Kate Young is a Scottish musician and composer. She currently performs in the all-female fiddle-singers band Carthy, Hardy, Farrell and Young  (***** Songlines for 'Laylam'), and Moulettes. She has recently released her debut album as Kate in the Kettle - Swimmings of the Head which encompasses an array of songs and tune sets - many of which combine different traditional music sources with self-penned works (**** The Guardian,

**** "enthralling" MOJO Magazine). Kate explores the combination of voice with her fiddle-playing whilst applying knowledge of world traditions with her own compositions. She was brought up immersed in the folk music scene in Edinburgh, learning about Scottish traditional music, later going on to graduate from Newcastle University's BMus in Folk and Traditional Music Honors Degree with a First in Voice and Fiddle performance. As part of world-music band, Ethno in Transit, she has toured across Europe and Australia. She enjoys composing for string quartets and has worked with Mr McFall's Chamber and Northern Sinfonia Quartet.