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Celebrating 35 years of incredible music making, Blowzabella have an excellent new album, Strange News, featuring four songs and some of the most outstanding tunes you’ll hear… ever!

Cheltenham Folk Festival returns once again in February 2014 with a weekend long celebration of folk music and song: Blowzabella, O’Hooley & Tidow, Chris Wood, Blazin’ Fiddles & many more!

Blowzabella are celebrating their 35th Anniversary with a new album and a series of gigs! Get a taster of Strange News and watch studio recording footage.

Listen to the final tour diary instalment from the fabulous Blowzabella as they prepare to head back home from southern Austria after a very successful tour. They will back on the road in the Autumn!

We catch up with Blowzabella for their third tour diary instalment which finds them in Austria where they have two performances as well as a well-earned rest. They reflect on some of the highlights and talk Hurdy Gurdys!

We join Blowzabella again in part two of their tour blog. They perform in a stone cellar, Paul talks bagpipes at the bar, Jon takes us on a tour of the Bach museum and Jo tells us of other tour shenanigans.

We have an exclusive live tour diary from the fabulous Blowzabella, who, now in their 35th year, are touring through Belgium, Germany and Austria performing and trying out new material for their new album!

Prepare for an evening of Hurdy Gurdy and Bagpipe mayhem at Halsway Manor, an evening concert / dance with leading Hurdy Gurdy players Gregory Jolivet, Cliff Stapleton and Steve Tyler will be joined by piper extraordinaire Jon Swayne.

Blowzabella are a free-wheeling institution of today. They’ve maintained their independence and self-sufficency since 1978, an inspiration to many including us! They head off to France this week…find out more!

Andy Cutting is much in demand and has been for some time, even more so since he won the BBC Radio 2 Folk Musician of the Year award in 2008. At last, though, he’s found time to put together a CD in his own name. This first release on Lane Records from Derby is available to order online and goes on general release in August. Melodeon player and self-confessed former …