Davide Cedolin – Contemplations & other Instrumentals from the Valley

I was just thinking that we’re past due for an album of gorgeous acoustic guitar instrumentals and just like that, this gift from Davide Cedolin arrived in my inbox. I’d recently been revisiting his instrumental Guitar Meditations in “C” and his songs from Embracing the Unknown was right up my alley.

These eight songs of gorgeous, transcendent meditations tickled just the right part of my brain. I put the album on as the sun was rising over the ridge and the quiet yet complex, straightforward but soothing sounds were the perfect early morning soundtrack. This is Italian primitive, rustic and charming; making the most of simple elements. The field recordings of the crackling fire add intimacy, while the bowed banjo and organ add depth.

You can listen today on Bandcamp, and it’ll be out on CD on Ramble Records later in the year.