The London Folk & Roots Festival Presents Maz O'Connor + Adam Holmes

One of British Folk's rising stars, Maz O'Connor is a gifted singer with a rare talent for fusing traditional and contemporary folk sounds. Performing a mixture of traditional folk songs and her own compositions, Maz accompanies her uniquely pure voice with guitar, piano, shruti box and harmonium.

In 2013, a year after leaving university, she was nominated for the BBC Folk Awards Horizon Award and selected for a creative fellowship with the English Folk Dance and Song Society at London’s Cecil Sharp House, funded by the BBC Performing Arts Fund.


One of the brightest rising stars on the Scottish music scene, 23 year old singer/songwriter Adam Holmes crafts lyrics that resonate like old folk songs, set to melodies rooted in haunting slow airs. John Martyn's strum and sting, laced with a slice of Paolo Nutini soul and a touch of traditional folk.

Mixing trad, folk and Americana, Adam has been steadily building a reputation as an aspiring young musician - finalist in BBC2 Horizon Awards and nominated for Up and Coming Artist of the Year at the 2013 Scottish Trad Music Awards.