Lindisfarne turn their back on folk because . . .  ‘Rock is where it’s at’ 
from Record Mirror June 3rd, 1972 - discovered by Michael Clayton 

“We’re becoming less of a folk band, the rock side’s coming up all the…

Their singles and their descendants - by Charles Orr 

Formed in 1962, The Chosen Few was the vehicle by which Alan Hull would launch his recording career. The band's original line up was Hull (guitar and vocals), Bumper Brown (bass)…

Ray Laidlaw tells the story... 

Long before Lindisfarne made their first album we had a collective interest in things visual and often fantasised about what our sleeve would be like when we eventually made our first album. It was…

Lindisfarne... are  five musicians emerging from the Tyne fog to become really BIG.

Currently Lindisfarne are one of the country’s most interesting groups, and if you ask them the secret of that success they will point to their producer…

It is meet and right that our Brightest Hope award this year should go to Lindisfarne, the most sincere, straightforward and no-nonsense band to emerge out of 1971. 

They made the final rung of the ladder to success in…

Billy Mitchell & co.'s 1971 LP rediscovered and reviewed by Charles Orr 

A very youthful sounding Billy Mitchell (lead vocals) heads the cast of the three 'Callies' – the other members being Ray Tweedie and Will Browell (all contributing…