I Am A Youth That's Inclined To Ramble, by Cinder Well & Jim Ghedi

I Am A Youth That's Inclined To Ramble

by Cinder Well & Jim Ghedi

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grimdarkgroucho This is the most beautiful version of this song I've ever seen. I think it'd make the fay folk happy. Favorite track: Pulling Bracken.

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Cinder Well and Jim Ghedi connected while touring in the UK and began collaborating pre-pandemic. The traditional material they chose for this EP resonated with them because of themes that run parallel to their pandemic experience, including travel bans which left families and loved ones stuck on opposite sides of the Atlantic.

The two tracks were recorded with Harlan Steinberger at Hen House Studios in Venice Beach, California. While in Venice, Jim ran into Jake Falby (Julie Byrne, Chet Faker), who he had previously toured with in England. Jake joined them in the studio, playing viola and bass.

I Am A Youth That’s Inclined to Ramble - Amelia first heard a recording of this song in the Irish Traditional Music Archives, sung by Rosie Stewart, from Co. Fermanagh. The ballad is written from the perspective of the male character who is leaving for America, but Amelia and Jim chose to sing it with the female voice leading, showing that the experience and emotions of both characters are interwoven. Each verse evolves instrumentally in accordance with the story.

‘Pulling Bracken’ - Jim’s friend sent him a recording of this song sung by Isla Cameron, a Scottish singer raised in Newcastle. The song is sung both from the perspective of a fairy and the person he falls in love with, who collects bracken on the moors. Collecting bracken / foliage for crops was a traditional role for women. ‘Highlander’s Farewell’, the fiddle tune played after, was learned from an Alan Lomax recording of Emmet Lundy (Grayson County, Virginia), in which Lundy explains “the piece was composed in the old country, where they had war in Scotland," and that tune is about a Highlander leaving his sweetheart in the lowlands.

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released February 15, 2022

Amelia Baker - Fiddle, Vocals
Jim Ghedi - Guitar, Vocals
Jake Falby - Viola, Double Bass
Nich Wilbur - Organ

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“8/10 UNCUT “A Chastening meditation on Britain in 2021”

★★★★MOJO "Melodically sublime... although Ghedi's music is infused with tradition, it's very much experiencing the present"

★★★★ THE TIMES “A starkly beautiful set.. ancient and modern combine evocatively and with grace” ... more

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