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Bella River Duo

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About Bella River Duo

Premier Contemporary Duo | Available to book now for your private events
Acoustic duo
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After hundreds of performances, and over 50 countries visited, it's no wonder Natalie & Rich have a repertoire of 400+ songs to show for it. Collecting each one along the way, all of their thoughtful arrangements of so many beloved classic and modern hits has a real human connection and unique story behind their selection. In 2020, they returned to the UK from a three-year residency in Osaka, where they were hired by Japan's premier wedding & events company Escrit Inc. to perform at weddings and private events across the city. Previously they have worked for many of the hospitality industries' leading companies including, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Celebrity Cruises, Crystal Cruises, Carnival, and Australian Pacific Touring. They have supported & shared the stage with the likes of Billy Ocean, ABC, Alexandra Burke, Tony Hadley, Rick Astley, as well as appearing at many prestigious events, including at the Formula 1 Grand Prix Qualifying at Silverstone, Arsenal Emirates Football Stadium, and Hyde Park for the London 2012 Olympics. Bella River is now available to perform for your own event. Whether it is a wedding celebration, private party, or corporate function, their unique blend of live-lounge acoustic style arrangements and compact alternative to a full party band makes them the perfect choice.

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Genres:
Covers, Pop, Acoustic, Easy listening
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Event types:
Private event, Wedding, Wedding proposal, Hotel / Restaurant event, Corporate event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Concert, Charity event, Recording session, Birthday party, Cruise, Christmas party, New Year's Eve, Virtual event, Funeral / Memorial service
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Bella River Duo's Song list

Dancing Queen - ABBA
Mamma Mia - ABBA
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! - ABBA
S.O.S. - ABBA
Take A Chance On Me - ABBA
Thank You for The Music - ABBA
Voulez-Vous - ABBA
Waterloo - ABBA
Does Your Mother Know - ABBA
I Believe In Angels - ABBA
Lay All Your Love On Me - ABBA
Blackbird - The Beatles
Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
In My Life - The Beatles
Yesterday - The Beatles
Something - The Beatles
Can’t Buy Me Love - The Beatles
Come Together - The Beatles
Daytripper - The Beatles
Eight Days a Week - The Beatles
I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
Let It Be - The Beatles
Hey Jude - The Beatles
While my Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles
And I Love Her - The Beatles
Imagine - John Lennon
Merry Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon
My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
Close to You - The Carpenters
We’ve Only Just Begun - The Carpenters
Yesterday Once More - The Carpenters
Top of the World - The Carpenters
Superstar - The Carpenters
Rainy Days and Mondays - The Carpenters
Please Mr Postman - The Carpenters
This Masquerade - The Carpenters
Stand By Me - Ben E King
Pretty Woman ‒ Roy Orbison
I Will Always Love You ‒ Whitney Houston
The Greatest Love - Whitney Houston
My Heart Will Go On ‒ Celine Dion
Hero ‒ Mariah Carey
All I Want For Christmas - Mariah Carey
Hotel California - Eagles
Desperado ‒ Eagles
Country Roads - John Denver
Holiday - Madonna
Like a Virgin ‒ Madonna
Crazy For You ‒ Madonna
Material Girl - Madonna
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
Human Nature - Michael Jackson
Thriller - Micheal Jackson
The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
You Are Not Alone ‒ Michael Jackson
Calling You (Baghdad Café) ‒ Jevetta Steele
Karma Chameleon ‒ Culture Club
Wonderful Tonight ‒ Eric Clapton
Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
Isn’t She Lovely - Stevie Wonder
I Just Called To Say I Love You ‒ Stevie Wonder
Superstitious - Stevie Wonder
Eternal Flame - The Bangles
God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
Just the Two of Us - Bill Withers
Lean On Me ‒ Bill Withers
Aint No Sunshine - Bill Withers
Just The Way You Are ‒ Billy Joel
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
Caribbean Queen ‒ Billy Ocean
Love Really Hurts Without You - Billy Ocean
Heart of Glass - Blondie
Coming Around Again - Carly Simon
You’re So Vein - Carly Simon
So Far Away ‒ Carole King
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow ‒ Carole King
It’s Too Late ‒ Carole King
You’ve Got A Friend ‒ Carole King
Aint Nobody ‒ Chaka Khan
Time After Time - Cindy Lauper
True Colours ‒ Cindy Lauper
Friday I’m in Love - The Cure
Upside Down - Diana Ross
I Only Want to be With You ‒ Dusty Springfield
Spooky - Dusty Springfield
Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
September - Earth Wind & Fire
Your Song - Elton John
Tiny Dancer - Elton John
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
Don’t Stop - Fleetwood Mac
Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac
The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
Songbird - Fleetwood Mac
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac
Gold Dust Woman - Fleetwood Mac
Never Going Back Again - Fleetwood Mac
Sweet Child O’ Mine - Guns n’ Roses
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Blame It On The Boogie - Jackson 5
I Want You Back ‒ Jackson 5
Carolina in My Mind ‒ James Taylor
Fire and Rain ‒ James Taylor
How Sweet it is to be Loved by You ‒ James Taylor
At Seventeen - Janis Ian
I’m a Believer - The Monkees
Hopelessly Devoted to You - Olivia Newton John
Every Breath You Take - The Police
Englishman in New York ‒ Sting
Shape of My Heart ‒ Sting
Fields of Gold - Sting
Sitting on the Dock of The Bay - Otis Redding
Smooth Operator - Sade
Sweetest Taboo - Sade
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel
The Sound of Silence ‒ Simon & Garfunkel
Kathy’s Song - Simon & Garfunkel
Crazy Love - Van Morrison
Moondance - Van Morrison
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Only You - Yazoo
Club Tropicana - Wham
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham
Last Christmas - Wham
Babe I’m Gonna Leave You ‒ Led Zeppelin
Fast Car ‒ Tracy Chapman
Free Fallin’ ‒ Tom Petty
I’m Not In Love ‒ 10cc
Sunny ‒ Boney M
Take My Breath Away ‒ Berlin
Drive - Cars
Can’t Help Falling In Love With You - Elvis Presley
Unchained Melody - Elvis Presley
Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
Always On My Mind - Elvis Presley
All Night Long - Lionel Richie
Baby Love - The Supremes
You Can’t Hurry Love - The Supremes
Bang Bang - Nancy Sinatra
These Boots Are Made For Walking - Nancy Sinatra
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
A Case Of You - Joni Mitchell
River - Joni Mitchell
Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell
All I Want - Joni Mitchell
Carey - Joni Mitchell
Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
Celebration - Kool & The Gang
Crazy - Patsy Cline
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
Dance Me To The End of Love - Leonard Cohen
Dancing In The Moonlight - King Harvest
Diamonds & Rust - Joan Baez
Don’t Dream It’s Over - Crowded House
Don’t Look Back In Anger - Oasis
Wonderwall - Oasis
Downtown - Petulia Clarke
Le Freak - Chic
Everybody Dance - Chic
Good Times - Chic
I Want Your Love - Chic
Faith - George Michael
Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr
Give Me The Night - George Benson
Holding Out For A Hero - Bonnie Tyler
I Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
I Say A Little Prayer - Arethra Franklin
With Or Without You - U2
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For - U2
I’ll Never Fall In Love Again - Dionne Warwick
Walk On By - Dionne Warwick
Jolene - Dolly Parton
I’ll Always Love You - Dolly Parton
Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack
Let’s Twist Again - Chubby Checker
Moonage Daydream - David Bowie
Life On Mars? - David Bowie
Man Who Sold The World - David Bowie
Love Of My Life - Queen
I Want To Break Free - Queen
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Loving You - Minnie Riperton
More Than Words - Extreme
Never Too Much - Luther Vandross
Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues
Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O’Connor
Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland
Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - B.J Thomas
Rocking Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt
Winter Wonderland - Bing Crosby
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Bing Crosby
White Christmas - Bing Crosby
Sugar Baby Love - The Rubettes
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Locomotion - Little Eva
There She Goes - The Las
Time of the Season - The Zombies
She’s Not There - The Zombies
Time Warp - Rocky Horror Picture Show
To Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan
Venus - Shocking Blue
When You Say Nothing At All - Alison Kraus
Wild World - Cat Stevens
Wonderful World - Sam Cooke
Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings
You Gotta Be - Des’ree
You’re My World - Cilla Black
Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Staton
Contemporary
A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton
A Thousand Years - Chistina Perri
All Of Me - John Legend
American Boy - Estelle
Attention - Charlie Puth
Patience - Charlie Puth
Au Cinema - Lianne La Havas
Baby I’m A Fool - Melody Gardot
Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
Shallow - Lady Gaga
Poker Face - Lady Gaga
Banana Pancakes - Jack Johnson
Upside Down - Jack Johnson
Budapest - George Ezra
Burning House - Cam
Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
Chandelier - Sia
City Of Stars - La La Land
Counting Stars - One Republic
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
Dance With Me Tonight - Dance With Me Tonight
Diamonds - Rihanna
Please Don’t Stop The Music - Rihanna
Don’t Know Why - Norah Jones
Sunrise - Norah Jones
Fallin’ - Alicia Keys
Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard
Get Lucky - Daft Punk
Girls Like You - Maroon 5
Sunday Morning - Maroon 5
Sugar - Maroon 5
This Love - Maroon 5
She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5
Golden Touch - Razorlight
Happy - Pharrell Williams
Hello - Adele
Someone Like You - Adele
Million Years Ago - Adele
Hot & Cold - Katy Perry
Hey Soul Sister - Train
Hey Ya - Outkast
Hold On We’re Going Home - Drake
Passionfruit - Drake
I Can’t Feel My Face - The Weeknd
I Don’t Trust Myself - John Mayer
New Light - John Mayer
I’m Like A Bird - Nelly Furtardo
I’m Yours - Jason Mraz
In The Waiting Line - Zero 7
Just Like A Star - Corrine Bailey Rae
Put Your Records On - Corrine Bailey Rae
Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars
Marry You - Bruno Mars
Treasure - Bruno Mars
Kiss Me - SixPence None The Richer
La La La - Naughty Boy ft. Sam Smith
Last Request - Paulo Nutini
Let Me Love You - Justin Bieber
Love Yourself - Justin Bieber
Lost In Japan - Shawn Mendes
Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding
Starry Eyed - Ellie Goulding
Love - Lana Del Rey
Venice Bitch - Lana Del Rey
Mariners Apartment Complex - Lana Del Rey
Lovefool - The Cardigans
Merry Go Round - Kacey Musgraves
Slow Burn - Kacey Musgraves
Never Forget You - The Noisettes
New Rules - Dua Lipa
Nine Million Bicycles - Katie Melua
Nothing Breaks Like A Heart - Miley Cyrus
One Evening - Feist
One Last Time - Ariana Grande
Thank U, Next - Ariana Grande
Perfect - Ed Sheeran
A-Team - Ed Sheeran
Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran
Photograph - Ed Sheeran
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
Rather Be - Clean Bandit
Rehab - Amy Winehouse
Valerie - Amy Winehouse
Tears Dry On Their Own - Amy Winehouse
Riptide - Vance Joy
Seven Nation Army - White Stripes
Shake It Off - Taylor Swift
Somewhere Only We Know - Keane
Stay With Me - Sam Smith
I’m Not The Only One - Sam Smith
Sunflower - Post Malone
Sweet About Me - Gabrielle Aplin
Take Me To Church - Hozier
These Words - Natasha Bedingfield
Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
Yellow - Coldplay
Warwick Avenue - Duffy
You Got The Love - Florence & The Machine
Jazz
Girl From Ipanema
Beyond The Sea
Fly Me to The Moon
I’m In The Mood For Love
Cry Me a River
Dream a Little Dream
Baby I’m A Fool
Moon River
My Baby Just Cares for Me
Fever
Summertime
Sway
The Look of Love
La Vie En Rose
Stormy Weather
L-O-V-E
What A Wonderful World
Autumn Leaves
I Love You (For Sentimental Reasons)
My Funny Valentine
Disney
Beauty & The Beast
A Whole New World
I See The Light
Let It Go
You’ve Got A Friend In Me
Can You Feel the Love Tonight?
You’ll Be In My Heart
All Is Found
A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes
Once Upon A Dream
When You Wish Upon A Star
How Far I’ll Go
Part Of Your World
Customer questions

What do your clients love most about your performances?

We provide a stylish & sophisticated ambience to any event, whilst at the same time, we can effortlessly fill a dance-floor.

Which venues have you performed at in the past?

To name a few: Capesthrone Hall, Macclesfield Formula 1 Grand Prix Qualifying, Silverstone 2012 Olympics Celebration, Hyde Park Rochester Castle Celebrity Solstice & Eclipse Carnival Fantasy Ama Cello, Dolce, Dante Travel Marvel Sapphire Crystal Cruises Bach Windows On The World, Hilton Osaka Laguna Veil Premier, Osaka

Which artists have you been most influenced by?

The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, The Beach Boys.

What is the most high profile gig you've performed?

Formula 1 Grand Prix Qualifying, at Silverstone Race Course, where we performed to over 10,000 people and finished just as the cars started their warm-up laps.

Do you have different line-up options?

We perform as a duo. If you require a compact alternative to a party band, we have performed hundreds of events accompanied by high-quality backing tracks.

What if my timings change after I've booked you?

No problem, we can be flexible if you let us know in the run-up to the event.

Can you provide an iPod/DJ service before and between your sets?

Of course! We will charge an additional fee if we are required to arrive earlier, or start later than is necessary for our performance.

How much time do you need to set up?

We usually set-up around an hour, to an hour and a half before our performance begins.

Can you roam around while you perform?

If we are performing acoustically without a sound system, then this is not a problem.

Can I pick the songs you play from the set list?

Of course. We have over 450 songs and counting in our repertoire, so you are welcome to pick your favorites.

Is all of the equipment (e.g. PA & lighting) included in your quote?

Yes, we will provide everything necessary to make the performance perfect for your event.

Can you learn song requests before the event?

We are happy to learn a special song upon request, just let us know when you book us.

Bella River Duo's Prices

Last updated: 2024

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Standard Prices
Performance durationPrice
Up to 1 hour£600
Up to 2 hours£850
Up to 3 hours£975
Packages
Wedding ceremony2 musicians
This includes music before the service begins, music during the signing of the register, and music as guests leave.
£550
Drinks reception2 musicians
Two performances of up to 45 mins each during your drinks reception
£550
Full Wedding Package 2 musicians
2 performances of up to 45 minutes each | Relaxed live-lounge covers for a late afternoon or early evening performance. Followed by: 2 x 45 minutes evening party sets, accompanied by high-quality backing tracks, to get everyone up on the dance floor.
£1000
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Bella River Duo's Reviews

From Encore customers:

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Kate G
6 months ago
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5 out of 5

Bella River Duo came to play at an evening garden party for my birthday. And they were amazing!! Right from the beginning, they were a pleasure to deal with. Rich was very responsive and helpful with all the organisation. Their choice of songs on the night was perfect; they created exactly the vibe I wanted. Natalie's voice is breathtaking. I cannot recommend them highly enough!!

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David W
6 months ago
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5 out of 5

They caught the mood of the occasion very early on and performed to an exceptionally high standard. Very personable and a pleasure to deal with.

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Beverley R
1 year ago
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5 out of 5

Natalie and Rich (Bella River Duo) were just brilliant. They were recommended to us by a friend who had seen and heard them at a Wedding. We were so pleased that they were able to provide entertainment at our Wedding on 18/2/23. Our guests have since commented and praised how beautifully they sang and played, with an inspired choice of music and songs. They were very accommodating and played in different locations, during our Ceremony. Wedding Reception and they were the link to the evening entertainment. They played and sang our chosen song which they adapted perfectly for the occasion. They kept our guests enterained playing expertly across a wide range of songs. We would recommend Natalie and Rich (Della River Duo) at any event. Money well spent.

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Audra J
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5 out of 5

Just so pleased we had them at our wedding. So lovely.

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2 years ago, for a Wedding in Woodman Ln
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5 out of 5

We highly recommend Passengers Party Duo for any celebratory occasion. I am delighted we chose them to perform at our wedding. They were thoroughly professional but at the same time entered wholeheartedly into the spirit of the occasion. The standard of the singing and playing was excellent, the range of songs covered was extremely impressive. Brilliant.

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2 years ago, for a Wedding in Wickwoods Country Club
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5 out of 5

We intended passengers to play some beautiful modern music, as an acoustic duo, at our wedding reception while our guests were mingling; they did just that! They arrived promptly and discreetly and we're ready to play on time. They were brilliant! And they also deconflicted neatly with another band which was ideal. Thank you so much. We would definitely use Bella River again.

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