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Thread #66304   Message #1099669
Posted By: sian, west wales
23-Jan-04 - 10:16 AM
Thread Name: Welsh language folk music
Subject: RE: Welsh language folk music
Sain and Fflach are certainly good - there are also a lot of people working independently of these. Are you looking for instrumental or vocal? Both? Archival? Singer/songwriter?

I've just started work as director of trac The website lists a number of artists, and some have links to websites.

PM me if you want to as well, although it would be good to keep the discussion 'up front and public' here.

My current favourites are Toreth and Mabon (both through Fflach I THINK) and Crasdant (Sain). Bragod is a bit unusual but I don't know who distributes them. Sain has put out a couple of good rereleases of archive stuff recently - Nancy Richards on the triple harp, and the Plygain/Stable Loft songs. They've also released a tribute album to Elfed Lewys (one of our 'Greats' who died a couple of years ago)and have promoted it very poorly; lovely album, and I think the title is something like Blas y Pridd ... or something. Will check.

Lots of great stuff out there. Ar Log is no longer recording, but the back-catalogue is good (and Dafydd Roberts is now Chief Exec. of Sain!). For 'old' groups, also see if you can get Mynediad am Ddim or Ac Eraill.

sian