Nickie’s Niches 27: March 2024

Start Artist Song Time Album Year Brighde Chaimbeul 0:02:29 Brighde Chaimbeul Tha Fonn Gun Bhi Trom 5:32 Carry Them With Us 2023 Large Plants 0:08:54 Large Plants The Thorn 3:47 The Thorn 2023 Jim Ghedi 0:13:11 Jim Ghedi Lamentations of Round Oak Waters 5:50 In the Furrows Of Common Place 2021 Before The Moon Arrived 0:19:33 Before The Moon Arrived Seventh Sister (The Lost Pleiad) 5:32 Dreams 2024 BloodFlowers 0:25:38 Bloodflowers Space & Time 6:57 Nebula 2023 Kristoffer Gildenlow 0:32:58 Kristoffer Gildenlow End of The Road 4:09 Empty 2024 Chelsea Wolfe 0:37:35 CHELSEA WOLFE Dusk 4:18 She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She 2024 Richard Wileman 0:42:41 Richard Wileman Children Of The Sun 5:04 The Forked Road 2024 0:47:46 Richard Wileman The Last Book Of English Magic 4:48 The Forked Road 2024 Faun & Fatma Turgut 0:53:01 Faun, Fatma Turgut UMAY 4:04 UMAY 2023 Carry Them With Us by Brìghde Chaimbeul favorite track Tha Fonn Gun Bhi Trom (I Am Disposed of Mirth) Brighde plays the Scottish smallpipes and, although it is easy to hear the traditional underpinnings to this release, they are carried right into the present. Here she collaborates with saxophonist and composer Colin Stetson (Arcade Fire, Bon Iver), and the results are stunningly otherworldly. Large Plants “Thorn” Jack Sharp, formerly of Wolf People, mixes guitar interplay with that of Joe Woolley, to bring a wonderfully retro psych-folk sound. Clangy, jangly, gritty guitars and washy vocals are the order of the day, with drums, fuzzy bass, and synths rounding out the sound. The pieces are all musings on the natural world, along with a bit of ancient history, and some personal reflections, which are well-suited to the music. I’ve really had a hard time deciding which is the best track here. But, my favourite track is Favourite Track: The Thorn (3:53) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kivkR38d3nE In the Furrows Of Common Place by Jim Ghedi favorite track Lamentations of Round Oak Waters Combining original and traditional tunes on this release, Jim Ghedi has somehow escaped my notice until now. His stirring vocals, guitars and the harmonium, are supported by a quintet on double bass, violin, drums and percussion,