Bella Hardy - In The Shadow Of Mountains [2009] [EAC/FLAC]

FLAC / Lossless / Log (100%) / Cue
Label/Cat#: Noe Records / NOE02
Country: UK
Year: August 31, 2009
Genre:folk

1 - Mary Mean
2 - Rosebud in June
3 - Broadlee Bank
4 - Smoke & Ashes
5 - Sylvie Sovay
6 - Low Down in the Broom
7 - Ten Thousand Miles
8 - Cruel Mother
9 - All in the Morning
10 - Island Boy
11 - The Trawlerman's Wife




Though only 25 years old, Bella has already been nominated three times in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and has been well known on the folk circuit for many years, playing fiddle in a variety of popular line-ups as a teenager and reaching the finals of the BBC Young Folk Awards in 2004.

On her latest album, In The Shadow of Mountains, Bella presents a selection of new works, including Sylvie Sovay, a modern look at the story of traditional song ‘Sovay Sovay‘. She is joined once again by a number of talented friends and colleagues including Anna Massie, Corrina Hewat and Chris Sherburn.

In The Shadow of Mountains is a remarkably assured album from an impressive young woman who presents folk songs in the best tradition, not as antiquated museum pieces but as relevant and very human artworks.

"Bella’s debut album Night Visiting was excellent, but In The Shadow of Mountains is stunning." Dai Jeffries, R2 Magazine.

This is an impressive selection of traditional and original songs and tunes, rooted in her home region of the Peak District, but extending far beyond. Songlines