Kevin Dempsey and Dave Swarbrick – Cropredy 1999

Kevin Dempsey and Dave Swarbrick performing at the Cropredy festival in 1999.

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Kevin Dempsey is a master performer on the guitar, an arranger, a singer and a top quality live entertainer.

He is one of the most sought-after musicians on the UK folk scene and beyond, and has played and recorded with many of the most famous names in acoustic and folk music: Dave Swarbrick, Joe Broughton, Chris Leslie, Peter Knight, Dando Shaft, Uiscedwr, Whippersnapper, and Mary Black.

Whether in an intimate acoustic environment, or a large festival stage where he fills the air with spellbinding music, Kevin puts his audience at ease and takes them on a varied and wonderful musical journey.
An Evening With Dando Shaft – Dando Shaft (1970)
Dando Shaft – Dando Shaft (1971)
Lantaloon – Dando Shaft (1972)
Promises – Whippersnapper (1985)
Tsubo – Whippersnapper (1987)
The Cry Of Love – Kevin Dempsey (1987/1988)
Fortune – Whippersnapper (1989)
Always With You – Chris Leslie and Kevin Dempsey (1989)
Every Other World – Dempsey Broughton (1999)
Mazurka Berserker – John Kirkpatrick (2001)
Freehand – Dempsey Broughton (2004)
Circle – Uiscedwr (2006)
The Salty Diamond – Rosie Carson and Kevin Dempsey (2010)
Raison D’etre – Swarbrick (2010)
Between the Distance – Rosie Carson and Kevin Dempsey (2011)
Nightbirds – Rosie Carson and Kevin Dempsey (2016)
Off By Heart – Dempsey Broughton (2017)
From There To Here – Jacqui McShee Kevin Dempsey (2020)