Biography

Heralded by The Recorder Magazine as a “folk recorder pioneer”, Finn Collinson has rapidly been gaining a reputation as one of the foremost exponents of his instrument on the English folk scene, performing at major folk clubs, venues and festivals including The Sidmouth Folk Festival, Broadstairs Folk Week and FolkEast, and being shortlisted for the BBC Young Folk Award in 2018. His critically-acclaimed solo debut Call To Mind, released in 2019, was described by FATEA as “a work of true quality”.

Finn’s performances feature instrumental tunes and songs, both self-composed and traditional in origin, all tied together with fascinating stories of his instruments and music. Drawing on material dating back to the 17th Century and earlier, Finn’s music is a real meeting point of old and new, and often relates back to his East Anglian roots. As The Living Tradition observes, “the kinship between music and place is strongly present throughout much of Finn’s music”. Touring primarily with The Finn Collinson Band, but also entirely solo, he continues to develop new music in the contemporary folk style, alongside collaborators for 2022 Emma Beach, Evan Carson and Archie Churchill-Moss.