Chris Foster

Chris Foster is a master of his trade and was at the forefront of the folk revival in the 1970s when he was highly regarded as a cutting edge, serious interpreter of traditional song. He made two fine albums for Topic Records, gigged extensively and then diversified during the ’80s, working as a community artist using a mix of performance and visual media. His 2018 album Hadelin was nominated for a BBC Folk Award, was produced by Jim Moray and featured among others, Jackie Oates and John Kirkpatrick. Over the past 40 plus years Chris has performed and recorded throughout the UK, Europe, Canada and the USA. He now lives in Iceland with his wife Bára Grímsdóttir, where he performs both solo and in their duo Funi.
‘One of the very best in the second wave of the Brit folk revival, as important as Martin Carthy, Dick Gaughan and Nic Jones in the way he modernised and invested traditional songs with inventive guitar arrangements and potent vocal delivery.’ Colin Irwin, FRoots