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Jim Ghedi and Toby Hay are a duo project between two finger style guitarists, coming together to blend influences and different styles of playing to create a unique sound for guitar based folk music. Their self titled album is out on Topic Records on May 26th 2023: ?This album, their second collaboration after 2018?s The Hawksworth Grove Sessions was originally to be recorded in early 2020, but, as Toby describes ?the world had different plans?. It had different plans for all of us, as we all ventured into a dark global pandemic.
As life trickled back again in February 2022, the two headed into Giant Wafer Studios, mid Wales, with very little rehearsal time? and recorded the entire album live, with no edits or overdubs over three days, tucked away amongst the farms, rolling hills and silence of rural Mid Wales. This new record is the sound of two men in conversation yet speaking in one voice. Jim plays 6-string, Toby plays twelve-string but the sound they make is of a third entirely new and other-worldly instrument, vast, burnished, delicate, intricate, ancient, modern and utterly unique.
?Ghedi and Hay may be working in a deep tradition, but there?s something to their playing that feels distinct...? ~ Uncut
?Lovely fluid folk guitar duets LP recorded in a single, tea fuelled weekend after week?s of jamming on tour together.? - MOJO
"An absolute delight and a balm for saturated times. Their dexterity on the strings creates a sonic density that touches the psychedelic; it conjures an uncanny human presence, as if they?ve snared old ghosts and forgotten voices, and given them new life.?
~ The Quietus
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October 10th 2022
Amazing, wonderful I took my boyfriend to see him and he enjoyed it would deffo see him again
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Jim Ghedi Biography
Jim Ghedi hails from the South Yorkshire hills and although clearly well versed in the history of British folk music, he stands out as a potential torch bearer for a new generation of respectful yet experimental performers. 'In The Furrow's Of Common Place' (Basin Rock, Jan 2021) lit up our lockdown gloom, it's a terrific piece of work.
Whilst Jim Ghedi’s previous idiosyncratic take on folk has often been instrumental, exploring the natural world and his relationship to it through his music, as seen on 2018's ‘A Hymn For Ancient Land’. His new album ‘In The Furrows Of Common Place’ is a deeper plunge inside himself to offer up more of his voice to accompany his profoundly unique and moving compositions. Departing away from previous work, here he draws from social-political observations, contemporary songwriting, historical & traditional material and a rich varied number of other inspirations and sources, such as the poetry of John Clare, the writing of Robert Macfarlane and the works of South Yorkshire legend Barry Hines.
His new album ‘In the Furrows of Common Place’ released this year with Basin Rock record label is available through all outlets, plus there is a limited 300 special edition copies available through the Dinked Edition series in any local indie record store in the UK.
Press:
'A Chastening meditation on Britain in 2021'
8/10 Uncut Magazine
'A starkly beautiful set.. ancient and modern combine evocatively and with grace'
★★★★ The Times
'“Rich in spiritual socialism, this album is like a poetic stream of magical advice.'
★★★★ Rock N Reel
'Melodically sublime... although Ghedi's music is infused with tradition, it's very much experiencing the present.'
★★★★ Mojo Magazine
'a raga-like texture of tingling drones and jaunty picking that recalls both John Fahey and the Penguin Cafe.'
★★★★ The Independent
Read MoreWhilst Jim Ghedi’s previous idiosyncratic take on folk has often been instrumental, exploring the natural world and his relationship to it through his music, as seen on 2018's ‘A Hymn For Ancient Land’. His new album ‘In The Furrows Of Common Place’ is a deeper plunge inside himself to offer up more of his voice to accompany his profoundly unique and moving compositions. Departing away from previous work, here he draws from social-political observations, contemporary songwriting, historical & traditional material and a rich varied number of other inspirations and sources, such as the poetry of John Clare, the writing of Robert Macfarlane and the works of South Yorkshire legend Barry Hines.
His new album ‘In the Furrows of Common Place’ released this year with Basin Rock record label is available through all outlets, plus there is a limited 300 special edition copies available through the Dinked Edition series in any local indie record store in the UK.
Press:
'A Chastening meditation on Britain in 2021'
8/10 Uncut Magazine
'A starkly beautiful set.. ancient and modern combine evocatively and with grace'
★★★★ The Times
'“Rich in spiritual socialism, this album is like a poetic stream of magical advice.'
★★★★ Rock N Reel
'Melodically sublime... although Ghedi's music is infused with tradition, it's very much experiencing the present.'
★★★★ Mojo Magazine
'a raga-like texture of tingling drones and jaunty picking that recalls both John Fahey and the Penguin Cafe.'
★★★★ The Independent
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