Bird in the Belly are an English folk music collective based in Brighton, consisting of alt-folk musician Jinnwoo (Ben Webb), folk duo Hickory Signals (Laura Ward and Adam Ronchetti), and producer and multi-instrumentalist Tom Pryor.
[2] Bird in the Belly stated their objective as a band was to uncover forgotten or overlooked British songs, stories, and poems, and reintroduce them into the current folk music canon.
[4] Their second album, Neighbours and Sisters, was released in October 2019, preceded by the singles "Robin & Starling" and "New Gate Stone".
[5] In March 2020, "Horace in Brighton" featured as one of Chris Riddell's song choices on BBC Radio 4"s Desert Island Discs.
[6] In November 2020, Folk Radio UK announced that Bird in the Belly member Tom Pryor had produced the forthcoming album Cats of Coven Lawn by Frankie Armstrong.