Anna Ling is a Devon-based singer, composer and producer making DIY alt-folk from her yurt by the River Dart.

Her debut album Light, called “mesmerising” by BBC Introducing, has featured on BBC Radio 2’s The Folk Show, BBC Radio 3’s Night Tracks (twice), and chosen as Folk Radio’s Album of the Week.

Light includes collaborations with boci, Briony Greenhill, Misha Mullov-Abbado (Cosmo Sheldrake, Sam Lee), and Isis Wolf-Light (Hedera, Opa Rosa).

Anna’s recent tour was a sell-out success, with shows at Cambridge Junction, Green Note (London), Ciromedia (Bristol), and Plymouth Barbican Theatre. She has also performed at Cambridge Folk Festival, WOMAD, Medicine Festival, and Fire in the Mountains.

She has received the Help Musicians Next Level Award and the Arts Council DYCP Award.

Press Quotes

• “Anna pushes the edges of contemporary folk.” — Fatea

• “Captivatingly visceral and descriptive.” — York Calling

• “This album, Light, is the most original and unique collection of songs I have heard for a long long time.” — Get Ready To Rock