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FATEAA nice interview with the band by Peter Cowley of Fatea. Click here to read.

Mike Harding Folk ShowA big thank you to Mike Harding for playing a track off the new album on the Mike Harding Folk Show.
Click here to listen to the shows podcast.

Louder than WarA cracking review of the new album from our good friend Paul Ariss at Louder than War. A must read!

FATEAHere's a great review of the new album from the excellent FATEA online magazine - Thanks to David Kidman Fatea Showcases.

Download a free copy of 'Dreaming Of The Time' a sneak peek from our new album 'Head Full of Magic, Shoes Full of Rain'. Click here to order your copy of the album now!

DownloadNewsletter #15 is now out!
This issue contains exciting news about our new album "Head Full of Magic, Shoes Full Of Rain", including the cover artwork and track listing. There are also plenty of gig reviews, upcoming dates of the Crazy Angels Tour. And of course Degsy!
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JolleyChrisGreat review by Chris Jolley, get a brew and enjoy an in depth review of Blink and you miss it!! Click here to read the review.

Spiral EarthMERRY HELL NOMINATED FOR BEST BAND AWARD!
Merry Hell are pleased to annouce that they have been nominated for best group in the Spiral Earth's - Spiral Awards 2012.

Stafford FMBLINK... And You Miss It will be featured on Stafford FM's What The Folk Is That show tomorrow (Monday 27th February) between 8-10pm. So many thanks to presenter Gary Hazlehurst who will be playing a few tracks and if you want a listen then go to www.staffordfm.com

Salford City RadioOn Thursday Febuary 2nd members of the band will be playing a session on the Salford Folk programme on Salford City Radio - everyone looking forward to meeting up again with Ellie, Dave and Pete, who have been unbelievably kind to the band. Best of all there will be an acoustic session after the show at the World Famous Waggon and Horses, free entry, cheap beer, good music what more could you ask for.
Click here to listen to the podcast.

world beat canada
world beat canada
Merry Hell's dream of a Canadian tour edges that little bit closer when Cal Koat plays an interview with the band and some music on his Celt In A Twist radio programme.

The programme is also available on the worldbeat web service as a podcast you can download it here.

It's an hour podcast and we are featured in esteemed company tune in, listen, enjoy!

Click here to read the 2011 news stories

Hermitage FMMerry Hell will be featured on Hermitage FM's Folk Show on Thursday 26th January.
Presenter John Legrys did an interview with the band at the Birmingham gig and the interview can be heard here.

Johhny CoppinMERRY HELL ON THE BBC'S JOHNNY COPPIN 2011 HIGHLIGHTS SHOW
Just a couple of days left to hear the best of 2011 radio programme presented on several BBC regional stations by musician and poet Johnny Coppin.

Can you guess which band and which album has been included?

world beat canada
world beat canada
I know that we included a tour of british columbia amongst our wishlist for the future but this is a link to a review by Cal Koat a broadcaster and writer in British Columbia.

He has playlisted Drunken Serenade, One More Day, This Time, The Gentle Man and his favorite, Lean On Me Love for airplay on Celt In A Twist radio, AM 1470, CJVB in Vancouver. Podcasts are available.

Thanks to Gail at Frusion for putting this in motion

fRoots
Folk North West Magazine
Folk North West Magazine
There are fabulous reviews of the album in fRoots magazine, Folk North West magazine and online at Folk & Roots - thanks to Simon Jones, Pete Fyfe and David Kidman respectively. We would love to share the reviews online but as these magazines are well worth the read then people really should get their own copy!!!
   

PURE FMPure FM - Rick Stuart: Roots and Fusion
Wednesday November 16th
Merry Hell recorded live in the Roots & Fusion studio recently - the session will be included in this Wednesday's show.
You can now listen to the podcast of the show if you missed it Click here to listen.

the stroke associationBand Members from Merry Hell ran together to raise money for the Stroke Association and are seeking your sponsorship, please donate whatever you can to help in our quest.

Band on a RunEvery five minutes someone in the UK has a stroke. A stroke does not discriminate. It can happen to anyone at anytime in their life. Strokes are sudden and their consequences can be devastating.

The Stroke Association is the only charity solely concerned with helping everyone affected across the UK. Our vision is to have a world where there are fewer strokes and all those touched by stroke get the help they need. The Stroke Association can only provide life-changing support and research with your help.

Please help support The Stroke Association's vital work by sponsoring me online. Just visit fundraising.stroke.org.uk/MerryHell. All donations are secure and sent directly to The Stroke Association. If you are a UK taxpayer, The Stroke Association will reclaim 28 pence for every pound you donate, through Gift Aid (at no extra cost to you). This way your donation is worth even more. Make sure you click the Gift Aid box.

If you would like to learn more about the vital work of The Stroke Association, please visit: www.stroke.org.uk

Oldham Community RadioMerry Hell will be playing another radio session on Monday 17th October with Ali O'Brien on Oldham Community Radios Sounds of Folk show.

Salford City RadioMerry Hell will be playing a session on the excellent Salford Folk programme on Salford City radio on Thursday 6th October. This will be followed by the band also appearing along with the show's hosts Dave Mather, Peter Robinson and Ellie Walk at their local, The Wagon and Horses

R2 MagazineWe are pleased to announce that Merry Hell will be featured in the new edition of R2 magazine, the UK's best selling eclectic music magazine out September 12th. Over the Border will also appear on the cover cd.

Chorley FMAnother live radio acoustic set will be on Chorley FM's Folk Show with James Blatchley on Tuesday 27th September at 8pm.

Moorlands RadioMerry Hell will be playing an acoustic set on Simon Jones Moorlands Roots Radio Show on 2nd October at 7pm.

Off The TracksAfter enjoying the experience of Haigh Fest, we have well and truly got the festival bug again and so are really pleased to be confirmed for Off The Tracks at Donington Park. Widely regarded as one of the best festivals out there - so good that they have a Spring and a Summer Festival, Merry Hell will be appearing on Saturday 3rd September. As we will be performing in the late afternoon we will get time to see some of the other bands appearing, ranging for the legendary to the intriguing - so have look at the line up and decide which is which!

Click here to download the flyer.

Haigh Fest >Merry Hell< will be playing at Haigh Fest on Sunday July 3rd
The gig is held outside Haigh Hall in Wigan and features 12 bands with Merry Hell the last band on stage at around 7:20pm.

The band were delighted to be selected to play as it was one of our main ambitions for our first year.

Entrance to Haigh Fest is £2.00

Here is a link to Salford City Radio show Salford Folk playing Merry Hell - the whole band are delighted www.podcast.canstream.co.uk or go to the Salford City radio site and look for the Salford Folk programme page

 

 


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Blink... And You Miss It reviewed by fatea records
Online acoustic music magazine, Fatea records, review our new album.

Blink... And You Miss It reviewed on northwestfolk.co.uk
See what Les at North West Folk has to say about the album.

Blink... And You Miss It reviewed on Folking.com
Read Dai Jeffries review of our up coming album Blink... And You Miss It on Folking.com

BBC iPlayer - Folkscene: 05/07/2011

You can hear Geoff Speed interview MERRY HELL members, Andrew, Bob & Lee on the BBC Radio Merseyside program, 'Folkscene'

Haigh Fest Interview
Andrew, Virginia and Bob spoke to the Haigh Fest organisers about playing Wigan's biggest stage, the legend of The Tansads and their plans for the future.

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