Steve Turner, (UK) traditional and contemporary folk singer with concertina accompaniment, plus tunes on mandolin and tenor banjo.
Steve Turner is known as a pioneer of highly sophisticated English concertina song accompaniments, stretching the boundaries of traditional forms, with one of the best voices in the business. He is a multi-instrumentalist, who also plays mandolin and tenor banjo.
Steve began his career on the Manchester, UK folk scene at the end of the ‘60s, with the Geordie band “Canny Fettle”, touring with them for 8 years and making 2 albums with them.
In 1979 he won the UK Melody Maker’s national “Stars of the 80s” competition, which persuaded him to turn professional, and for the next 12 years he toured solo, nationally and internationally, releasing 4 albums with Fellside Records during this period (Out Stack, Jigging One Now, Eclogue and Braiding).
After 13 years away from the folk scene he made a welcome return in 2004 performing in folk clubs and festivals, and in 2008 produced his 5th album, the highly acclaimed “Whirligig of Time” which featured UK luminaries Martin Carthy, Nancy Kerr and Miranda Sykes.
Since then he has released a further 5 albums, Rim of the Wheel , Spirit of the Game, Late Cut, Curious Times with his current 10th album A Host of Furious Fancies” released in January 2026.
He has also been interviewed in leading articles in the UK folk magazines fRoots and Living Tradition and RnR, and he continues to perform at folk festivals and folk clubs across the UK and abroad.
