Lindisfarne Belfast Tickets

Newcastle natives – the singing guitarist and pianist Alan Hull, guitarist Simon Cowe, multi-instrumentalist Lindsay Raymond Ray Jackson, bassist and violinist Roderick Parry Clements, and the drummer Raymond Laidlaw formed the group in 1968. First, it was called “Downtown Faction”, then “Brethren”. In 1968, the participants learned about the existence of the American group called “Brethren” and renamed their ensemble “Lindisfarne” – in honor of “The Holy Island”, located near the Northumberland Coast. A new name was rather consistent to a new, folk-rock direction of the group. In 1970, “Lindisfarne” subscribed to Charisma Records, the leading English progressive-label that was directed by Tony Stratten-Smith. Read more