Holly Ebony

Known for agile, evocative vocals, poetic lyricism and enchanting, heartfelt live presence, contemporary folk singer-songwriter, Holly Ebony’s sound is heathery sweet & peaty raw as the Dartmoor landscape she hails from.

Remembering Scottish folklore and Mòd singing ancestors; steeped in the broad vinyl collection of her childhood and raised on fireside harmonising; Holly’s education has been experiential and there’s a natural, unaffected ease to her musicality. Likened to Sandy Denny, Joan Armatrading, Joni Mitchell, Tracy Chapman and Natalie Merchant but with a quality all her own, Holly is an insightful, passionate storyteller. Funded by Help Musicians, Holly’s 2023 debut album, ‘Born For These Times’ received warm accolades and the resulting upsurge of audience enthusiasm led to her sharing a stage with inspirational artists – Jesca Hoop, Lady Nade, Daisy Chute, Hollie Rogers and Nessi Gomes.

A lover of the outdoors, Holly’s an environmental campaigner, nature connection advocate and community song facilitator, championing inclusive access to music. Rooted in Dartmoor adventures latest single ‘Follow Your Feet’, is a joyfully defiant folk anthem inspired by Right to Roam: A movement upholding and promoting land access rights in England. 2024 saw Holly awarded the Phoenix Archive Commission; heritage project responding to a rare, salvaged archive of home video tracking one family through a turbulent period 1935 -1958. Holly’s pared-back resulting sophomore album melding cello, guitar, textural percussion and soaring vocal harmonies; ‘Fragments Remain’ is due for release in 2025. Produced by Ben Green, it explores themes of family, memory, dementia, shifting baseline syndrome, objectification and colonialism, culminating in a wryly nostalgic, wood-grained, cinematic dreamscape.