Sam Brookes

Folklore Sessions presents Sam Brookes at The Folklore Rooms on 24 September 2026 at 6:30 pm, with support.

Following the release of the album Black Feathers, the title track was used in Sky's original series The Day of the Jackal, starring Eddie Redmayne. The music was supervised by Emmy-nominated Catherine Greeves (Baby Reindeer, Killing Eve). Black Feathers, released in 2020, was produced by Grammy-nominated producer Dom Monks (Big Thief, Laura Marling, Nick Cave). Brookes was accompanied by musicians including Ethan Johns, Neil Cowley, Nick Pini, Daisy Palmer, Sam Sweeney and Rob Pemberton.

Sam Brookes moves between the lower and upper registers of his four-octave range. His voice, lyrics and melodies have established him as a figure in the alt-folk scene as an artist and collaborator. Inspired by the British and American folk revivalists of the 1960s, a sixteen-year-old Brookes began to write and perform while training as a gilder in his late father's workshop.