Bellowhead and the Levellers have been announced as two of the headliners for this year’s Cambridge Folk Festival. The pair top the bill on on the two biggest stages on the Friday night of the July event, while the newly-reformed Mavericks and KT Tunstall do the honours on Saturday. The four are among a...
BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winners Bellowhead have announced an extensive UK tour later this year. The 11-piece folk supergroup, who won best album for their release Broadside last month, begin their tour in Bury St Edmonds on November 7, hitting 17 venues in England and Wales. Bellowhead have also released a new video...
Lots of FFS’s favourites were honoured in Radio Two’s annual Folk Awards in Glasgow last night. Among the winners were Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman who won Best Duo, Lau were named best group and Roy Harper was given a lifetime achievement award. You can watch the ceremony, which was hosted by Mark Radcliffle and Julie...
When Charles Dickens reported “There was an abundance of lights, and there was music… the whole building looked to me as if it were learning to swim,” he was not describing a Bellowhead gig, rather David Copperfield’s first experience of getting drunk. The appropriateness to the former, however, is not incidental. Bellowhead’s music oozes...
The first thing to say about Bellowhead’s new album is that Broadside is a great title. Referring both to circulating ‘broadside ballads’ of centuries gone by, and to the ‘broadside’ of a ship (that’s the side with the cannons ) – it tells us that Bellowhead are good at being lots of things at...
It’s ompetition time, music fans! The nice folk at Greenbelt festival have offered us a pair of tickets to give away to next weekend’s festivities. The line up includes music from The Leisure Society, Roddy Woomble, the Proclaimers, Bellowhead and Rachel Sermanni and there will also be comedy from Robin Ince and Nadia Kamil. Greenbelt...
Bellowhead are one of those bands you can’t help but instantly fall in love with. With their traditional folk music and exceptional musicianship they’ve become a treasure to many folk fans. About to set off on tour with other folk artists on a tribute to the late Sandy Denny, FFS managed to catch drummer...
Joan As Policewoman, Thea Gilmore, PP Arnold and Maddy Prior are among the artists confirmed for a tribute show to Sandy Denny that will tour the country in May. The Lady: A Homage to Sandy Denny will be an evening of classic songs from Denny, performed by a huge travelling collection of artists, the...
This weekend, the Southbank centre is hosting These Lands Are Your Lands – a celebration of traditional music and dance. On Saturday 7th May, members of Bellowhead will become the Southbank Centre’s house band for The Great Folk Jukebox, performing the best folk songs from the past 60 years. There will be collaborations with...
There’s not much lovelier than a stroll along Southbank in the Spring sunshine, so it seems the perfect place for the 4-month long Festival of Britain, starting this month at the Southbank Centre. The festival will feature music of all genres, as well as comedy and talks. Below we choose our top ten of...
#79 Ane Brun - This Voice 2013 May 21st, 2013
#78 Natalie Evans - Library Days May 20th, 2013
#77 Dodos - Confidence May 19th, 2013