Alan Hull: Last News

Sam Fender will front a BBC Four documentary about Lindisfarne’s late frontman Alan Hull later this week.The film Lindisfarne’s Geordie Genius: The Alan Hull Story will see Fender tracing the ’70s band’s history – who were famous for hits such as ‘Lady Eleanor’ and ‘Fog On The Tyne’ – through Hull.The documentary will also feature a number of celebrity talking heads including Sting, Elvis Costello, Mark Knopfler, Eurythmics‘ Dave Stewart and Peter Gabriel. You can view a trailer below.“I was lucky enough to make music and travel the world with Alan for over 25 years and despite the commercial success of Lindisfarne, Alan never received the recognition he deserved as a ‘world-class’ songwriter.

Sam Fender has today (November 24) shared an emotive cover of the 1970’s folk track, ‘Winter Song’.Described as a “stark, raw and heartfelt recording”, the song is a cover of a track originally recorded by Alan Hull and Lindisfarne.A press release described Alan Hull as “a local legend” for the people of Newcastle, where Fender is from.The press release added: “As meaningful to the people of Newcastle as The Beatles were to the people of Liverpool, Lindisfarne might never have reached the dizzying heights of John Lennon’s men, but in vocalist and songwriter Alan Hull, they had an artist whose music reached and touched millions, and who hundreds of thousands of Geordies, over the generations, remain fiercely proud.”Speaking about the song,