Like Toby Hay’s ‘Morning / Evening Raga’ album, Home Recordings Vol 1 is instrumental guitar music at its purest and there is much beauty in its simplicity and control.
Today, Toby Hay & David Ian Roberts are releasing a new EP titled ‘CAPEL Y GRAIG – Improvisations’. For the month of May, all proceeds go to Tŷ Hafan, the hospice for children in Wales.
Join Toby Hay at home, in Radnorshire as he performs a further offering from his new Morning/Evening Raga series which take the form of an improvised piece of music, for the sunrise, or sunset.
Watch Toby Hay performing “Morning Song” live at the state51 Factory. It is an elating piece of music, almost transcendental, and suffused with the light of a crisp dawn.
Watch Toby Hay performing “The Summer the Sky Cried For Rain” live at the state51 Factory, it’s taken from his latest album, ‘New Music For The 12 String Guitar’.
Having just released and toured a fascinating new album from the commission of a beautiful new instrument, it was time to meet with Rhyader’s finest to discuss his Fylde and New Music for the 12 String Guitar.
An album full of human warmth, but also tinged with wildness. This is the sign of a master musician at work, and Hay certainly fits that description. It is only two years since his debut and he is already one of the finest guitarists of his generation.
Part Four of our Best Folk Albums of 2018 includes Sam Sweeney, Siobhan Miller, Hannah Rarity, Iona Fyfe, Phillip Henry, Trembling Bells, Jackie Oates, Eddi Reader and more.
Part One of our Best Folk Albums of 2018 includes Brigid Mae Power, Anna & Elizabeth, Aidan O’Rourke, Eamon O’Leary, Buck Curran, Cath & Phil Tyler, Dom Flemons, Kitty Macfarlane, Mike Vass, Toby Hay, Duncan Chisholm and more.
With support from Jim Ghedi & Toby Hay, Vashti Bunyan works her magic before a quiet and reverential audience at Leeds Brudenell Social Club. An unforgettable evening.
Before their recent solo releases, Toby Hay and Jim Ghedi camped in a house in Leeds for a couple of days to put to tape an intriguing set of ten tracks. Hawksworth Grove is a lovely album; calming, rousing and beautifully played throughout.
Inspired by life on the road together, Jim Ghedi and Toby Hay announce collaborative album The Hawksworth Grove Sessions – Duets for 6 & 12 String Guitar. Listen to the track Night, Moon, Dance.
