Described in The Living Tradition as ‘captivating, bold and striking’, Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne is at the forefront of his generation of English folk musicians as both a powerful and commanding singer and a masterful player of the Anglo concertina and melodeon. He burst onto the folk scene more than a decade ago while still in his teens with the much-loved trio Granny’s Attic and since those early beginnings, he has performed at countless festivals and concert venues across the UK and overseas, both as a soloist and with Granny’s Attic. Alongside this Cohen has also collaborated with artists such as Reg Meuross, Angeline Morrison, Stick in the Wheel, Jim Moray and The Demon Barbers.

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Cohen has received two BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominations, one in the Young Folk Awards category with Granny’s Attic in 2014 and one in Horizon Award category as a soloist in 2018. He made his solo debut album, Outway Songster in 2017 with the follow up Rakes & Misfits coming in 2021. Both albums received extensive radio play (including BBC radios 2, 3, 4 and 6, along with numerous local radio stations) and positive press, with fRoots describing Outway Songster as ‘the best debut album by a young British performer […] for many a day’ and Living Tradition describing Rakes & Misfits as ‘triumphant’.

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‘Brilliant’

The Guardian

 

‘Fantastic concertina player’

Petroc Trelawny, Radio 3

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‘A passion for traditional songs that evokes Tony Rose and Peter Bellamy’

Mojo

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Cohen will also be on stage with Reg Meuross and Suntou Susso peforming Reg's powerful song cycle Stolen From God focusing on the transatlantic slave trade – uncovering its’ hidden history from a South West England perspective.