Acoustic guitarist mainly focusing on the country styles of Merle Travis, Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed as well as 60s British folk scene heroes like Bert Jansch, Nick Drake and Davy Graham

Each month in 2018, I 'll write and record a new piece of music. Each month I'll collaborate with a different musician who plays a different instrument. Follow the whole story via the Kalenda Music podcast. Visit the website or search "kalenda music" in your podcast app to find out more.

Jo Beth Young (Previously Talitha/RISE) writes songs of undeniable emotional depth and beauty. At times, more akin to a musical landscape than a song, her tracks journey hypnotically through evocative worlds of  heart-breaking hope and the rawness of life's deeper realities with ethereal mystique. 

Whether recorded or live her songs grab the listener from the first few notes and plunges them deep into a combination of diverse and haunting vocals, melodical journeys and beautiful instrumentations that makes you wonder where on earth you have been for the last 30 minutes. 


"The first song left me breathless.. ethereal, intricately complex"
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Fatea Magazine​
Art Pop, Progressive, Indie, Psychedelic Folk, Soundscape, Ethereal, neo folk

Abrasive Trees - Guitar + Keys
Quiet Quiet Band - Guitar + Piano + Vocals
Kableknit - Guitar + Vocals
Heartwear Process - Guitar + Vocals
Jo Beth Young (Live Band) - Keys
Imperfect Orchestra - Keys, Guitar, Percussion + Vocal Choir
Ben Marwood - Keys
Full Force Gales - Guitar + Vocals

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