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FIRST EVER CHRISTMAS SINGLE RELEASED BY JON GOMM
01st December 2025 - 0 comments
01st December 2025 - 0 comments
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FIRST EVER CHRISTMAS SINGLE RELEASED BY JON GOMM
Jon Gomm, the Blackpool-born acoustic guitar virtuoso, has released his first ever Christmas single. It’s his very own take on Shchedryk (Carol Of The Bells), a folk song originating in Ukraine, during the early part of the 20th century.
Jon Gomm
This is an instrumental version of the song, with the original lyrics telling of seeing the first swallow of the year, meaning winter must be nearly over and spring is coming. It’s a beautiful, ethereal reinterpretation, full of Gomm’s trademark guitar techniques, both hypnotic and dreamlike in equal measure. His playing, as always, is crystal clear and note perfect.
Shchedryk (Carol Of The Bells) by Jon Gomm
Jon says: “I reinterpreted the music a fair bit, so when I play it live I introduce it with a different title - Shchedryk v Hrad.
‘Hrad’ is the Ukrainian word for hail or hailstorm, so you can think of it as A Swallow In A Hailstorm. ‘Hrad’ is also the name the Russian army gave to their rocket-launcher tanks, which shoot a hailstorm of destruction, like those which totalled the apartment of my friend Serhii Radzetskyi and his family. This piece is dedicated to him, and my other Ukrainian friends Inna and Vlad, and all those that have suffered as a result of the war.”
Shchedryk (Carol Of The Bells) is out now and available to buy on Bandcamp, plus all the usual streaming sites and YouTube. See links below.
Written by Kevin Petch
Shchedryk (Carol Of The Bells) is available to buy: https://jongomm.bandcamp.com/track/shchedryk-carol-of-the-bells
Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhVhqHKc_j0
Website/store link: https://jongomm.com/shchedryk
Jon Gomm, the Blackpool-born acoustic guitar virtuoso, has released his first ever Christmas single. It’s his very own take on Shchedryk (Carol Of The Bells), a folk song originating in Ukraine, during the early part of the 20th century.
This is an instrumental version of the song, with the original lyrics telling of seeing the first swallow of the year, meaning winter must be nearly over and spring is coming. It’s a beautiful, ethereal reinterpretation, full of Gomm’s trademark guitar techniques, both hypnotic and dreamlike in equal measure. His playing, as always, is crystal clear and note perfect.
Jon says: “I reinterpreted the music a fair bit, so when I play it live I introduce it with a different title - Shchedryk v Hrad.
‘Hrad’ is the Ukrainian word for hail or hailstorm, so you can think of it as A Swallow In A Hailstorm. ‘Hrad’ is also the name the Russian army gave to their rocket-launcher tanks, which shoot a hailstorm of destruction, like those which totalled the apartment of my friend Serhii Radzetskyi and his family. This piece is dedicated to him, and my other Ukrainian friends Inna and Vlad, and all those that have suffered as a result of the war.”
Shchedryk (Carol Of The Bells) is out now and available to buy on Bandcamp, plus all the usual streaming sites and YouTube. See links below.
Written by Kevin Petch
Shchedryk (Carol Of The Bells) is available to buy: https://jongomm.bandcamp.com/track/shchedryk-carol-of-the-bells
Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhVhqHKc_j0
Website/store link: https://jongomm.com/shchedryk