Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party: Orfeo – review

(Topic)Fay Hield has all the makings of a folk scene celebrity. She has a fine voice, she's a distinguished folk academic, lecturing in ethnomusicology at Sheffield University, and she's the partner of Bellowhead star John Boden. Little surprise, then, that she's backed by one of the finest bands in the country, including not just Boden on fiddle, guitar, banjo, bass and mandolin, but also his Bellowhead colleague Sam Sweeney on fiddle, viola and cello, Andy Cutting on accordion and even Martin ...

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