To experience his live show is to take in not only a master of delivery at work, but to be invited into an intimate and brightly lit space where you are constantly surprised by the subtle detail in his work, painted in earthen tones, but revealing great contrasts. It’s nakedness yet striking completeness have you transfixed from the moment he opens his mouth – “a soul-deep session of primal therapy”, as Mike Butler of “Dyverse Music” described it.
It has been called “soul” and “folk”, for want of better terms, but “spirit music indeed”, as the aforementioned journalist described it, perhaps hits nearer the mark. But whatever one calls it, hearing Kreg Viesselman sing is an intense experience. He deals with humanity in its basic and most instinctive forms, in a style that belies a deep human intelligence and wry wit. His is a narrative voice, at once both brutal and touching, which deserves its place in the canon of great American songwriters.
‘Enchanting simplicity…I really believe him when he sings’ – Acoustic Magazine
Steve ‘Blabbermouth’ Folk lives on a canal boat with his wife and cat, while traveling is a huge inspiration to him. A great deal of his songs are about places that he has visited around the world.
He considers himself as a “folk survivalist”; He’s certain he will never be rich and knows that the music industry will more than likely frustrate him until the day he dies BUT he knows he’s doing exactly what he want to do in my life and that’s the thing, for him, at least.
Steve has 3 albums out and is currently writing a 4th, in the past he has supported some major folk artists including Seth Lakeman and Show of Hands. He has had lots of radio play on the BBC and other stations and has played many folk festivals.
‘A collection of beautifully crafted vignettes of life’, AMERICANA UK
