a r t i s t : Cass Meurig
t i t l e : Crwth
d a t e : 2004
l a b e l : Fflach
g e n r e : Instrumental
r l s. d a t e : Mar/2006
t r a c k s : 12
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 61,1 MB
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Cass Meurig is one of Wales's foremost solo crwth (a bowed
lyre) and fiddle players and a member of Welsh bands Fernhill
and Pigyn Clust. She appears on Fernhill's third and fourth
albums 'whilia' and 'hynt' and on Pigyn Clust's second album
'Perllan' and has toured extensively with both bands. Together
with storyteller Esyllt Harker she has created 'Ganthrig Bwt',
a show featuring stories, songs and crwth music from Wales and
beyond. Her main interest is in Welsh traditional music but
she also works as a session musician and plays with Gorwel and
Fiona Owen's band Pondman. In January 2004 Cass released her
first solo album, entitled crwth on the acclaimed Welsh
traditional music label Fflach: tradd (2004).
Cass holds a PhD from the University of Wales, Bangor on the
music of the fiddler in eighteenth century Wales. She is an
experienced speaker on the subject and gave papers at the
North Atlantic Fiddle Convention in Aberdeen (July 2001) and
the Centre for Advanced Welsh Music Studies conference in
Bangor in 1999 and 2001.
'Alawon John Thomas', Cass's edition of the John Thomas
manuscript of fiddle tunes, is now available from the National
Library of Wales website www.llgc.org.uk It includes around
450 tunes collected in North-East Wales around the year 1752
and a substantial text taken from Cass's PhD which gives
information on the historical and musical context of the
manuscript and the history of the tunes.
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01-Crythor Du [02:56]
02-Dryw Bach [05:28]
03-Sbonc Bogel [02:22]
04-Ffion Felfed [04:27]
05-Ffarwel Ned Puw [03:55]
06-Dydd Calan [03:07]
07-Llawenydd [02:31]
08-Hwbad I Langoed [02:39]
09-Gruffudd Rowland [04:57]
10-Nia Grace [03:08]
11-GwΘl Adeilad [04:58]
12-Cil Y Fwyalch [04:54]
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