Oes i Oes has a heavyweight gatefold laminated digipack sleeve, with a 12 page booklet including liner notes and lyrics to all songs, also English translation of each lyric. Recorded simply, using vintage Neumann mics and a customised valve desk, sound is of audiophile quality. Limited edition of 300.
"It's a wonderful album" - Adam Walton, BBC Radio Wales
"...it is a thing of great beauty and I could happily listen to it all day and not tire of it!" - Alex Gallacher - see his review at folkradio.co.uk
"...softly played and delivered, Oes i Oes quietly yet powerfully seeps into your soul. A beautiful gentle and atmospheric album." Songlines magazine (four star review)
"An album that should entrance those new to Welsh music, with enough to surprise and delight those who love it already." Clare Button - review - The Living Tradition magazine - See whole review here www.livingtradition.co.uk/webrevs/ltcd9024.htm
" gwedd newydd, heb darfu dim ar naws y gwreiddiol - yn wir, fe ychwanegir at y naws hwnw'n llwyddianus iawn..." Arfon Gwilym - adolygiad yn Barn
"...I’ve been listening to the new album.
Very good indeed – congratulations.
... I intend to play tracks..."...."...This incredible album..." Frank Hennessy, presenter BBC Radio Wales's Celtic Heartbeat
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Alawon o Ddyffryn Peris; Bwlch Llanberis sydd yn cychwyn y set a Moel yr Wyddfa i’w gorffen, gyda hen benillion wedi eu gosod ar alaw gan Nial yn y canol. Trigai Margiad ych Ifan ym Mhenllyn, Brynrefail ac mae hanesion amdani yn dal ar gof yn lleol. Dywedir ei bod hi’n gryfach na’r ddau ddyn cryfaf yn y sir a bod ei chŵn hela yn dal mwy na chŵn yr holl foneddigion. Gweithiai fel gof a byddai’n rhwyfo llwythi o fwyn copr ar yr Wyddfa ar draws Llyn Padarn. Roedd hi hefyd yn saer telynau a gallai canu’r delyn a chyfansoddi alawon.
Margiad ych Ifan, famous eighteenth century strong woman, blacksmith, harp and fiddle maker who's efail - smithy - was at Brynrefail also had a sideline rowing slate and copper ore down lakes Peris and Padarn, and her large-than-life character is remembered in these verses.
Sweet harmonies & strummed melodies; the duo delve into decades-old folk, jazz, and country to find a timeless kind of love and connection. Bandcamp New & Notable May 23, 2018