An alternative history: a canny idea for a folk musician. When reinterpretation is your stock… Read the postJim Moray on ‘alternative history’ Beflean, Abbey Road and sounds with surface texture
No surprises here: it is a joy to have Bellowhead back, playing loudly in big,… Read the postBellowhead, Dome, Brighton: November 15 2022
Their ‘split’ was always going to be temporary – Jon Boden and John Spiers archly… Read the postSpiers & Boden: Fallow Ground
It’s quite a time to be releasing the third in a trilogy of post-apocalyptic albums.… Read the postJon Boden: Last Mile Home
With apologies for mentioning them in the first sentence, can you believe it’s been a… Read the postJon Boden, Laura Hockenhull & Dan Edwards: Komedia, Brighton, May 10 2017
Last week, Folk Witness snapper Simon and I went to the Ropetackle Centre to see… Read the postSo. Farewell then Spiers & Boden
What better sound, as you walk into a leafy and quiet Kew Gardens, could greet… Read the postBellowhead, Billy Bragg, Karine Polwart: Kew Gardens, London, July 14 2013
When Folk Witness went to see Lady Maisery in Aldershot a month or so ago,… Read the postLady Maisery: This Woman’s Work
The Hurricane Party: it’s an evocative name. You’d be forgiven for expecting a messy musical… Read the postFay Hield & The Hurricane Party: Orfeo
It’s big, it’s noisy, it features cackling – it’s the new album from Bellowhead. There… Read the postBellowhead: Broadside track-by-track