About

"Morris men with glowsticks: It's the future" - MOJO

Like an archival image dragged through an old photocopier, Hevelwood takes folk stories both ancient and new and overlays them with digital fuzz and uncertainty.

Hevelwood, alias of Tim Woodson, straddles the world of traditional and acoustic folk and electronic indie. A Leeds-based producer working with traditional song, he has released 2 EPs of folk song interpretations and his debut LP Of Greatness Receding was released in Autumn 2023. The record features a blend of traditional English folk songs and originals setting stories of power and resistance in lush production, biting percussion and abrasive textures that disintegrate on touch.

Tim’s process developed over two seasons as host of digital folk club podcast Old Tunes Fresh Takes. The podcast invited musicians of all styles and abilities to create their own interpretations of folk songs and featured guests such as Stewart Lee, Debbie Armour (Burd Ellen), Anna RG (Anna & Elizabeth), Martin Green (Lau) and Olugbenga Adelekan (Metronomy). The project gave Hevelwood the opportunity to shape a new aesthetic in realtime and while going deep into the world of traditional song with a likeminded community of producers and artists.

Of Greatness Receding is the most complete statement of that aesthetic to date, taking sonic influence from the likes of Bon Iver, Sam Amidon, Haiku Salut, Radiohead, Saya Gray and Lomelda as well as contemporary songwriters like Anaïs Mitchell, Sufjan Stevens and Andy Shauf.