‘In the Furrows of Common Place’ press (2021):
8/10 UNCUT “A Chastening meditation on Britain in 2021”
★★★★★ The Morning Star - “Jim Ghedi finds his voice on his new album, superb!”
★★★★☆ The Sunday Times - “Ghedi at his most bewitching”
★★★★☆ The Times - “A starkly beautiful set.. ancient and modern combine evocatively and with grace”
The Guardian - “Beautiful & swaggering”
8/10 Folk Radio UK - “A Remarkable album with bags of passion, creativity and precision from the always fascinating Jim Ghedi”
8/10 Backseat Mafia - “A bold and proud album of working class folk. It bears witness with an unflinching melodious anger - it’s the first essential album of 2021”
★★★★☆ Rock N Reel - “Rich in spiritual socialism, this album is like a poetic stream of magical advice”
‘A Hymn for Ancient Land’ press (2018):
★★★★☆MOJO - "Melodically sublime... although Ghedi's music is infused with tradition, it's very much experiencing the present"
★★★★☆ The Independent - "a raga-like texture of tingling drones and jaunty picking that recalls both John Fahey and the Penguin Cafe"
★★★★☆ The Financial Times - "This is landscape music, a close relative of landscape art."
★★★★☆ Uncut - "There's respect here, but no folkloric nostalgia...a delightful hybrid strain"
★★★★☆ Q - "a brilliant finger-picker and songwriter...shining a welcome light into an underrated genre"
Folk Radio UK - "a small masterpiece"