Essy Sparrow is a Cornwall-based singer-songwriter whose gossip-filled, nostalgic indie folk has won over BBC Introducing, festival crowds and a devoted online following.
Essy Sparrow is a multi-disciplinary artist and songwriter making gossip-filled, nostalgic indie folk from her coastal studio in Cornwall. Sharp-humoured, brutally honest and warmly melodic, she spins small-town gossip and bittersweet storytelling into songs you can't help but sing along to. Her 2024 debut EP Still Upset About It Actually, produced by Jemima Coulter of Hailaker, went viral on TikTok, with the track "Artists Dreamers" finding a huge audience and earning her the affectionate nickname the "scrappy little songwriter".
On stage she has built a growing reputation across the UK, supporting Tors and Semler, joining Lily Lyons to open for The Staves, and selling out a 200-capacity London headline at St Mary with All Souls. Chosen from nearly 700 acts as the first-ever winner of BBC Introducing's Boardmasters Breaking competition, she opened the festival's main stage, and has also appeared at The Great Escape. Down-to-earth, funny and quietly fearless, she's living proof that brilliant songwriting doesn't have to come from the city.
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