“Ghosts” is the first single from “Youth and Wisdom”, the debut album by Chas and the Skylands Gang.
The beat may be uptempo, the melody an ear-worm, but the lyrical themes are infused with a tone of searching melancholy.
Inspired by the passing of Chas’s Mom in 2022 at the age of 95, it’s a rumination on the big questions of what comes next and the meaning of it all. “My Mom was a real pistol right up to the end, and I miss her dearly. I try to trick myself into thinking that she’s still alive…in the…
