Bella Hardy

Bright Morning Star Tour

“One of the brightest young talents in the UK; her mesmerising vocals and fiddle playing are exceptional” Fish Records

This winter Bella Hardy will be performing her new festive tour, Bright Morning Star, with special guests Anna Massie and Chris Sherburn.

In Bella's north Derbyshire home, Christmas songs have long been the local speciality. People flock from far and wide to sing the Peak District's local carols, and in these dark months, the villages are lit up with song to celebrate the time of hope and community. This year, Bella takes this seasonal cheer on the road!

The Bright Morning Star tour features a repertoire of seasonal treats, from her local Castleton carols 'Down In Yon Forest' and 'All in the Morning', to well known favourites 'O, Come All Ye Faithfull' and 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas'! She will be singing her arrangement of 'The Coventry Carol', which was shown on BBC Two on Christmas day 2008 as part of Howard Goodall's show The Truth about Carols, along with popular songs from Bella's critically acclaimed albums Night Visiting and In The Shadow of Mountains, including her own night visiting song 'Three Black Feathers' (nominated best original song BBC Folk Awards 2008).

As well as a rich and true voice, Bella’s song-writing is also garnering acclaim, and this winter she will be performing some of her own Christmas songs for the first time. She will be joined by guitarist Anna Massie, winner of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year in 2003 who now tours with Blazin' Fiddles and The Unusual Suspects, and concertina genius Chris Sherburn of Last Night's Fun.

Though only 25 years old, Bella has already been nominated three times in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and has been well known on the folk circuit for many years, playing fiddle in a variety of popular line-ups as a teenager and reaching the finals of the BBC Young Folk Awards in 2004. However, it was following the launch of her debut album Night Visiting in 2007 that she quickly rose to become one of the shining lights of the folk scene, famed for entwining her hypnotic voice with her own fiddle accompaniment to stunning effect. Bella's following 2009 album In The Shadow of Mountains secured her as “...one of the best vocalists on the British folk circuit.” SpiralEarth.

Celebrate the festive season in song with Bella Hardy.

Bella Hardy's Bright Morning Star Tour is available to book during November and December 2010.