Favourite Welsh folk/trad musicians?

Subject: RE: Favourite Welsh folk/trad musicians?
From: GUEST,BlackAcornUK
Date: 09 Mar 21 - 09:05 AM

Hi all, very interesting discussion, thank you -

Some of the points made are similar to things that had occurred to my own fancy - most of the stuff I could find on record - through SAIN, etc - seemed quite mannered, like it had been passed trough a mid-20th C Welsh version of Cecil Sharp's genteel, attenuating Edwardian arrangements.

Prompted by the above reference to Hamish Henderson, I was really keen to see if there was an equivalent 20th C Welsh equivalent to him, Peter Kennedy, etc - someone very focused on capturing field recordings.

It seems like David Roy Saer may be that figure - he seems to have conducted prodigious, dedicated fieldwork in Wales from the 1960s onwards:

https://museum.wales/collections/folksongs/?action=background

...in the employment of the Welsh Folk Museum (Now St Fagans), and also under the influence of the Welsh Folk Song Society (he ultimately became the President in 2000).

Check out some of the songs available here - Bertie Stephens' 'The Black Mare' blew my socks off!!

https://museum.wales/collections/folksongs/


This is **exactly** the sort of thing I was looking for - and it looks like there's plenty more to explore. Also want to learn more about Ty Siamas, the centre for Welsh music:

https://tysiamas.cymru/en/home

Subject: RE: Favourite Welsh folk/trad musicians?
From: Bill D
Date: 09 Mar 21 - 06:54 PM

I attended a house concert by Dafydd Iwan in the early 70s in Wash DC. He sang well and explained many of the sources. I wish there had been more like him.

Subject: RE: Favourite Welsh folk/trad musicians?
From: SPB-Cooperator
Date: 12 Mar 21 - 09:31 AM

Some of the Carpenter's informants:

Edwards Ashbury? - Swansea
Richard Warner - Cardiff
Hefrum Methias - Cardiff - contributed "Chester Commodore" which Carpenter annotates as (Welsh Song).
Capt.Jack Harris - Swansea.

However the collected songs - for Carpenter's Doctorial Thesis were all in English.

I think Mick Tems did some work bringing some of their songs to public performance.

Subject: RE: Favourite Welsh folk/trad musicians?
From: GUEST,ottery
Date: 24 Mar 21 - 04:45 AM

Last night I was lucky enough to be in the audience for a Zoom concert by Owen Shiers. He sang Welsh songs from Ceredigion from his album Cynefin, including one of my favourite trad Welsh ballads Dole Teifi. It was great. Hopefully one day, when the plague's buggered off, I'll be able to see him perform live.

Subject: RE: Favourite Welsh folk/trad musicians?
From: GUEST,Beachcomber
Date: 25 Mar 21 - 08:07 AM

How are the Welsh Folk Music Band "AR LOG" graded by Welsh Folk Music enthusiasts ?