Steve Turner: May 25th 2007
Steve Turner comes from a family of singers and concertina players. His grandfather is known to have sung and played the instrument in the 1890s.
Steve began his career in the Manchester folk scene at the end of the 1960s. Joining the Geordie band ‘Canny fettle’ in 1970, he made two albums and toured Britain and Europe with them for eight years.
In 1979, Steve Turner won the Melody Maker ‘Stars of the 1980s’ national competition, which persuaded him to turn professional for 12 years until 1991. During this time he made four solo albums with Fellside Records and toured internationally.
A period of 13 years away from the Folk scene followed, with Steve building a violin retailing business and diversifying musically into a more classical mode.
But folk music has a habit of getting into your blood. So 2004 saw Steve make a somewhat nervous return to the British folk scene, but he was warmly welcomed, to the extent that he was almost immediately asked to make a new fifth album The Whirligig of Time.
Steve Turner’s website can be found at http://www.steve-turner.co.uk.