Intimate enough with tradition that they are unafraid to stretch it’s boundaries they have appeared at UK festivals as diverse as Greenman, Womad, the Oxford folk festival, Whitby Musicport and Glasgow’s Celtic Connections. The group recently performed acoustically in the famous Great hall in Dartington as part of the Home festival.
fernhill from wales have been making beautiful music for years now, and i’ve loved every album i’ve heard. it’s folk music but not as we know it; julie’s voice is haunting and incredibly soothing, with tales of sadness and beauty in her voice. and i got to finally see them play in brussels over the weekend! in a weird old underground theatre! and it was great. so simple it was stunning
tomos williams-trumpet, flugelhorn. corn
christine cooper-fiddle, voice. ffidil, llais
julie murphy-voice, sruti. llais, sruti
ceri rhys matthews-guitar, flute, voice. gitar, ffliwt, llais
huw stephens – bbc radio 1
the band at the heart of the welsh renaissance
mojo
these daring musical deconstructionists have become the prime movers in a crop of talented bands injecting new life and an exciting contemporary dynamic into traditional welsh music
western mail
fernhill are a band everyone should know. they are the antithesis of bands of the new generation of generic music making, because this music actually means something. this music has soul, it is intelligent, original, it is performed musically and beautifully. this music inspires me, confuses me, stretches my ears, and perhaps better than any words can describe, it gives me goose pimples
amazon aug 2003
guest musicians. cerddorion gwadd
dorian phillips aka mr nobsta nuts-voice. llais
jon gower– voice. llais
chris o’connor-double bass. bas
tim harris– double bass. bas
in a fair world fernhill would be as big as any “world music” act, and their cds must haves for even casual music fans. the world, alas, is not fair. one of the great bands on the planet
howard wolfson – gotham acme – new york times
beautiful voice, excellent band
robert plant
don’t miss
the observer