Fernhill is a Welsh folk band formed in 1996. The meeting of Ceri Rhys Matthews and Julie Murphy at Art College in Maidstone was the starting point for Fernhill. Murphy went back to Wales with Matthews, and started performing Welsh songs with Matthews' mandolin to accompany Murphy's vocals. Later they combined with piper Jonathan Shorland, and, later still in '96, they were joined by squeezebox wizard Andy Cutting to become Fernhill proper. The band produced two terrific albums