A more conventional, but nonetheless eccentric Christmas, comes from the Albion Band. There are robust folk-rock renderings of venerable carols, readings from Wordsworth and John Clare ...

As its name might suggest, The Albion Christmas Band has a limited sell-by date musically speaking. There is little demand for songs celebrating holly and ivy in August. As its name might suggest ...

It’s a long way from the sort of bastardised Christmas crap piped into every supermarket and by and large rather pleasing, though there are moments when it feels a bit cloying, like a Poundland plum ...

The group features the combined talents of Ashley Hutchings(ex Fairport Convention/Steeleye Span/Albion Band and current Rainbow Chasers), Kellie While, Simon Care(ex Albion Band/Tickled Pink) and ...

This first live album from The Albion Christmas Band is a very welcome addition and possibly an antidote (to some elements of) to the festive period. Recorded live at the Kings Place in London in ...

CHRISTMAS 2013 heralds a landmark celebration for The Albion Christmas Band. Tuesday will be 15th anniversary of the band’s inaugural appearance on December 17, 1999, and this anniversary will ...

The Albion Country Band, The Albion Christmas Band, and spilling over into "Ridgeriders" (Ashley Hutchings, Phil Beer, Chris While, et. al). These apparently different groups share ...

Featuring the combined talents of Simon Nicol (Fairport Convention), Kellie While (Albion Band) Simon Care (Edward II) and the Guvnor himself, Ashley Hutchings MBE, this show takes you on a guided ...