Bella Hardy: The Dark Peak and the White – review

(Noe)Two folk celebrities collaborate on a low-key project with help from the Peak District National Park's Sustainable Development Fund. Bella Hardy lives and was brought up in the Peak District, and this is a collection of new settings for songs that appeared in Songs and Ballads of Derbyshire back in the 19th century, and new material based on the history and legends of the area. Unlike her last release, Songs Lost & Stolen (which included her award-winning The Herring Girl), this is a stri...

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