Arwen Arabella Hardy, known professionally as Bella Hardy, is an English c… Read Full Bio ↴Arwen Arabella Hardy, known professionally as Bella Hardy, is an English contemporary folk musician, singer and songwriter from Edale in Derbyshire. She performed in various line-ups as a teenager, including The Pack and Ola, and reached the final of the BBC Young Folk Awards in 2004, but it was the release of her debut solo album Night Visiting in 2007 which garnered her recognition at the forefront of modern folk music.
As a child she was always singing. Edale, in Derbyshire, was the ideal place to nurture this natural ability, with an abundance of communal song. Having played the fiddle a small amount at school, Bella attended a Folkworks Youth Summer School in Durham age 13. Motivated by the number of young people playing folk music, she was inspired to begin working on folk fiddle. She also met many of her great friends and musical companions.
Some of these new friends arranged to meet up again, and on New Year's Day a year later The Pack was formed. Initially The Pack was a way for this group of people to get free tickets to festivals. The spirited performances and complex arrangements of the 12 piece band proved a resounding success, and they went on to play many of the scene's greatest stages, including Cambridge Folk Festival main stage in 2003. In 2002, the only Pack album 12 Little Devils was released, with fRoots calling it "... a genuine feel good album. Get yours now!".
Hardy released her debut solo album Night Visiting in 2007, to critical acclaim. Mojo gave her a 4* 'Brilliant' rating, fRoots wrote "Bella Hardy is more than a new generation folk revivalist... Her potential is massive", and Taplas Magazine noted "...her debut CD solo album is a piece of wondrous beauty and inventive incisiveness". In 2008 she was nominated for the Horizon Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. She was also nominated for Best Original Song the same year with Three Black Feathers, which Jim Moray went on to record on his 2008 album Low Culture.
Hardy released her second solo album In The Shadow of Mountains in 2009 at the Cambridge Folk Festival. Again it gained critical acclaim. English Dance and Song Magazine wrote "It's astounding and somewhat daunting to realise this is only Bella's second album... Surely no-one has any right to be writing songs with the sophistication of 'Sylvie Sovay', so early in their career..."
As a child she was always singing. Edale, in Derbyshire, was the ideal place to nurture this natural ability, with an abundance of communal song. Having played the fiddle a small amount at school, Bella attended a Folkworks Youth Summer School in Durham age 13. Motivated by the number of young people playing folk music, she was inspired to begin working on folk fiddle. She also met many of her great friends and musical companions.
Some of these new friends arranged to meet up again, and on New Year's Day a year later The Pack was formed. Initially The Pack was a way for this group of people to get free tickets to festivals. The spirited performances and complex arrangements of the 12 piece band proved a resounding success, and they went on to play many of the scene's greatest stages, including Cambridge Folk Festival main stage in 2003. In 2002, the only Pack album 12 Little Devils was released, with fRoots calling it "... a genuine feel good album. Get yours now!".
Hardy released her debut solo album Night Visiting in 2007, to critical acclaim. Mojo gave her a 4* 'Brilliant' rating, fRoots wrote "Bella Hardy is more than a new generation folk revivalist... Her potential is massive", and Taplas Magazine noted "...her debut CD solo album is a piece of wondrous beauty and inventive incisiveness". In 2008 she was nominated for the Horizon Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. She was also nominated for Best Original Song the same year with Three Black Feathers, which Jim Moray went on to record on his 2008 album Low Culture.
Hardy released her second solo album In The Shadow of Mountains in 2009 at the Cambridge Folk Festival. Again it gained critical acclaim. English Dance and Song Magazine wrote "It's astounding and somewhat daunting to realise this is only Bella's second album... Surely no-one has any right to be writing songs with the sophistication of 'Sylvie Sovay', so early in their career..."
Lowlands Away
Bella Hardy Lyrics
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Lowlands Away
Traditional. From the singing of my father Joe Hardy, and Billy Jolly of Orkney.
I dreamed a dream the other night
Lowlands, lowlands away my John
I dreamed a dream the other night
Lowlands, my lowlands low
My love came to me dressed in white
Lowlands, lowlands away my John
My love came to me dressed in white
Lowlands, my lowlands low
He made no sound, no word he spoke
Lowlands, lowlands away my John
He made no sound, no word he spoke
Lowlands, my lowlands low
The salt seaweed was in his hair
Lowlands, lowlands away my John
The salt seaweed was in his hair
Lowlands, my lowlands low
And then I knew my love was dead
Lowlands, lowlands away my John
And then I knew my love was dead
Lowlands, my lowlands low
I dreamed a dream the other night
Lowlands, lowlands away my John
I dreamed a dream the other night
Lowlands, my lowlands low
Traditional. From the singing of my father Joe Hardy, and Billy Jolly of Orkney.
I dreamed a dream the other night
Lowlands, lowlands away my John
I dreamed a dream the other night
Lowlands, my lowlands low
Lowlands, lowlands away my John
My love came to me dressed in white
Lowlands, my lowlands low
He made no sound, no word he spoke
Lowlands, lowlands away my John
He made no sound, no word he spoke
Lowlands, my lowlands low
The salt seaweed was in his hair
Lowlands, lowlands away my John
The salt seaweed was in his hair
Lowlands, my lowlands low
And then I knew my love was dead
Lowlands, lowlands away my John
And then I knew my love was dead
Lowlands, my lowlands low
I dreamed a dream the other night
Lowlands, lowlands away my John
I dreamed a dream the other night
Lowlands, my lowlands low
I dreamed a dream the other night
I had a vivid dream recently
Lowlands, lowlands away my John
In a distant place, far from here
My love came to me dressed in white
My beloved appeared before me wearing white clothing
Lowlands, my lowlands low
In the depths of my heart
He made no sound, no word he spoke
He remained silent, not uttering a single word
The salt seaweed was in his hair
His hair was adorned with salty seaweed
And then I knew my love was dead
At that moment, I realized that my love had passed away
I dreamed a dream the other night
Once again, I had a vivid dream recently
Lowlands, lowlands away my John
In a distant place, far from here
I dreamed a dream the other night
Once again, I had a vivid dream recently
Lowlands, my lowlands low
In the depths of my heart
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing
Written by: BOB MAXWELL, COMPOSER & AUTHOR TRAD, TRADITIONAL (PD)
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