The Story Behind Every Song On Jim Ghedi’s New Album Wasteland

The English guitarist, songwriter, and song interpreter Jim Ghedi came to folk music through a side door. He grew up playing in bands and putting on shows at a DIY collective in his native Sheffield, where it was far more common to see an experimental noise gig than an acoustic guitar. A fateful Bert Jansch CD, gifted to Ghedi by an aunt, changed his trajectory. He started to dig into folk-rock groups like Pentangle and Steeleye Span, fingerstyle guitarists like John Fahey, and traditional si...

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