Jon Boden made his name as a founding member of Bellowhead but he also had a highly successful solo career. This September sees the 10th anniversary of his debut solo album Painted Lady, with Navigator Records set to reissue it…
After 10 years, 5 albums, countless gigs and a split-year farewell tour, the good ship Bellowhead, captained by John Speirs and Jon Boden, sails off into the sunset. This live set- 2 CD’s of tracks recorded in Autumn 2015 across…
Legendary folk group, Bellowhead, have released a video for their new single Roll Alabama. The single will be the third from the band’s current album, Revival, and will be released officially on April 20th. April is set to be a very busy month indeed…
When it comes to Christmas folk music, this is about as Christmassy and as folky as it gets. Jon Boden explains: “‘Christmas Bells’ is based on the mummers play ‘Christmas: his Pageant Play, or Mysterie of St George’ written down by a…
Folk behemoth Bellowhead are to release a Christmas single this year. Billed as “a proper old-fashioned sort of Christmas single but with a customary Bellowhead sort of a twist”, ‘Christmas Bells/Jingle Bells’ will be released on December 1. As regular readers…
Following what-is-to-be a spectacular Thursday, Cambridge Folk festival have not stopped there. Oh no. Friday brings us yet another spoiling day of musical fancies, ranging from trad, to contemporary, to country, to electric. Brace yourselves for another excellent lineup… The…
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…
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,…
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…
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…