Bellowhead

Saturday 23rd Nov 2024

location_city Glasshouse International Centre, Gateshead

Bellowhead

Bellowhead are an English folk band, featuring Jon Boden - lead vocals, fiddle, tambourine, John Spiers - melodeon, midi-melodeon, concertina, vocals, Benji Kirkpatrick - guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, banjo, vocals, Rachael McShane - cello, fiddle, vocals, Paul Sartin - fiddle, oboe, vocals, Pete Flood - percussion, frying pan, glockenspiel, wind-up toys, megaphone, Ed Neuhauser - sousaphone, helicon, tuba, vocals, Brendan Kelly - saxophones, bass clarinet, Justin Thurgur - trombone, Andy Mellon - trumpet and flugelhorn.

Albums include their 2006 debut "Burlesque", plus "Matachin" (2008), "Hedonism" (2010), "Broadside" (2012) and 2014's "Revival".

The band split following a 2015/16 Farewell Tour, reuniting for a "Hedonism" 10 year anniversary concert (streamed) in 2020, reforming once again in 2022.