Cold as a Frog

Hannah & Sam BBC Horizon Award Nominee’s 2010!

Great news,

Hannah & Sam have been nominated in the Horizon category for the 2010 BBC Folk Awards.

Hannah & Sam’s 2009 album Catches & Glees was produced, mixed and engineered by me (Andy Bell) and I also mixed fellow nominees, Kat & Jamies, record earlier on in the year!

A beer or two will be had tonight [...]

SUMMER

So that’s the Summer gone and about 30 festivals later I’m shattered. I’ve been all over the place with The Demons, Kerfuffle, Spiers & Boden, AVLS and CV Audio, taking in Sidmouth, Cambridge, Whitby, Shrewsbury amongst others and even a day trip to Sardinia for a gig! Time to get cracking with more albums [...]

SHEPLEY

Just had a great weekend at Shepley with Phil Vickers and AVLS, really enjoyed the Navvy’s Wife and Will Noble, Big Session and Beverley are the big festivals with the Demon Barbers this month!

NEW ALBUMS

So it has been a busy week over in Wales with Little Rumba, I’ve had a few albums booked in this week as well, one with Dan Cassidy, another with Sam Carter & Sam Sweeney and also a very exciting one with Blues guitarist Brooks Williams! Busy Busy!

KAREN TWEED

Accordion legend, Karen Tweed has been in contact recently about some very exciting new recording and live projects, including one with Brooks Williams! Watch this space!

ROSIE DOONAN

We have almost completed tracking the album and now the hours of editing and comping begins! The album is sounding great and Miss Doonan and I have had great fun recording it. Keep an ear out for samples soon!

60’s MADNESS

We’re getting there, after several months hard work at Valve Studios, midlands based retro outfit, The Carnaby’s have finished tracking their new album and I am hurridly trying to get it mixed for their gigs this summer. We have gone for a real authentic sound and it has been great fun recording the old [...]

UISCEDWR

Fresh back from doing the sound for Uiscedwr Bigband at Cromer Folk on the Pier, I am already looking forward to Uiscedwr’ special feature on the Mike Harding Show on BBC Radio 2 on May 22nd. There will be an Interview with Anna and Cormac as well as 2 or 3 tracks played [...]

DAN CASSIDY

This week I’ll be going in to Wavelength Studios with Dan Cassidy and James Hickman to rattle off a demo for the album, which is to be recorded late on in the year. Dan, sister of Eva Cassidy, is a virtuoso fiddle player and I’m really looking forward to it.. Talking of virtuoso fiddlers, [...]

THE DEMON BARBER ROADSHOW

This year I have taken over the sound and technical aspect of the BBC Folk Awards - Best Live Act 2009 - The Demon Barbers. So if you see me out and about with them at the festivals please say hello, I’m also live sounding it with Kerfuffle. Damien and myself are busy [...]

HANNAH & SAM

Hannah & Sam will soon have a new website in preparation for the release of their new album! The new duo album will be released at Sidmouth Folk Festival in August, keep an ear out on our ‘Sounds’ section for some samples! Link through to them from our friend section.

NEW WEBSITE!!

Hello, welcome to the new Cold as a Frog website. We have had a busy 2009 so far and festival season is just about to hit!  Please have a look through all our services, studio and experience.