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  • Welsh Traditional Music

    Posted by Greebosolo on April 20, 2021 at 4:35 am

    Inspired by Tony’s Celtic Acoustic Tuesday i wondered why both focus was on Ireland and Scotland and ignored Wales – so i looked for some resources and found this beginner’s guide on YouTube https://youtu.be/xoRdSkJLAfw this is a small win for me as i am finding out more about my country’s traditional music.

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  • Fly

    Member
    April 20, 2021 at 7:24 am

    Nice post I’ll watch that later. Got any in Yorkshire? 😉

    • Greebosolo

      Member
      April 20, 2021 at 11:33 am

      Is that the Republic of Yorkshire?

  • Fly

    Member
    April 20, 2021 at 1:09 pm

    That’s the one! Did you know we would have finished 12th in the last olympics if we were an independent country. Also known as gods own county but I think a few other places lay claim to this. Now back to the thread looking forward to watching this, I have been delving into a lot of Celtic folk at the moment and looking forward to being informed cheers

    • Greebosolo

      Member
      April 21, 2021 at 8:23 am

      I would be interested in knowing about any others you may come across.

  • Wm.Jacobson

    Member
    April 21, 2021 at 6:39 pm

    I stumbled on this same video a short while ago – it’s really well done. I enjoyed it so much that I’ve started listening to some of the non-traditional music (e.g., NoGood Boyo). Perhaps @Cariad can give us some tips about who to listen to.

    • Greebosolo

      Member
      April 22, 2021 at 9:21 am

      I will have to look them up

  • Terry6422000

    Member
    April 21, 2021 at 9:38 pm

    Nice – I’ll check it out. Not being from Europe I don’t usually make that distinction except for British, Scottish, and Irish…but that’s a paradigm I’m ready to change.

    • Greebosolo

      Member
      April 22, 2021 at 8:42 am

      That could get you in hot water Terry 😆

  • Cariad

    Member
    May 20, 2021 at 1:25 am

    Sorry to be late to the party, @William, @Fly I’m not around so much at the moment.

    I was only naturalised Welsh, lived and worked in the Heartlands in Snowdonia and the tip of the Llŷn for many years. I met Siân James at a Welsh language learners’ dinner. She is a fabulous harper and a lovely person. I was rusty on the harp and she offered to mentor me. She’s worth listening to for traditional music.

    Ironically, after living a short time in Perthshire, Scotland, sadly I’m back in Merrie England in my home city of The People’s Republic.

    I can also recommend Gwibdaith Hen Fran who are great fun. They are described as an ‘alternative trip folk band’. Funny, feel good music and lyrics.

    Gwyneth Glyn is another favourite. She has a beautiful voice and is a talented lyricist/poet.

    Pabi 🙂

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    • Greebosolo

      Member
      May 20, 2021 at 3:14 pm

      Diolch @Cariad I will definitely check them out <font face=”inherit”>Gwibdaith Hen Fran means Old Fran’s </font>something<font face=”inherit”> I will have to Google gwibdaith to find out.</font>

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  • Cariad

    Member
    May 21, 2021 at 2:12 am

    @Greebosolo

    Croeso!

    The word ‘gwibdaith’ means a trip or outing. The word ‘frân’ means crow. – Old crow’s outing’ 😃

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    • Greebosolo

      Member
      May 21, 2021 at 2:26 am

      Ah – unfortunately my Welsh is not as good as I would like it to be 😔

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