Brown County Radio Hour & Local Live

WFHB - Bloomington & South Central Indiana.

"Jan Bell splits her time between Nashville and New York, and this charming English singer/songwriter is the founder of the Brooklyn Americana Music Festival. She is heavily invested in the Brown County arts and music scene, including HooMac, Amplify Nashville, and her own local gigs. Jan shares her recording of Yorkshire Water, as well as two songs recorded live in our studio. (Click on the WFHB image to hear the live broadcast!)
– Yorkshire Water*
– Union Sea (live)
– Night Blooming Jasmine (live)

References 'Twin scandals of pollution and profiteering by Yorkshire Water' - Yorkshire Bylines.

Jan Bell WFHB LOCAL LIVE, hosted by Nicki Seven. 

 
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    The Miner's Bride 3:09
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    Snow Bird 4:08
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    Birds of Many Colours 3:29
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    Carpenter's Arms 4:45
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    Cowgirl Blues 4:40
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    Dirty Old Town 3:05
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    Elsecar Grace 5:30
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    Hello Stranger 3:02
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    January Morning 4:43
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    Miners 4:25
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From a coal-mining village in Yorkshire England, Jan Bell is known as a country and folk songwriter in NYC. Over the last twenty years recording seven critically acclaimed albums made in New Orleans, Eureka Springs AR and Brooklyn NYC. Her band "The Maybelles” started out in The Ozarks as a duo with Melissa Carper.  Bell has played stages from the Woody Guthrie Archives to the Waldorf Astoria; Festivals from Greyfox to Glastonbury - and winner of two Independent Music Awards for Best Album. 

Along the way opening for Wanda Jackson, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, and most recently Sierra Ferrell. 

“Maybe growing up in Nottinghamshire is what sets Jan Bell apart from the run of local lady folkies. Or maybe its the slide guitars, harmonicas, mandolins and banjos. Dark, old timey spareness......gorgeous ” - Chuck Eddy, The Village Voice

“Bell's music isn't strictly bluegrass, but her reworking of old-time country and jug-band blues is remarkably nuanced. It embodies the wide-open spirit of what has become an antic, hybrid genre.” - Edd Hurt, The Nashville Scene