Shirley Kent has been played on NTS shows including Sacred Space w/ Radha, with Butterfly first played on 6 March 2021.

Born in Birmingham, United Kingdom, Shirley Kent began her singing career at the tender age of 15. Her career has encompassed the musical spectrum, folk, rock and pop, but it is her love for jazz that has seasoned her style.

In 1970 she was a member of the progressive rock band The Ghost (initially called The Holy Ghost). With that band and as a solo artist, she appeared on the John Peel BBC programme, 'Sound of the Seventies'. Later she would return to the jazz scene in England to play second on the bill to Stephane Grappelli, Oscar Peterson, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Roland Kirk and others.