This version of The Trees Stand Bare – with harmonies arranged by Victoria Abbott and sung by Kyra Norman Tonks, SJ, Karen Pirie and Craig Berryman – was recorded live at Parklive Festival, Falmouth, in September 2022.

Photo: Simon Neild - Studio-35

The Trees Stand Bare – Live at Parklive

This version of Gather You Up – with harmonies arranged by Victoria Abbott and sung by Kyra Norman Tonks, SJ, Karen Pirie and Craig Berryman – was recorded live at Parklive Festival, Falmouth, September 2022.

Photo: Simon Neild - Studio-35

Gather You Up – Live at Parklive

This version of Take Me Down – with harmonies arranged by Victoria Abbott and sung by Kyra Norman Tonks, SJ, Karen Pirie and Craig Berryman – was recorded live at Parklive Festival, Falmouth, September 2022.

Photo: Simon Neild - Studio-35

Take Me Down – Live at Parklive

A live capture of Roost, performed at The Tolmen Centre with Kyra Norman on harmonies and Kath Buckler on harmonies and guitar, where we supported Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman. 

Watch the video at: https://youtu.be/qOomZ2M5h0w

Roost is a song written in the depths of winter, on the sort of day when the birds gather early in the black trees and you feel a great longing to also be home – in its truest sense.

Roost – live at The Tolmen Centre

A live session and interview broadcast live from Falmouth’s Princess Pavilions on SourceFM’s Inside Local Music, with Simon Neild, on 8 June 2023. Featuring Kath Buckler and Kyra Norman on harmonies and percussion. 

Thank you to Carey Davies on the sound desk.

Live session & radio interview from Princess Pavilion

A live session recording of The Sun, broadcast live from Falmouth’s Princess Pavilions on SourceFM’s Inside Local Music, with Simon Neild, on 8 June 2023. Featuring Kath Buckler and Kyra Norman on harmonies and percussion. 

Thank you to Carey Davies on the sound desk.

LYRICS:

Hey oh I'm heading out West

Oh oh, gonna chase that pink sun down

And I got bundles of love in my arms

And only good things in my head

Now I need a little light to guide me home



Hey oh it's been a steady climb

But oh, I know that sun is mine

And I got bundles of love in my arms

And only good things in my head

Now I need a little light to guide me home



Yes I seen the pools of reflection

Yes I know the sinking sands of thinking 

But I'll skip right by

I'll stay up high

Where I can see

Where I can see

Yes I'll skip right by 

I'll stay up high

Where I can see

Where I can see

Yes I'll skip right by

I'll stay up high

Where I can see

Where I...




I'm heading out West

Gonna chase that pink sun down

I'm heading out West

I know that sun is mine

Hey oh 

Hey oh

Hey oh

Hey oh

Image courtesy of Videvo

The Sun - live in session

Recorded live at St Mary’s Church, Penzance, 11 October 2024. 

Written and performed by Hannah Bullock.

Kelsey Michael Concert at St Mary's Church Penzance 11th October 2024

The Game - live at St Mary’s

Recorded live at St Mary’s Church, Penzance, 11 October 2024.

The Sun was written by Hannah Bullock, with harmonies by Kyra Norman. Performed by Hannah Bullock, with Kath Buckler on cello.

The Sun - live at St Mary’s

Recorded live at St Mary’s Church, Penzance, 11 October 2024. 

Take Me Down was written by Hannah Bullock, with harmonies by Vicky Abbott. Performed by Hannah Bullock, with Kath Buckler on harmonies and cello.

Take Me Down - live at St Mary’s

Recorded live at St Mary’s Church, Penzance, 11 October 2024.

The Low Road was written by Hannah Bullock. Performed by Hannah Bullock, with Kath Buckler on cello.

The Low Road

A song haunted by nostalgia - or what the Portuguese call 'saudade' (the love that remains after something is gone).
(With many thanks to Dan Johnson for this early demo recording - and Mim Taylor for additional vocals.)

Smoke Signals

A song from the murky underworld of online dating. 
(With many thanks to Dan Johnson for this early demo recording.)

The Game

Recorded live at the Redwood Stage at Parklive Festival, Falmouth, July 2017.

Live at Parklive Festival: Smoke Signals

Written during winter, this is a song to bring solace – to help us get to the other side. 

Here it is performed in my dining room, during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Trees Stand Bare

Roost is a song written in the depths of winter, on the sort of day when the birds gather early in the black trees and you feel a great longing to also be home – in its truest sense. 

When it came to producing the song, my first multitrack recording, I wanted to keep the arrangement simple, honouring its honest lyrics, but also conjure up the brooding atmosphere of that winter’s day. 

I chose to add just two elements alongside my vocals: the rich, slightly discordant sound of my old harmonium – and the cacophonous calls of a group of rooks.*

The endlessly absorbing editing process itself felt like the final part of the journey for Roost, as I crafted the birdsong so that the rooks really sing alongside me and help to tell the story.

*Rook, Corvus frugilegus frugilegus, field recording by Paul Holt near Pendleton in Lancashire https://www.xeno-canto.org/546319.

The song was produced as part of SheProducer, which aims to empower women in Cornwall to become self-sufficient music makers. 

Photo by Mary Quite Contrary on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/yolfi/with/33644471810/

Roost

"A spellbinding set which kept the audience mesmerised" – Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman
“Hannah had us truly captivated” – Sound of the Sirens
"Sublime modern folk with overtones of Joni Mitchell and mid 70s West Coast artists" – Old Bakery Studios
"Delicate and entrancing… an original and absorbing performance." – The Tolmen Centre
"Taking in a Hannah Bullock performance is like having a bath that is the perfect temperature." – Sam Lewis
“Strong in their delicacy, Hannah's songs give space for us to hear all the hues and colours of her voice. She is a songwriting force to be reckoned with” – Fruit Tree songwriters’ programme

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