Rebsie Fairholm vocals, 12-string guitar, celtic harp and a few other bits. Dick Langford guitars and an assortment of other instruments, real and imagined.
My debut album features the talents of Martyn Kember-Smith (Komrade K), Steve Lang, William Shaw, Jason Gazda, Phideaux Xavier and Steafan Hannigan.
Influences
Singers who have inspired me include Kate Bush, Sandy Denny, Julianne Regan, Jeff Buckley, Kirsty MacColl, Jacqui McShee, Lal Waterson, Anne Briggs, Celia Humphris and Shirley Collins. I love Trees, Circulus, Jethro Tull, Malicorne, David Bowie, Jah Wobble, early Steeleye Span, Eliza Carthy and Phideaux.
I sing mostly dark and soulful songs, generally involving ghosts or dead people, though that isn't a conscious policy decision.
I also play various instruments including 12-string guitar, celtic harp, keyboards, bass and occasionally mandolin.
My debut album Mind The Gap was released in August 2007, featuring special guest appearances by Phideaux and Steafan Hannigan.
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I've dipped heavily into the well of ancestral and faery inspiration with my arrangements of British trad songs and I also write songs of my own which are rooted in tradition but branch out into something else. I tend towards the dark and ethereal side of folk music with a slightly psychedelic edge.
About the songs: The first three are brand new and will be going on my second album. I'm very proud to present Dick Langford's stunning arrangement of the Lyke Wake Dirge, while Our Captain Cried is another traditional song in a very different vein. The Cursing Song was written in 1975 by R J Stewart (recorded with permission). The other two songs are from my debut album Mind The Gap. Round Window is one of my own songs loosely about the first world war, while Blackbirds and Thrushes is a bit of English traddy psychedelia. Hope you like 'em!
I don't strive for perfection in my music ... I take the music into my soul and then let it all splurge out however it wants.
On a completely unrelated note, I'm an expert on heritage vegetables and plant breeding, so if you've ever wondered how to hand-pollinate tomatoes or grow weird-coloured peas feel free to check out my Daughter of the Soil site.
"Rebsie has the most beguiling of voices – she really is something special. Just beautiful, uncluttered, refreshing." - ORGAN Magazine
"absolutely delightful" - Stuart Maconie, BBC 6 Music
Thanks for accepting. Delightful singing, and double-tracked almost unmistakeable. And really nice arrangements and playing. Cheers. All the best with your album and gigs. Martin Newman
i love your music and i cant wait to buy your cd! sometimes i listen to your music b4 i go to bed online and it def. puts me at ease...your voice is lovely!
Bringing a cordial invite to come and attend and if you wish, play at our newest music session for performers and audience alike, the Sunday Session is coming every first sunday of the month, from the 1st of June onward at the Jamesons pub, 1 Station Road, Gloucester,
to confirm a spot or ask the pa requirements if you need them please email cheesygareth33@hotmail.com
its a come ye all in a folk style but invites all genres of perfomer to come and play acoustically or lowfi at this brand new session
phone Kathy at the pub for more details 0781 5087113
Cheesy Gareths last official gig with the Smirkins I hope you can all make it down to the fanastic Wheaton Aston festival, Saturday after the next.
Due to circumstances listed on my recent blog I can be sure that this gig will definatly be my very very last gig with the Smirkins, a band I worked hard to get this, and many other fine gigs, performing live over 100 times together, recorded a few fantastic demos and gaining huge amounts of friends on their myspace place which I set up with Tim Parkes for the band. I really wish the band the very best for the future and am sure that I will occasionally jam with some of the performers of the band on projects outside the band but for me, thats it Im announcing this myself as definatly the last Smirkins gig with Cheesy Gareth on guitar.
If your a musician with a heart for treachery, there is a vacancy for a guitarist or other instrument multi instrumentalist that will need to be filled by July
Meanwhile, back in the Garage......... Im now looking for other musicians locally for a fun folkish frolics around the local folk and pubs and festival circuit, Also Im setting up a singers/ songwriting evening in a nearby local pub, if your Gloucestershire based or further afield but fancy the craick then by all means contact me and Ill book you in for a set, have a jam together or whatever best regards, Cheesy
YOU HAVE A GREAT PAGE AND ROCK ON WITH MUSIC AND HAVE A GREAT DAY AND EVERYONE ELSE IF YOU ARE MUSIC ADD ME TO YOUR PAGE , I WOULD LIKE TO BE YOUR NEW FRIEND ON YOUR PAGE , THANKS !
Nun's bellybuttons are in .. dog beans also, gypsies chitting. No, it aint a shipping forecast .. just wishing you a merrie Beltane ! (Frown all you like, Rebsie knows what I'm on about ;-p )
Hallo Rebsie, thank you for your friendship! Your music is great! Please visit my HP: www.cultevents.de and sign the guestbook if you like!
Music has always been a place where anything is possible - a refuge, a magical world where anyone can go, all kinds of people can come together, and anything can happen. We are limited only by our imagination. I believe that what we do and learn inside the world of music can affect what goes on in the world in a big, positive way. music is so important - like food and water. There are so many possibilities, and many doors yet to be opened. (Bill Frisell)
hi Rebsie, thanks for the connection! As you can see we are trying to do sometning a bit different in Cheltenham. I hope you can make our next gig the fantastic Ravish Momin, all the way from New York, with his 'Trio Tarana' Friday 11th April 8pm. You and your friends will be very welcome at Xposed Club! XC
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About the songs: The first three are brand new and will be going on my second album. I'm very proud to present Dick Langford's stunning arrangement of the Lyke Wake Dirge, while Our Captain Cried is another traditional song in a very different vein. The Cursing Song was written in 1975 by R J Stewart (recorded with permission). The other two songs are from my debut album Mind The Gap. Round Window is one of my own songs loosely about the first world war, while Blackbirds and Thrushes is a bit of English traddy psychedelia. Hope you like 'em!
I don't strive for perfection in my music ... I take the music into my soul and then let it all splurge out however it wants.
On a completely unrelated note, I'm an expert on heritage vegetables and plant breeding, so if you've ever wondered how to hand-pollinate tomatoes or grow weird-coloured peas feel free to check out my 
