Bombadilio brings nostalgia and whimsy this holiday season with two original Christmas songs.

Born in the mountains, raised by the wind, and baptized along the beach, Bombadilio brings the magic of Cosmic Folk music along on their journey to re-enchant life. Frontmen and best friends Michael Steed and Doug Chambers take their cue from the band’s namesake, Tom Bombadil: bouncing, bumbling and bopping through life, singing to the trees, the sky, the rivers, the Earth and all her creatures.

Michael tends toward wistful, hopeful ballads; Doug brings a powerful, more visceral folk-rock energy. Together they bring enchantment, storytelling, banter and plenty of dancing to the stage.

Michael Steed and Doug Chambers met in college after returning from Mormon missions: Michael from Brazil and Doug from Taiwan. Years later, in their late 30s, they decided to learn guitar together. Doug suggested to Michael that if they really wanted to learn, they should write their own songs. They began writing and trading songs, discovering a creative outlet that also helped them work through major changes in their lives.

After friends heard their songs at a retreat and encouraged them to perform, Bombadilio played its first show in 2021. They have since performed mostly original music, much of it in Utah, where Michael grew up and where the band has built an audience. Their recent backyard show, The Reckoning, brought together well over a hundred people for a set of approximately 20 original songs.

Michael lives in Los Angeles and Doug in Pocatello, so getting together to record has taken time. They call their evolving sound Cosmic Folk, with a little folk rock, punk-folk and even “Utah-style Jazz,” their playful name for an improvisational, collaborative approach. The songs are communal in nature, often lifting people into an ecstatic frenzy or melting them into a giant cuddle puddle. They have a couple albums’ worth of originals they are in the process of recording and plan to release them soon.