Rob Harbron

Leveret, featuring three of England’s finest folk musicians – Andy Cutting on melodeon, Sam Sweeney on fiddle and Rob Harbron on concertina, mark their ten years together with the release of their new album Forms and a UK Tour.

On ‘Time Was Away’, the perfectly matched Emily Portman and Rob Harbron have delivered an elegant and understated gem that’s beautifully atmospheric and gently beguiling. Take time to savour this treat; you’ll be much rewarded.

English folk trio Leveret, featuring Andy Cutting on melodeon, Sam Sweeney on fiddle and Rob Harbron on concertina, head out on the road this October for a series of tour dates in celebration of their Variations Live album.

‘Variations: Live’ marks a new development for the folk trio Leveret, we catch up with their concertina player Rob Harbron to talk about the album and hopes for 2021.

Our Song of the Day comes from Jenn Butterworth, Sam Sweeney & Rob Harbron who have revealed a brilliant festive video for their cover of ‘Don’t Let The Bells End’ by The Darkness.

Folk In The Fall offers a long-awaited day of live music ft. Leveret, Martin Simpson, Kathryn Tickell & Amy Thatcher, Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith and Emily Portman & Rob Harbron.

Don’t miss the next Hudson Records Listening Club which features Rob Harbron and his album Meanders and forms part of the Sidmouth Folk Festival Online this weekend.

Watch Egyptian Princess by The Servants’ Ball (Rob Harbron, Ben Paley, Ben Nicholls, Evan Jenkins, Julian Hinton) – a nod to the era of Egyptomania which started in the Victorian era and peaked in the 1920s with the discovery of Tutankhamun.

Rob Harbron, one of our most prized English concertina players has finally found time to craft his solo debut album. Made in the simplest way, Meanders is exactly what you would wish for, which is beautiful pieces of music performed with the utmost skill by a master of his instrument.

With their superb fourth album Diversions now out, busy super-folk trio Leveret spoke to us about spontaneity in the band, shifting roles and playing with better musicians.

Diversions is the clearest statement of Leveret’s ability yet, an album packed with beautiful, gentle, energetic and fluid works, and it fully establishes this band as one of the very finest in English instrumental music.

The highly acclaimed 2004 Ghosts album by the English Acoustic Collective is now available via Bandcamp featuring Chris Wood, Rob Harbron and John Dipper.

Consisting of Andy Cutting, Sam Sweeney and Rob Harbron, Leveret are a unique collaboration that has come to represent the very finest of English folk music. Their top-class musicianship and intuitive interplay have made them one of the most captivating trios on the scene.

Since their formation, Leveret have been one of the most enviably talented groups of folk musicians on the circuit, but with the sheer creativity shown on Inventions they have moved up another gear.

Three of England’s finest folk musicians: Andy Cutting, Sam Sweeney and Rob Harbron are on the road again this month as Leveret for the launch of their latest album ‘In the Round’. Watch them performing The Good Old Way from their latest album.

Old Adam marks the welcome return of Fay Hield to the studio, reaffirming her status as one of Britain’s leading singers across the spectrum of traditional and contemporary folk music. Fay is also our Artist of the Month for February.

We have a stunning song premiere today from Fay Hield with Green Gravel taken from her forthcoming album, Old Adam, and her new digital single released to coincide with three special live shows this month!

There’s no doubt that Emily Portman has, with a little help from her friends, created and curated a dazzling display of writing and musicianship, but the real success of Coracle lies in the balancing of many seemingly disparate aspects to create an intensely luminous collection of songs whose articulate lyrics, virtuoso performances and intricate arrangements never overshadow the very real humanity which is at the heart of it all.