-
-
If you can't find what you're looking for - or wish to refine your search to include only references to the key search term - try putting inverted commas around the search term e.g. "Steve Lukather" or "Black Star Riders"
For example if you enter Black Star Riders the results will include all instances of "Black" "Star" and "Riders"
-
Upcoming Gigs & Albums
-
Our star rating
***** Out of this world
**** Pretty damn fine
*** OK, approach with caution unless you are a fan of the band or genre
** Instant bargain bin fodder
* Ugly, just ugly
Latest Album Reviews
-
Latest Gig Reviews
-
Gig review: THE DARKER MY HORIZON – Dirty Rockers, Dudley, Saturday 24 October 2020
-
Gig review: MARK MORRISS- Cabbage Patch, Twickenham, 3 October 2020
-
Gig review: GARY FLETCHER AND NICK RITCHIE – Cabbage Patch, Twickenham, 2 October 2020
-
Gig review: COLLATERAL – Leo’s, The Red Lion, Gravesend, Friday 4 September 2020
-
Gig review: THE DARKER MY HORIZON – The Victoria, Swindon, Thursday 27 August 2020
-
-
Featured Album Reviews
-
Single & EP Reviews
-
DVD Reviews
Book Reviews
-
News
-
Features
-
Feature: Collectible Collections – MANFRED MANN’S EARTH BAND – 40th Anniversary Box Set
-
Feature: Albums that time forgot … NATIVE CAIN – The Primitive Soul
-
Feature: Albums that time forgot…EUROPE – Secret Society
-
Feature: Albums that time forgot…JAMES LABRIE – Elements Of Persuasion
-
Feature: Albums that time forgot…DON DOKKEN – Up From The Ashes
-
Feature: Albums that time forgot … CODE OF SILENCE – Dark Skies Over Babylon
-
-
Quick Categories
Categories (All)
Tag Archives: Bellowhead
Album review: PETER KNIGHT’S GIGSPANNER BIG BAND – Natural Invention

Gigspanner [Release date 10.04.20] Beginning life as a trio – with fiddle player Peter Knight and former member of Steeleye Span, being joined by percussionist Sacha Trochet and guitarist Roger Flack – the line-up has been expanded to form the … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts
Tagged album, Bellowhead, Edgelarks, folk, folk rock, Gigspanner, John Spiers, Natural Invention, Peter Knight, Phil Henry, review, Steeleye Span
1 Comment
Gig review: JON BODEN – Cornerstone, Didcot, 5 March 2020

Back at the Cornerstone, after a very enjoyable gig here back in November 2017, Jon Boden is out on a short solo tour to promote his latest album ‘The Rose In June’. Surrounded by three guitars, fiddle, concertina, an adapted … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged Bellowhead, Cornerstones, Didcot, folk, gig, Jon Boden, live, March 5 2020, Remnant Kings, review, singer songwriter
Leave a comment
Gig review: STEELEYE SPAN – Hexagon, Reading, 15 October 2018

First visit to the Hexagon in Reading, a venue I had seen on TV previously when a snooker tournament used to be held here. Tonight though it hosts folk rock legends Steeleye Span, to a sadly half-full auditorium which is even … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged Bellowhead, concert, folk, folk rock, gig, Hexagon, Jacqui McShee, Maddy Prior, Pentangle, reading, review, Steeleye Span, traditonal music
Leave a comment
Album review: MADDY PRIOR with HANNAH JAMES & GILES LEWIN – Shortwinger

Park Records [Release date 25.05.18] It is fifty years since Maddy Prior released her first album with Tim Hart and since then she has been fronting Steeleye Span, with plenty of other musical diversions including the Silly Sisters with June … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts
Tagged album, Bellowhead, folk, Giles Lewin, Hannah James, Maddy Prior, review, Shortwinger, Steeleye Span, tradtional
Leave a comment
Album review: THE TRANSPORTS – A Tale of Exile and Migration

Hudson Records [Release date 12.01.18] The Transports tells the tale of a family destroyed by poverty and crime, but resurrected by exile to Australia in the 1780s. The songs were originally penned by Peter Bellamy and have now been given … Continue reading
Album review: JON BODEN – Afterglow

Hudson Records [Release date 06.10.17] ‘Afterglow’ follows on from Jon Boden’s 2009 post-apocalyptic concept album ‘Songs From The Floodplain’. Whereas that album was largely rural in its setting, ‘Afterglow’ takes the listener into the chaos of a ruined city’s street carnival, as two star-crossed lovers try to … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts
Tagged Afterglow, album, Bellowhead, concept, folk, Hudson Records, indie, Jon Boden, melodic, review, singer songwriter
Leave a comment
Gig review: JON BODEN – Cornerstones, Didcot, 9 November 2017

A first for me a gig in walking distance of my home! Cornerstones is a cosy, modern theatre. It was a sold out show to see former Bellowhead frontman Jon Boden play a solo gig in support of his recently … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, GIG REVIEWS, The Best of 2017
Tagged 9 November 2017, Afterglow, Bellowhead, Cornerstones, Didcot, folk, gig, Jon Boden, review, singer songwriter, Solo
Leave a comment
Album review: JON BODEN – Painted Lady

Navigator Records [Release date 30.9.16] Jon Boden was the frontman and fiddle player for Bellowhead who called it a day in May this year. This album was his debut solo album and was originally released back in 2006. Navigator Records … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts, Reissues
Tagged album, Bellowhead, debut, folk, Jon Boden, Navigator Records, Painted Lady, re-issued, review, Solo
Leave a comment
Album review: BELLOWHEAD – Live The Farewell Tour

Navigator Records [Release date 08.04.16] Bellowhead formed in 2004 and since then they have headed major UK and international festivals, selling out tours of major concert halls and selling in excess of 250,000 albums. Their last studio album, ‘Revival’ debuted … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts, DVD REVIEWS
Tagged album, Bellowhead, folk, gigs, Live The Farewell Tour, Navigator Records, review
Leave a comment
Album review: BELLOWHEAD – Pandemonium: The Essential Bellowhead

Navigator Records [Release date 16.10.15] Sadly Bellowhard have announced they are calling it a day after 11 years, however they are going out in style with an extensive farewell tour that carries on into 2016 and this, their first best … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts
Tagged album, Bellowhead, best of, compilation, folk, Pandemonium The Essential Bellowhead, review, rock
1 Comment
Album review: LEVELLERS – Greatest Hits

On The Fiddle Recordings [Released 29.09.14] This greatest hits collection collects every one of the Levellers singles from the past twenty five years, of which twenty were hit singles. There is also an accompanying DVD which features some weird and … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts
Tagged album, Bellowhead, Billy Bragg, folk rock, Frank Turner, Greatest Hits, Imelda May, Levellers, review
Comments Off
Gig review: BELLOWHEAD – Royal Albert Hall, London, 20 April 2014

Amazing to think Bellowhead have been going for ten years now as they chose the regal surroundings of the Royal Albert Hall to celebrate their tenth birthday and bless them they invited all of their fans along. It was a … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 20 April 2014, Bellowhead, folk, folk rock, gig, London, Maddy Prior, review, Royal Albert Hall, Steeleye Span, tenth anniversary
Leave a comment
News: CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL 25th-28th JULY 2013 announce headliners

CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL 25th-28th JULY 2013 CHERRY HINTON HALL GROUNDS FIRST NAMES ANNOUNCED The Mavericks (Sat) Bellowhead (Fri) KT Tunstall (Sat) Levellers (Fri) Liam O’Flynn, Andy Irvine, Paddy Glackin & Dónal Lunny aka LAPD (Fri) Capercaillie (Sun) Heritage Blues Orchestra … Continue reading
BELLOWHEAD gig review Roundhouse London

BELLOWHEAD + MAMA ROSIN Roundhouse, London Wednesday 7th November 2012 I was excited to see my first Bellowhead concert having discovered their wonderful brand of folk music a few years ago. A suitable venue as well, as the Roundhouse is … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged Bellowhead, Broadside, gig review, London, Roundhouse
Leave a comment
BELLOWHEAD – Broadside

Navigator Records/Proper Music (Released on 15th October) One of the joys of reviewing is discovering bands and new music, of which this band are a prime example. I had read rave reviews about their debut album … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts
Tagged Bellowhead, Broadside, folk rock, Proper Records
Leave a comment
Bellowhead, Carl Palmer, Hawkwind & Marillion tour dates

CARL PALMER 11 April L’Aquila, Italy Venue: TBA 15 April Roma, Italy Venue: TBA 17 April Prattien, Switzerland Venue: TBA 18 April Paris, France Venue: TBA 19 April Verviers, Belgium Venue: TBA 20 April Siegburg, Germany Venue: TBA 21 April … Continue reading
Posted in Gigs and Tour News, NEWS
Tagged Bellowhead, Carl Palmer, Hawkwind, Marillion
Leave a comment
The Lady: A Homage to Sandy Denny

An evening of classic songs by Sandy Denny featuring Joan Wasser aka Joan As Policewoman, Maddy Prior, Jerry Donahue, Dave Swarbrick, Green Gartside, PP Arnold, Thea Gilmore, plus members of Bellowhead, Lavinia Blackwall (Trembling Bells), Sam Carter, Blair Dunlop (The … Continue reading