Claire Vine is a folk singer and songwriter based in Machynlleth, Cymru/Wales. Her solo project fearlessly explores urgent themes of land rights, oppression, climate change and inequality, in timeless songs that sound like they've always existed. Using subtle electronics to layer her voice into a haunting choir, she creates a space for her listeners to collectively feel the grief expressed in her music, offering a moment of shared catharsis. She is also a skilled song-interpreter, delivering classics from the traditional/folk revival canon with a new and profound humanity.
"Such a rich and resonant voice... I'm very very grateful to make claire vine's accquaintance." - BBC Introducing
Claire's debut solo album "We Carve Our Path" will be out on 13th March and is available to preorder now on Bandcamp
Claire Vine will release her debut solo album We Carve Our Path on 13 March 2026 on Bristol-based community label Cuculi Records, who also released her debut EP Tunnel in 2020. With a thread of unequivocal political urgency running throughout, this evocative collection features five original songs and five highly inventive interpretations of songs drawn from the traditional canon and the repertoire of folk legends Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl.
Artwork by Ruby Scott-Geddes
Claire Vine - Let No Man Steal Your Thyme
Let No Man Steal Your Thyme is the second single from Claire's new album, released on 20th January. Arranged by Claire and Henry Edmonds, featured on double bass, it is their dark and broody reimagining of this classic traditional folk song.
Video by Luke Spurgeon, with support of funding from the EFDSS.
Live dates
Album launch tour
5 March - The Folklore Rooms Brighton
8 March - The Wight Bear Southbourne-on-Sea
13 March - Sploj Machynlleth
14 March - Manorbier House Manorbier
19 March - The Greenbank Bristol
25 March - Paradise Gardens Caerdydd/Cardiff
Other gigs
9 May - FOCUS Wales Wrecsam/Wrexham
31 May - Fire in the Mountain Festival Nr Aberystwyth
Get In Touch
Contact me for gigs, videos, and album inquiries.
