About
“Effervescent. ”
— Sunday Times
“Folk with finesse. ”
— Daily Mail
Polly Bolton
Musician · Performer · Songwriter
A LIFE IN MOTION
JOURNEY
Polly formed the five-piece all-female folk band The Magpies before joining Radio 2 Folk Award-winning trio The Trials of Cato. Years of touring followed across the UK, Europe, the US and Canada, with appearances at Glastonbury, SXSW, Celtic Connections, WOMEX and other festivals across the world.
Travel has naturally found its way into Polly's music. Folk, Americana, pop and rock sit alongside sounds picked up from Eastern Europe, the Middle East and elsewhere along the way.
PLAY
With a background studying theatre at art school, Polly’s work moves between music, sound, movement and performance.
She has spent two seasons at Shakespeare’s Globe, as principle mandolin and MD for Much Ado About Nothing and banjo and mandolin in Romeo and Juliet, as well as writing and performing for the Puppet Theatre Barge in Little Venice.
STADIUM
In 2026, Polly joined Shania Twain’s band, playing twelve shows at London’s iconic Wembley Stadium alongside Harry Styles, as well as a stadium show at Thomond Park in Limerick with Sophie Ellis-Bextor.