Talis Kimberley SAM MIL HoF

Talis Kimberley was nurtured in the filk community. She's a words-first songwriter, prolific & wide-ranging in her styles. Her songs include shanties & singalongs, ballads & story-cycles, searing contemporary chronicles, & patter songs about things you really wouldn't expect anyone to write songs about.

Talis juggles language & melody with equal deftness. She's inspired by the English rural tradition, folklore & storytelling, interfaith & the land, and also (as you'd expect from a filker), literature & contemporary media, handicrafts & history.

Onstage, Talis is an energetic performer who connects warmly with her listeners, & she performs with Ovation guitar, bouzouki, & English concertina. At home & in sessions or for morris dancing she's also a fiddler.

Talis has sung at folk clubs & festivals, house concerts, protests, & literary festivals throughout the UK & around the US, & in Canada & Germany. She's recently left her beloved Wiltshire with its chalk horses & stone circles, in transit towards Scotland.

You can find out more about her at her website, www.talis.net.