Steve Knightley

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Steve Knightley
Steve Knightley performing at Harberton Village Hall, Devon, 20 May 2009
Background information
Born	(1954-04-30) 30 April 1954 (age 70) Southampton, England
Genres	Roots music, folk-rock, folk music
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter, record producer,
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, mandocello, cuatro mandolin, tenor guitar
Years active	1990–present

Steve Knightley (born 1954) is an English singer, songwriter and acoustic musician. Since 1992 he has been one half of folk/roots duo Show of Hands along with Phil Beer. Knightley was named "Songwriter of the Nineties" by BBC Radio 6 Music in 2012.^[1]