Jim Ghedi
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Jim Ghedi hails from Sheffield, South Yorkshire and although clearly well versed in the history of folk music, he stands out as a potential torch bearer for a new generation of respectful yet experimental performers.
As his music develops away from his previous records ‘A Hymn for Ancient Land’ (2018) & ‘In the
Furrows of Common Place’ (2021) released on the Basin Rock record label and his collaborative duo records with welsh guitarist Toby Hay released on Topic Records (2023), his sound emulates a more brooding, dark and electronic world which is mirrored in his piercing lyrics and singing.
On this new album he also collaborated with musicians such as Cormac MacDiarmada (Lankum), Ruth Clinton (Landless), Dean Honer (Moonlandingz, I Monster).
Over the years performing headline tours across the UK & Ireland and also supporting & touring with bands such as Lankum, Richard Dawson, Martin Carthy, Shirley Collins…
at festivals such as End of the Road, Green Man, Deer Shed, Timber, Manchester Folk, Quiet Lights, Moseley Folk, Port Eliot, Lauren Laveren’s great Northern Soundtrack…
and receiving national press & radio with plays on BBC 6Music’s Lauren Laveren’s headphone’s moment, Huw Stephens, Cerys Mathews, Guy Garvey, Gideon Coe, Mark Radcliffe’s BBC2 folk show, BBC3 late junction show & live session on late junction with Verity Sharp, RTE radio and Elizabeth Alker’s BBC radio 3 show.
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8/10 UNCUT
“A Chastening meditation on Britain in 2021”
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★★★★ MOJO
“Melodically sublime..although Ghedi’s music is infused with tradition, it’s very much experiencing the present”
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★★★★★
The Morning Star
“Jim Ghedi finds his voice on his new album, superb!”
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★★★★
The Times/Sunday Times
“Ghedi at his most bewitching”… “A starkly beautiful set.. ancient and modern combine evocatively and with grace”
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The Guardian
“Beautiful & swaggering”
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The Financial Times
“This is landscape music, a close relative of landscape art.”
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Songlines
“Ghedi’s voice enters the fray, with a pointed angularity that recalls Richard Thompson”