Andy Bell
Andy has been producing records for over 15 years, he graduated from Leeds College of Music in 2003 where he was also a full time studio technician. After spending several years recording various Classical and Jazz albums, Andy became the house engineer at Leeders Farm, working with artists such as KT Tunstall and Seasick Steve.
Today he works with the likes of Bellowhead, Jon Boden, Martin Simpson, Martin Carthy, Maddy Prior and Seth Lakeman to mention just a few. Many of Andy’s records enjoy national TV, newspaper and radio coverage including regular plays on BBC Radio 2, 3 and 6Music, they have gone on to achieve awards from Songlines, fRoots and BBC Radio 2. Andy has also been nominated for best producer in the Resolution Awards and has, proudly, been nominated twice as best engineer in Yorkshire, he's not yet won that coverted award!
In 2013 Andy produced The Full English, an album that went on to win album of the year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Following this he established the new record label, Hudson Records, whose first release with The Furrow Collective went on to achieve best group at the awards.