New York-based singer/songwriter Margaret Glaspy has spent a decade quietly becoming one of American indie folk's most distinctive voices. Raised in Northern California and trained at Berklee College of Music, she made her breakthrough with the acclaimed debut Emotions and Math (2016), a record that announced a writer of uncommon directness — sharp guitar lines, candid lyrics, and a voice that could turn on a dime from warmth to wire.
Subsequent albums deepened the portrait. Devotion (2020) stripped things back to acoustic intimacy, while Echo the Diamond (2022) pushed into new sonic territory without losing the lyrical precision that defines her work.
Her 2026 album I Am Both is the fullest statement yet — eleven tracks built around the refusal to be reduced to a single category. Written from the perspective of a woman who contains multitudes while seeing reality clearly, it is an album about complexity as a form of strength.
Concerts
Calendrier
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ven. 16 oct.20:00London: St Matthias Church
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sam. 17 oct.20:00Hallé at St Michael's
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dim. 18 oct.20:00Glasgow: Saint Luke's
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Key albums
The Golden Heart Protector (2025)
The Golden Heart Protector is an act of musical communion — seven cover songs, each reimagined through Glaspy's unguarded voice and a carefully chosen circle of collaborators.
The album came together almost by accident. Glaspy and producer Ryan Lerman spent a weekend at his Los Angeles studio, and as she kept playing songs she loved, remarkable musicians kept showing up — James Bay in from London, Madison Cunningham with a day off, childhood friend Alam Khan passing through town. None of it was meticulously planned.
Glaspy describes the album simply: "Seven of my favourite songs, all played with my favourite musicians" — and making it reminded her that "music is amazing and community is humbling."