Fay Hield
Encyclopedia
Career
Hield was part of The Witches of ElswickThe Witches of Elswick
The Witches of Elswick are an English A cappella folk quartet. They are: Becky Stockwell, Gillian Tolfrey, Bryony Griffith and Fay Hield. Much of their material comes from traditional music of the British Isles, including Two Sisters, Lord Randall, and Daddy Fox...
, with whom she recorded two CDs in their four years together.
Fay and her partner Jon Boden
Jon Boden
Jon Boden is an multi-instrumental musician and English folk singer.-Career:Boden plays fiddle as part of the duo Spiers and Boden, the band Bellowhead and up until 2007, Eliza Carthy's band The Ratcatchers. In 2009 he toured with his new backing band The Remnant Kings. He has also written a...
run two folk clubs – Royal Traditions (Dungworth) and Bright Phoebus (Sheffield
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...
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Looking Glass
Looking Glass (Fay Hield album)
- Track listing :-Personnel:*Fay Hield *Jon Boden *Sam Sweeney .*Jess Arrowsmith *Keith Angel *Hannah James...
, released September 2010, was her debut solo album. The material consists mainly of traditional songs and ballads. Hield started gigging her new album with a new line-up, the Fay Hield Trio, made up of Rob Harbron (English Acoustic Collective) and Sam Sweeney
Sam Sweeney
Sam Sweeney is a multi-instrumental English folk musician.-Career:Sam has been playing fiddle since he was six, he now plays and teaches fiddle. Since 2002 Sweeney has been at the forefront of East Midlands-based folk band Kerfuffle, playing fiddle, viola, and cajon, and singing...
(Bellowhead
Bellowhead
Bellowhead are an English contemporary folk band originally brought together by John Spiers and Jon Boden. The eleven-piece band plays traditional dance tunes, folk songs and shanties, with arrangements drawing inspiration from a wide diversity of musical styles and influences...
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Hield completed her PhD thesis "English Folk Singing and the Construction of Community" in 2010 at the University of Sheffield.
Personal life
Fay and her partner, folk singer Jon BodenJon Boden
Jon Boden is an multi-instrumental musician and English folk singer.-Career:Boden plays fiddle as part of the duo Spiers and Boden, the band Bellowhead and up until 2007, Eliza Carthy's band The Ratcatchers. In 2009 he toured with his new backing band The Remnant Kings. He has also written a...
(Bellowhead
Bellowhead
Bellowhead are an English contemporary folk band originally brought together by John Spiers and Jon Boden. The eleven-piece band plays traditional dance tunes, folk songs and shanties, with arrangements drawing inspiration from a wide diversity of musical styles and influences...
), have a daughter, Polly, born 2006, and a son, Jacob, born 2009.