British vocalist and instrumentalist Stef Conner is a prominent artist in the fields of jazz, traditional folk music, and classical early music, and she is noted for her ease of movement between genres and skill in interpreting ancient and modern poetry. She earned her doctorate in music composition at the University of York and became a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Huddersfield, where she concentrated on research in ancient Mesopotamian music. Conner's professional career began as a pianist and singer with the Unthanks, a Northumbrian folk band with who...