{"id":8167,"date":"2026-10-09T19:31:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T19:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/?p=8167"},"modified":"2026-10-09T22:23:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T22:23:03","slug":"track-of-the-day-beating-drums-kim-ralls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/2026\/10\/09\/track-of-the-day-beating-drums-kim-ralls\/","title":{"rendered":"Track Of The Day: Beating Drums &#8211; Kim Ralls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"749\" height=\"746\" src=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_6921.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_6921.jpeg 749w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_6921-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_6921-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_6921-60x60.jpeg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/1O552U4sLBuKi1sD5aIElx?utm_source=generator&#038;si=9dfeab8d65204f0c\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim Ralls is an artist I\u2019ve kept in touch with since the more simpler times of X and is a folk singer who keeps himself busy on the gig circuit, this is obvious from the cover of his new single Beating Drums. This is folk with a distinctly Celtic flavour. This song is about the turning of the season. <br> <br>The drums could symbolise the rhythm of time, and how things change, but the constant is the beating of the drums. I like how things change in the middle, slowing down the tempo at 1:25 &#8211; it\u2019s a gentle tone to call together people frrom all over the world to stand together moving forward heart to heart and hand in hand, this could be the theme for a harvest\/winter solstice festival. Is that a bodhran? Either way what a tune!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim Ralls is from Yorkshire, a folk singer songwriter who&#8217;s been doing the rounds for a long time, I&#8217;ve kept my eye from a distance, and I enjoy his work. I hope to one day travel to God&#8217;s own country and see him play live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the way, it&#8217;s not a bodrhan it&#8217;s a djembe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kim Ralls is an artist I\u2019ve kept in touch with since the more simpler times of X and is a folk singer who keeps himself busy on the gig circuit, this is obvious from the cover of his new single Beating Drums. This is folk with a distinctly Celtic flavour. 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