Seth Lakeman began playing music with his parents and brothers Sean and Sam at an early age.
As The Lakeman Brothers, the three released their debut album Three Piece Suite in 1994. Later that same year they were invited by Kathryn Roberts and Kate Rusby to join them as a backing group on a tour of Portugal. After the tour, the five musicians became a permanent group and called themselves Equation. The group swiftly garnered much praise and hype and signed a record deal. After 3 full albums and touring around the UK, Europe and the USA, Seth left Equation in 2001.
He joined his brother Sam and Sam's wife, Cara Dillon to record Cara's acclaimed, self titled debut album, which featured Seth on fiddle, guitar and vocals. The album won two awards at the 2002 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
In 2002 Seth Lakeman released his first solo album, The Punch Bowl, which received wide critical acclaim.
Kitty Jay, Lakeman's second solo album, was released in 2004. The title track of the album tells the story of Jay's Grave, a well known location on Dartmoor. The album was recorded for a cost of less than £300.
In July 2005 Lakeman was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize for Kitty Jay. A sell-out UK tour followed in the autumn after which Seth and his band toured extensively with folk-rock giants, The Levellers.
In March 2006, Lakeman began a UK tour to promote his new album Freedom Fields which was released on iScream. He then changed to a major record company called Relentless and has released his new single Lady of the Sea in early August 2006.
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