Georgia Ruth Williams is a bilingual singer, songwriter and harpist from Aberystwyth in West Wales.
In May 2013, she released her debut album – ‘Week of Pines’ – on Gwymon Records. Recorded and produced by David Wrench over six days at Snowdonia’s Bryn Derwen studios, the record received enthusiastic praise. From the motorik drive of the title track, to darker Eno-like arrangements, the stark joyfulness of a Welsh sea shanty, or the more wistful folk ballads: this is a varied and intriguing collection of songs.
Writing in the Independent, Andy Gill called her album “a dazzling debut, rich with sweet pain and joy” while Simon Price (in the Independent on Sunday) noted that it “could have been made in 1968. In the loveliest possible way.” Folk Roots magazine noted that “while Sandy Denny, Bert Jansch and Van Morrison all linger on the horizon, Georgia Ruth comes over as more of a true original than most of the young hopefuls roaming these isles,” before concluding that the record was a “true delight.” Robin Denselow praised Georgia’s “exquisite, gently powerful” version of Welsh sea shanty ‘Codi Angor’ in his Guardian review, and a few months later, in a live review for the same publication said: “On this showing, she’s one of the British folk discoveries of the year.”
‘Week of Pines’ won the 2013 Welsh Music Prize (nominated alongside records by Neon Neon, Sweet Baboo) and Georgia was a nominee in the 2014 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards (for ‘Best Traditional Track’ and the ‘Horizons Award’).
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