Bellowhead

Bellowhead
Bellowhead
	Bellowhead live at 2013 Celtic Connections
Background information
Genres	English folk; folk jazz; British folk rock; progressive folk;
Years active	2004–2016, 2020, 2022
Labels	Island; Navigator; Westpark;
Past members	John Spiers; Jon Boden; Benji Kirkpatrick; Paul Sartin; Rachael McShane; Ed Neuhauser; Pete Flood; Andy Mellon; Brendan Kelly; Justin Thurgur; Sam Sweeney; Giles Lewin; Gideon Juckes;
Website	www.bellowhead.co.uk

Bellowhead is an English contemporary folk band, active from 2004 to 2016, reforming in 2020. The eleven-piece act played traditional dance tunes, folk songs and shanties, with arrangements drawing inspiration from a wide range of musical styles and influences. The band included percussion and a four-piece brass section. Bellowhead's bandmembers played more than 20 instruments among them, whilst all performers provided vocals.

Their third album, Hedonism (2010), is the highest selling independently released folk album of all time, having sold over 60,000 copies and earning the band a silver disk.

The band parted after their final gig at Oxford Town Hall in May 2016. In 2020, the band reformed for a reunion concert and, in 2022, played a reunion tour, visiting Portsmouth, Oxford, Leicester, Cambridge, London, Brighton, Southend-on-Sea, Ipswich, Bath, Plymouth, Cardiff, Birmingham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Harrogate, Liverpool, Sheffield and Manchester.

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