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About Me

Take one melancholy girl, a seaside town and a harp. Set the tone to sepia and wait for crackle, citizen; five parts folk and five parts soul.

'this ainâ€™t no delta blues', this is blues from a welsh west coast.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/27/2007
Band Website: bbc.co.uk/music/artist/5j4h/
Band Members: Georgia Ruth: Voice, Harp, Piano, Guitar, Songwriting

Influences: Chris Whitley, Ryan Adams, Aimee Mann, Leonard Cohen, Etta James, Nick Drake, M. Ward, Bon Iver, Toumani Diabete, St Vincent, Antony and the Johnsons, Joan as Policewoman, Mark Hollis, Amalia Rodrigues,

R.S Thomas, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Kate Roberts, Keats, Brassai, Charles Olson, Frank O'Hara

Sounds Like: "Still harping on, my daughter?" ('Hamlet' Act 2, Scene 2)
Record Label: management: [email protected]
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Greenman

For any of you dedicated folkie festival-goers heading to Glanusk park this year, make sure you check out the wonderful 9Bach who are playing the main stage on Saturday 16th. If you haven't already se...
Posted by Georgia Ruth Williams on Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:43:00 PST

three new songs

I have just this second put up three new ones, 'All Falls Down' and 'Strange Bed' and 'Afterglow', for your critical ears to devour. I 'opes they hit the collective spots in some shape or form... they...
Posted by Georgia Ruth Williams on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:43:00 PST

This harp is built to Glast!

Glastonbury, Somerset, 2008Having finally scrubbed the mud from my soul, and reluctantly taken my wellies to the shed to dry for ten thousand years, I thought I'd sit myself down and chronicle my expe...
Posted by Georgia Ruth Williams on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:33:00 PST

Lonelylikeyou - new song

LonelylikeyouRecorded as part of a live session for Lisa Gwilym’s show on BBC Radio Cymru a few weeks ago. I ’ope you like it, like. Thanks to Meredydd Morris for the wonderful engineerin...
Posted by Georgia Ruth Williams on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:16:00 PST

lyrics

SnakeskinThis is an obituaryFor something that isn’t dead yetI’m out here on an estuaryTo let you forget me.And in doing thisI’m undoing meI’m undoing youIf only you would see ...
Posted by Georgia Ruth Williams on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:37:00 PST