Blog: HearYa: An Indie Music Blog

Bombadil is a band and a word that I was unfamiliar with. I did a quick check on Wikipedia and apparently there's a fellow named Tom Bombadil that is described in J.R.R Tolkien's 1934 poem, "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil," as a "merry fellow" living in a dingle close to the Withywindle river, where he wanders, exploring nature at his leisure. Oddly enough, that spirit of back-country exploration is a fair description of the band and their recent release, Tarpits and Canyonlands . Bombadil was formed by Duke University alumni in North Carolina by way of Bolivia, [...]

• Bombadil - Honeymoon » 03-Honeymoon.mp3
• Bombadil - Reasons » 04-Reasons.mp3