Yule Chime, by Josh Kimbrough

Yule Chime

by Josh Kimbrough

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newcommute Yule Chime is the festive offering from Chapel Hill guitarist Josh Kimbrough whose holiday guitar soli compositions invoke the memories of Christmases spent tucked away in the Shenandoah Valley. A mixed bag of inspired originals and well-worn traditionals are ushered in with Kimbrough’s cherished tangles of euphonious fingerpicking. Favorite track: Once in Royal David's City.

Admo Influenced by the late John Fahey, as well his peers who have led a renaissance in folk guitar over the past ten years, Josh Kimbrough brings us songs that reflect Christmas as a pensive, expectant, meditative season. There is clearly deep reverence for the classic material, but perhaps even more affecting are Kimbrough's two original pieces. A lovely gift this season. Favorite track: Sledding Down Spring Valley.

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	1.	Sledding Down Spring Valley 02:28
	2.	Once in Royal David's City 03:00
	3.	Good King Wencelas 02:36
	4.	Poor Little Jesus 03:02
	5.	Out Getting Firewood 02:32

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Josh Kimbrough is a guitarist and composer from Chapel Hill, NC. His 2020 Tompkins Square debut, Slither, Soar & Disappear, has been called “Utterly Moving” by Record Crates United, and “A Triumph” by Folk Radio UK. It’s received glowing reviews from MOJO, UNCUT, and Aquarium Drunkard.

With Yule Chime, Kimbrough offers five Christmas guitar soli in time for the holiday season. Two original compositions bookend three traditional tunes. “Sledding Down Spring Valley Hill” kicks the album off in a tuning borrowed from Michael Hedges’ “Admiral Rickover's Dream”. Spring Valley Hill was a favorite sledding spot from Kimbrough’s youth. “The hill was steep--if you made it to the bottom without tipping over, you could jump the curb and glide down into an open field.” The three traditional songs that follow are ones that Kimbrough’s dad would play on piano for the family when he was growing up. “Once in Royal David’s City” is a cross-continental duet with Johan Eriksson (Sweden) playing dobro and pedal steel. “Poor Little Jesus” is a minor-key affair. This tune is a spiritual that dates back to the 1800s. It’s published in the Episcopal Hymnal, which is where Kimbrough’s dad learned it. The album closes with “Out Getting Firewood”, an evocation of Christmases spent in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia--where Kimbrough’s in-laws live. They heat their house exclusively with a wood stove in the winter time. This calls for routine trips to the wood pile. These songs were recorded over three days at Jeff Crawford’s Arbor Ridge Studios--just three miles from Kimbrough’s house in Chatham County, NC. Spending time in the studio is a special privilege in 2020--these five recordings represent a joyful release of pent-up energy. There’s room on the sled, there’s a log on the fire--catch the hopeful spirit and ring in your holiday season with Yule Chime.

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released December 11, 2020

Josh Kimbrough - guitars
Johan Eriksson - pedal steel and dobro on track 2
Jeff Crawford - organ on track 4

Recorded and mixed by Jeff Crawford at Arbor Ridge Studios, Nov 9th-12th.
Mastered by Andrew Weathers
Artwork by Darryl Norsen

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