Natalie Wildgoose

“Beautiful, absolutely beautiful.” Jericho Keys (BBC Introducing)
“Dreamy Vocals” Tom Robinson, BBC Radio 6Music

Recalling the spectral crackles of Molly Drake, or the heart-wrenching intimacies of Josephine Foster, Natalie Wildgoose’s ghostly take on folk tradition carries the powerful, rarefied qualities of an unearthed archive recording, so much so that you can almost blow the the dust from it.

Writing and recording on various pianos across the Yorkshire Dales using her grandfather's old reel-to-reel tape recorder, Natalie’s work seeks to uncover the past; to reconnect with and capture the environments of the places and people that hold her.

Written last winter, new single ‘Come Into The Garden’ lights the fires that will ward off these dark winter days. The first teaser from a forthcoming collection due next spring, it’s a track that entreats a rediscovery of nature, a key theme across her work.

Discussing more on the track, Natalie says: “The final song on the EP. This is also the oldest song on the EP, written in the late winter of 2023, and it’s the one that I feel sets the mood for the whole collection. It is a song that calls people to go outside and spend time in nature. This is the stitch that will run through my writing for a long time to come.”

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Following on from last year’s debut EP ‘First Birdsongs’, which brought Natalie radio attention from BBC Radio 1, BBC 6Music (Introducing Mixtape), BBC Introducing and NTS, she has also performed with Tall Heights and Fiction Records’ Lily Lyons, as well as featuring at a showcase event for acclaimed independent fashion maker Rabbit Baby, alongside The Last Dinner Party and Aga Ujma.

Nominated for last year’s Green Man Rising Competition, Natalie has also played at Wilderness, How The Light Gets In, Roundhouse Rising festivals, performing at The Royal Albert Hall, The Royal Academy of Arts, and at Abbey Road Studios for BBC Introducing Live. She also performs as part of folk-duo Wanderland.