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 Read Full BioArwen 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..."
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Bella Hardy Lyrics
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All Things Are Quite Silent All things are quite silent, each mortal at rest When me…
Another Whisky Song My darling really loves me After whiskies one and three When…
Bridge of Dean Leith Waters run, Leith Waters flow And time's washed down a…
Dog & Gun With my dog and gun through the blooming heather To seek…
Down in Yon Forest Down in yon forest there stands a hall The bells of…
First Light of the Morning I wished that you were The first light of the morning But…
Flowers of May "Wake, oh wake my dearest Jeanie And accept these flowers of…
Full Moon Over Amsterdam A sea of tiny sparkling lights Wait patiently to welcome yo…
Good Man's Wife I've been loving you Like a soldier in the peacetime waiting…
Heart Hill Speeding down the motorway in the north of England I catch…
Jolly Good Luck to the Girl That Loves a Soldier It's a cold wind that calls through the darkness But here's…
Labyrinth From shore to shore 'cross all terrain Five hundred times ro…
One More Day Have you heard the news, Charlie? One more day We're homew…
Searching for Lambs As I roved out one May morning, one May morning…
Sleeping Beauty Ghosts by my bed I see when I'm waking And I…
The Darkening of the Day Oh see, with the darkening of the day How all my…
The Herring Girl All you who look down on me with that judgement…
The Only Thing to Do I've been travelling, I've been thinking I've been flying, d…
Three Black Feathers The moon is ever, ever watching She watches us o’er field…
Three Pieces of My Heart I buried you down, I buried you deep deep down I…
True Hearted Girl When I was on horseback, wasn't I pretty When I was…
Walk It with You Blue morning sun Come over the gate The night's lost behind …
Whisky You're The Devil Oh now brave boys, you're marching off to foreign wars Drums…
Yellow Handkerchief All my friends and all you flash girls, take a…
You Don't Have to Change (But You Have to Choose) My wandering friend, he might not be the one My dark-eyed…
Young Edmund Young Emily was a servant girl, her lover a sailor…
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