Merry Hell - Gallery

A little Soldier's Joy for Christmas. Put together by Mike 'Jonah' Jones, who many of you will recognise from our merchandising stall from footage shot at gigs around the country during 2016. Besides being known as Soldier's Joy (referring to a combination of whiskey, beer and morphine used by troops in the Amerian Civil War, Robbie Burns also put words to the tune as part of his work 'The Jolly Beggars' We could rename it 'The Drummer's Demise' as Andy is left pretty breathless as our version gets faster and faster - which is why we usually have to follow it with a ballad. The first video from our forthcoming album 'The Ghost in Our House and other stories...' Video produced by Neil McCartney
Video by Steve Edwards at Focal Media
Video by Steve Edwards at Focal Media

Big thanks to Al Balmer for putting together the movie from photos he has shot at our gigs.
Merry Helloween. St Helens Citadel, October 2012






Rec'd for Terry. Queens Hall Studio, Widnes, July 2012







Haigh Fest 2011. Photos by Al Balmer







Photos by Ravey Davey (Darkstar Imaging)




Photos by Alex Taylor



Photos by Joolz Design

LATEST NEWS
Stan Ambrose at BBC Radio Merseyside has honoured us immensely by devoting the whole 1 hour of his Folkscene programme to some band called Merry Hell. Read more here...

BIG NEWS! Merry Hell are proud to have enlisted in The Armistice Pals.
This is a fabulous community of Folk musicians who are coming together to mark the 100th Anniversary of World War 1. Read more here...

Click here to read personal message from our bass player, Andrew Dawson

Moorlands Radio Acoustic Session
We will be playing an acoustic session plus being interviewed on Simon Jones' Anything Goes Show on Moorlands Radio on Sunday between 7 and 10pm. Read more here...

Newsletter #17 is now out!
This issue is full of gig news, reviews, happenings, shameless self promotion and new merchandise.
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A cracking review of the new album from our good friend Paul Ariss at Louder than War. A must read!

Here's a great review of the new album from the excellent FATEA online magazine - Thanks to David Kidman Fatea Showcases.

Great review by Chris Jolley, get a brew and enjoy an in depth review of Blink and you miss it!! Click here to read the review.

Darwen Live
Monday 29th May 2017

Manchester Museum
Friday 2nd June

Wirral Folk on the Coast
Saturday 3rd June 2017

Rustic Acoustic Festival
Saturday 1st - 2nd July 2017

Saddleworth Folk Weekend
Sunday 16th July 2017

Saltburn Folk Festival
Saturday 12th August 2017

Cottingham Folk Festival
Friday 25th August 2017

Towersey Festival
Monday 28th August 2017

Here is a free download of 'Crooked Man' from our album Blink... and you miss it. If you like this track then please encourage friends to download it as well - why not share the link on your facebook page and why not sign up for our regular newsletters via the contact page.

Click here to download our previous free track Drunken Serenade.