SOPHIE CRAWFORD & BITY BOOKER 

Sharing a stage together

SOPHIE CRAWFORD

Sophie Crawford is a London folk musician with her own unique charm.

Her debut album ‘Silver Pin’ was released in 2018 and was Mainly Norfolk’s 2018 album of the year.
She is currently undertaking the Arts Council Funded ‘Meemaw Project’ exploring the links between sign language and step dancing.
In 2021 she received a grant from the Alan Surtees Trust to carry out archival research in queer narratives in traditional music.
She is about to commence a masters in Queer History and Ethnomusicology at Goldsmiths.
She is interested in women’s history, queer history, traditional music, dance, drag and the way all of these things intersect.

BITY BOOKER

A folk singer and songwriter based in London. Her songs are mostly voice and classical guitar with a few whimsical touches such as bells, musical saw, and sparrow sounds, but the effect is mystical, mainly due to Bity’s precise, hypnotic finger-picking style and elastic voice.

Bity grew up in the Italian countryside in a house with many animals including ‘Dodo’ the crow, ‘Freddy’ the fox, and ‘Willy’ the hedgehog. This strong connection with nature has had a peculiar influence in her songwriting.

Her music brings subtle strains of the 1960s psychedelic magic and genuine and original storytelling. Be prepared to delve deep into Bity Booker’s musical world and listen to fantastic stories, each song a character with a timeless personality and melody.