Lydia Ramsey “Ghosts” – Listen

Amongst the many fine songs on Lydia Ramsey’s most recent album, Bandita, this song Ghosts is a real stand out.  A hypnotic guitar line, a little banjo and a gorgeous fiddle melody blend together to give the song a suitably  haunting tone.  It draws on Lydia Ramsey’s growing interest in her family tree as she explains “I began to learn of my roots in Appalachia and further back in Ireland, and how many of my ancestors shared a love of musical creation. I found it fascinating that this love of making music was passed on through generations, and now here I was, doing the same thing, picking tunes, loving it.  I wanted to tell their stories”.