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Sam Brookes is an alternative folk artist whose distinctive voice frequently draws comparisons with Jeff Buckley and Bon Iver and has landed him features and collaborations with artists as diverse as Lucy Rose and Basement Jaxx. His 2011 eponymous debut Samuel Brookes saw him named as Sunday Times ‘Breaking Act’ and his independently released follow-up, Kairos, was picked as one of the best albums of 2014 by The Independent. Considerable streaming success and support slots for the likes of Willy Mason, Scott Matthews and Joan Armatrading have earned Sam a dedicated following. His album Black Feathers was released in October 2020 on Go Slowly Records. It was produced by grammy nominated producer Dom Monks (Big Thief, Laura Marling, Nick Cave). The title track was recently used in Sky’s biggest original Series ‘The Day of the Jackal’, starring Eddie Redmayne.