THE ROSIE HOOD BAND
‘Rosie has a magical voice, an awareness of her roots, a sense of fun on stage, and of course, makes the most marvellous music’
BBC Radio 2
‘This is a powerhouse of a band, each performer bringing intricacy, drama and virtuosity, greatly enhancing the results.
Folk Radio
BOOKING
Line up: 4-piece band
Booking: Enquire for tour dates and festival bookings
ABOUT
Rosie Hood is a folk singer songwriter and musician known for her strong, pure voice and captivating performances.
A long time member of The Dovetail Trio, Rosie is a BBC Performing Arts Fellow and was nominated in 2016 for a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award. Immersed in traditional music most of her life, she researches the archives in her native Wiltshire, and has a broad repertoire of local traditional songs. June 2017 saw Rosie release her first full-length solo album The Beautiful & The Actual, to excellent reviews: ‘A classy arrival…rural ballads and poetic class’ * * * * The Guardian; ‘A sublime debut from a wonderful singer’ * * * * RnR.
And in November 2023 The Rosie Hood Band released A Seed Of Gold, recorded & mixed by Tom Wright at The Keystone, Sheffield. Featuring both traditional and newly written material, and drawing inspiration from Rosie’s native Wiltshire including the story of Lyddie Shears, a shape-shifting Wiltshire witch, and Tyger Fierce, a song with tragic consequences about a taunted 18th Century tiger in Malmesbury. Themes of nature and human struggle run through the album and intertwine in Ethel, a song named for national park pioneer Ethel Haythornthwaite who found solace from depression in the countryside, and Marrow Seeds, a re-writing of the traditional song The Seeds of Love following the modern-day migration of people and plants from Syria.
‘To me, the story is always the most important thing, that’s the ‘seed of gold’ within a song’, explains Rosie.
BAND MEMBERS
Rosie Hood (vocals, tenor guitar, baritone ukulele, fiddle), Nicola Beazley (fiddle, 5-string fiddle, vocals), Rosie Butler-Hall (fiddle, 5-string fiddle, vocals) and Robyn Wallace (melodeon, percussion, vocals).
SELECTED 2023 REVIEWS
‘A classy band…. Elemental’
MOJO Magazine
‘The playing and singing throughout is just perfection, a great song collection worthy of attention’ (8/10)
Americana UK
‘This is a sterling album of spun gold that truly sets the seal on Hood’s status among the folk elite.’
Mike Davies, Folking.com
‘An incredibly adept storyteller, reflected in both the musical arrangements and her choices…This really is something very special.’
Folk Radio
‘This line-up can change from buoyant to unsettling with ease, but chamber-like or unnerving, their music is sincere, sensitive and drenched in tradition’ (4/5)
Spiral Earth
‘An absolute joy… really good song selection, fine musicianship and excellent vocals’
Folk London
FURTHER INFORMATION
Artist website: rosiehood.co.uk
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