Billie Marten

Artist To Watch/Best New Bands honoree Billie Marten's debut album Writing Of Blues And Yellows has been one of my most constant comforts this year.

Every teenage balladeer hacking away at a guitar or piano imagines their songs unfolding into the kind of gorgeous sonic panoramas found on Billie Marten's…

Excellent British teen folk darling Billie Marten seemingly couldn't make a song that wasn't beautiful if she tried. Her debut full-length effort, Writing Of Blues…

We've been gobsmacked by everything Billie Marten has released so far, and "Lionhearted" lives up to her standard of excellence. The teenage British folk singer…

Young folk musician Billie Marten is slowly but surely carving out a space for herself in an already-crowded field. Her string of singles over the…

Sixteen-year-old Yorkshire folk-rock balladeer Billie Marten makes exceptionally gauzy, sweeping songs. Her latest offering was the gorgeous "Milk & Honey." It has one of the…

With delicate, expansive ballads like "Bird" and "Heavy Weather," 16-year-old Yorkshire folk-rocker Billie Marten proved last year that she's talented beyond measure and wise beyond…

Every year, the BBC assembles a crew of tastemakers who attempt to figure out which artists will have big years. They pick 15 artists for…

Billie Marten is 16-year-old folk prodigy from England. I fell hard for her early enormous track "Heavy Weather" and have been following closely since. "Hope…

Earlier this year, we premiered Billie Marten's splendid and precise folk storm "Heavy Weather." Marten is just 15, so her ability to craft a song…

Forget what you know about 15-year-olds. "Heavy Weather" sounds like Billie Marten is holding a seance with Emily Brontë. It seems impossible that a teenager…