Karl Culley is a fingerstyle acoustic guitarist, songwriter and singer from the North of England. He now lives in Krakow, Poland. His début album Bundle Of Nerves was released in late 2009 by Triumphant Sound Records and received significant praise including a 4 star review from MOJO magazine - “Harrogate metaphysical folk pop poet delivers impressive début. Dazzling acoustic guitar picking reminiscent of John Martyn at his most fluid, punctuated by a Bert Jansch-like percussive snap”. The album was recorded on the remote but beautiful Isle Of Jura in Scotland.

Counted among Karl's influences are Nick Drake, John Martyn, John Lee Hooker, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Robin Williamson, and Kelly Joe Phelps, but he has somehow distilled his myriad musical inspirations into something uniquely his own, developing a host of distinctive, often dizzying finger-picking styles, an arresting voice, and poetic lyrics rich in imagery which, in turn, have yielded a versatile songbook, an intriguing set, at once modern-folk, alt-world, skiffle-punk, dark blues, and odd-pop.

The fact that Karl's musical oeuvre is often indefinable, implacable, conjuring a sense of otherness and that which is beyond our grasp, makes it all the more compelling. Frenetic light-speed guitar contrasts with the haunting timbre of his voice, and Karl's presence, both on record and live, is restless and bristling, the antithesis of his mild-mannered countenance.

Karl's second album The Owl, recorded in York and Harrogate, in the months preceding his permanent move to Krakow, was released in 2011; The Sunday Express – 4 star review “If John Martyn, Newton Faulkner, Tim Buckley and Jose Gonzalez rock your boat, here's a new name to delight you.”
Karl had gigged extensively at venues and festivals up and down the UK, his songs have been aired on radio and television in England and Poland, and he has provided numerous live sessions and interviews for radio in both countries.

Karl is currently recording his third album.