“Reminds you why you got into music in the first place” – BBC 6music
“The songs of Dylan meets the soul of Springsteen” – Bright Young Folk
“As good as contemporary folk comes” – Acoustic
Glymjack is the critically acclaimed indie-folk project of award-winning songwriter Greg McDonald.
Glymjack's live shows balance Greg's hard-hitting songs - hailed as “passionate, powerful and poetic” by Rolling Stone and "East Anglia's gift to the world" by BBC Radio 1 - with the warmth and laughter Greg's brought to two thousand gigs and counting, and the dazzling flair of fiddle virtuoso Gemma Gayner and Radio 2 Folk Award nominated melodeon player Saul Bailey.
Featuring folk legends Show of Hands, Glymjack's debut album Light the Evening Fire has been called, “spine-tingling” (Spiral Earth), “life-affirming” (Folk Radio), “beautiful” (Totally Radio), “powerful” (Rock’n’Reel), “incredible” (Roots and Fusion), “a tour-de-force” (Maverick), “a torch of hope” (Louder than War), and “the best of British folk” (The Moment).
A glymjack was a street child who led strangers through Victorian London at night with a lantern - a character forgotten by history but celebrated with the lighting of a glymjack's lantern at the beginning of each Glymjack show.
Away from Glymjack, Greg plays with The Phil Beer Band, writes music for Countryfile and wild-camps the Norfolk Coast Path.
“Reminds you why you got into music in the first place”
BBB 6music
“As good as contemporary folk comes”
Acoustic
“Passionate, powerful and poetic… Greg McDonald is a genius song-writer”
Rolling Stone
“The songs of Dylan meets the soul of Springsteen”
Bright Young Folk
“A tour-de-force… the overall sound is very much in the English folk tradition but it’s the songs that make Glymjack such a spectacular listen and what songs they are… if you like music that has substance, quality and style then this is for you.”
Maverick
"East Anglia's gift to the world"
BBC Radio 1
“Spine tingling”
Spiral Earth
“Life-affirming”
Folk Radio
“Greg McDonald is a great singer, a great guitarist, but above all he’s a great songwriter”
Phil Beer
“A torch of hope”
Louder than War
“Like Springsteen’s Nebraska, crackles with atmosphere”
Northern Sky
“Superb narrative song-writing”
Q magazine
“Light the Evening Fire is well on its way to becoming a classic”
Folkwords
“Absolutely gorgeous”
Totally Radio
“Folk-roots with attitude”
Froots
“Poetic, literate, raw songwriting”
The Arts Desk
“The best of British folk”
The Moment
“Amazing original songs ”
Genevieve Tudor
“The songs sparkle”
Living Tradition
“A powerful sound”
Rock’n’Reel
“One of the best debuts I’ve heard”
Andrew Wegg, Acoustic Sessions
“Heart-wrenching”
Morning Star
“Fantastic”
Bev Harris, Mainly Folk Show
“Top English folk music... alevel most folk bands are unable to reach”
Fatea