off from live performance during 2007 as she was pregnant with her first child.
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In March 2009, Karine Polwart took part in the Darwin Song Project, a multi-artist songwriting retreat organised by the Shrewsbury Folk Festival to create songs that had a 'resonance and relevance' to Darwin.
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Karine Polwart's website announced in February 2010 that she intends to take a year's "maternity leave" but will perform with the Burns Unit in the summer.
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Karine Polwart recorded an EP with Lau which was released through her website in July 2010.
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Karine Polwart released her fifth studio album, Traces, in August 2012, to a strongly positive critical response.
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Karine Polwart describes the heron as her favourite animal and her song "Follow the Heron", which she has recorded both solo and with Malinky, has been much covered by artists including The McCalmans, Robert Lawrence and Cathie Ryan.
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The CD booklet for Karine Polwart's Scribbled in Chalk includes a heron hidden in one of Sarah Roberts' illustrations.
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Karine Polwart is a supporter of Scottish independence, and campaigned on behalf of the Scottish Green Party in the 2014 referendum.
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Karine Polwart appeared, alongside other commentators, in the 2014 documentary film Scotland Yet, due to her involvement with the Bus Party 2014.