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  • Summary: The second full-length release for the Welsh folk guitarist was self-recorded and mixed.
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  • Record Label: Tompkins Square
  • Genre(s): Folk, Contemporary Folk, Neo-Traditional Folk, British Folk, International, Finger-Picked Guitar
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  1. Nov 17, 2020
    80
    Raymond’s similarly fearsome precision often feels both portentous and perfect.
  2. Nov 17, 2020
    80
    This is a compelling, satisfying, richly musical statement from a gifted player developing a uniquely individual style.
  3. Uncut
    Nov 17, 2020
    80
    This is the sound of celebration of life, and of music escaping confinement and coming to be freed. [Dec 2020, p.20]
  4. Mojo
    Nov 17, 2020
    80
    Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain, Raymond's staggering second album, leaves no doubt that she is among the most vital, dynamic voices within the still-teeming solo guitar orbit. [Dec 2020, p.82]
  5. The Wire
    Dec 3, 2020
    80
    Raymond has learned the most important lesson of American primitive guitar: whatever your influences, they need to project a bit of your emotional life. This, as much as her robust tone and nimble picking, is what makes Raymond sound like a guitarist with staying power. [Dec 2020, p.56]
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