A collation of some of my more folk-leaning musical adventures, with the occasional folky collaboration thrown in for good measure :)

Folk - Old & Less So...

This is a Breton song, a tune that never got anything done with it. A Corncrow outtake,.
 Until yesterday it existed as a guide guitar track that I recorded, and some bouzouki played by my erstwhile bandmate.
I stuck some recorder and drums on it.  

Enjoy - with or without cider!

Cider Song (Breton trad arr Kim Guy)

A cover version of the Waterson's song 'The Scarecrow' from their album 'Bright Phoebus'.

The Scarecrow (L&M Waterson)

Like A Hurricane (Neil Young)

Cover of Neil Young's 'Birds' from his album 'After The Gold Rush'.

Birds (Neil Young)

Lord of The Reedy River - Live (Donovan Leitch)

The heavy frost in the air is so redolent of snow, and only enhances the need to snuggle.  Here is my take on an old trad tune I heard when watching a marvellous adaption of a book from a favourite author of mine - Thomas Hardy,
Enjoy! :)  
Artwork;  On Bodmin Moor

The Snow It Melts The Soonest (Trad. arr. Kim Guy)

Lou Reed.  What a legend. 
BIG LOVES, man.

Perfect Day (Lou Reed)

Forgive me for resharing this track.  Happy 2017 to all of ye!  Big Hugs.

January Man  (Dave Goulder)

Going back to my acoustic guitar roots, I decided to revisit a song written by Steve Bailey, an amazing artist I 'met' back in the days of Myspace.  I hope he'd approve of this version of a beautiful song sadly as relevant now as it was then.

Holy Ground (Steve Bailey)

https://soundcloud.com/the-river-has-many-voices posted his wonderful demo a few days back and I was cheeky enough to ask if I could add a harmony.  He was kind enough to say yes. 
Please check out his page for some more wonderful music.

From Some Greater Depth (ft. Kim Guy) by The River Has Many Voices

Winter 2008. A live performance, recorded in front of a crackling woodburner in a little cottage. Synth overdubs carefully crafted by Paul Dye.
The song was written by Stephen Stannard of <a href="http://soundcloud.com/therowanambermill" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Rowan Amber Mill</a> - a band I recorded with a few years back...



Fire In The Wine - Live (S.Stannard)

I.....don't know what to say about this one, apart from it's been mouldering in my cauldron for far too long. I LOVE the original, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikMheUP9W_A" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikMheUP9W_A</a>

I Am The Mercury (Jimmie Spheeris)

Vox and piano.  Seemed the way to go...


Strange Affair (Richard Thompson)

I heard it. Got straight into the studio. Here you go...

If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt)

The more I listen the more I love...Townes Van Zandt...
We're probably all familiar with Hogarth's "A Rake's Progress" and its comments on popular culture of the 18th century. I'm fairly (A) positive TVZ didn't write this song with a modern-day bloodsucker in mind...Oh, darling Violetta, can you tell what it is yet????

Rake (Townes Van Zandt)

From Nick Drake's 1969 album, "Five Leaves Left".
I had started this last year but not finished it.
Never leave songs lying around half-done - they get tangled up like knitting, so I've discovered....

:)

Way To Blue (Nick Drake)

This is a track from Steven Knightley, of Show of Hands. Two weeks back, at Shrewsbury Folk Festival, I had the pleasure of hearing the man himself perform this.  I was also able to tell him how much hearing it meant to me, as my family was in exile from South Africa from the 80's to the early 90's...
This is taken from my debut album, Wednesday's Child.
As ever, I cannot fail to credit the wonderful Mr http://soundcloud.com/paulmdye for his Mad Skillz with the whole mixing-mastering wotnots.

Exile (Steve Knightley)

From my "Wednesday's Child" album, here's a bare-bones recording of a song from the wonderful Mr Richard Thompson, 

Dimming Of The Day (Richard Thompson)

A remix of  John Martyn's Let The Good Things Come, a collaboration between SiLo (http://soundcloud.com/simonlockley) and Kim Guy.

SiLo ft.Kim G | LTGTC (Gallery Mix) | John Martyn

It's an interpretation of a traditional Cornish song. 
Available here; http://corncrow.bandcamp.com/album/so-brightly-shining

Cover Art; Photographer/Model: Nicole Burton

Maid In Bedlam (trad. arr Kim Guy)

I am a singer and multi-instrumentalist. My initial incarnation was as a           wyrd/psych-folk singer-musician, and saw my debut solo album, Wednesday’s Child, released in  2010. Subsequent (unreleased) solo albums include self-penned material alongside an eclectic mix of covers from various genres. 

I have gigged and/or recorded with Elowen, The Rowan Amber Mill (album releases include 'Midsummers', 'Heartwood' and 'Folk Devils and Moral Panics' ) Corncrow (album releases include 'Sweet Nightingale' and 'So Brightly Shining') The Atwood Machine, Mats Bergman's 'Burnt More Bridges Than Cross The River Thames' vinyl release, Dead Melodies 'Murken Hollow' and featured on various collaborations; releases including Dark Britannica's We Bring You A King With A Head Of Gold and Rif Mountain's Echoes From The Mountain, all widely available .

The lockdown gave me ample opportunity for music to be made at Wyrd House Studio. Back to my folky roots, and after a 10 year hiatus, The Rowan Amber Mill released a mini-album 'Among the Gorse To Settle Scores', ahead of the full-length 'Golden Strings To Tether The Sun'. Please head over to https://rowanambermill.bandcamp.com/ where you will find this nestling in all the other RAM goodness.