Posted by Dyfed Roberts on Wednesday, June 29, 2011,
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If you’ve never heard Chloe Leavers then this is one video you must watch. She has been described as one of north Wales’ ‘finest female folk singers’ with a ‘majestic sound’ – and that critic surely knows his music!
Born and bred in north Wales and accompanied by Jon Hughes, Chloe has just released her first EP – All These Things – and the song featured on the video is the title track. She is also playing in the Ymuno Festival this weekend.
Posted by Dyfed on Wednesday, May 11, 2011,
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Last night we attended a
classical guitar recital by Jonathan Richards. Here he is playing a couple of
his own pieces. I’ve tried (half-heartedly) to learn the guitar – but not being
very musical, I failed. I do love the sound though and really enjoyed last
night’s performance.
Posted by Dyfed on Tuesday, February 1, 2011,
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John Barry, who died yesterday, wrote the
music that featured in films and television series that were the backdrop to my
younger years. There are far too many to list but it’s worth mentioning films
like From Russia with Love, The Man with the Golden Gun and many
other Bond movies, also films like The Ipcress File and my all-time
favourite, Zulu. Among his TV series are The Persuaders and The
Corn is Green.
Posted by Dyfed on Friday, January 28, 2011,
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Musical moods
No doubt about it – my favourite song from
the 80s is ‘Don’t Leave me this Way’ by the Communards. Released by them
in 1986, the song was originally performed by Harold Melvin and the Blue
Notes (never heard of ’em) in 1975. This is a choice that probably paints
me as some kind of disco dive – which I certainly wasn’t. But its high-tempo
beat, the brilliant backing vocals by Sarah Jane Morris, and the daring a...
Posted by Dyfed on Friday, January 21, 2011,
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Today we go on a journey out of Wales. Not far, but far
enough. We’ve a few pieces of furniture to pick up in the Macclesfield area of
north-west England – so nothing too
exciting!
As I searched for a song on the theme of
travelling I came across John Denver’s ‘Country Roads’. My father had some
country music tapes when I was young and I can remember this song grabbing me
by the heart and causing that peculiar Welsh em...
Posted by Dyfed on Friday, January 14, 2011,
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Musical moods
Today we’d call it stalking and poor old
Sting could be facing a prison sentence, but he probably didn’t know that when
he and the Police first recorded ‘Every Breath you Take’ in 1983. It won
a couple of awards and is probably Police’s best known song – despite
its rather creepy lyrics.
I was still at school in the year of its
release and being the shy boy I was the words probably resonated with me –
though not in...
Posted by Dyfed on Thursday, January 6, 2011,
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Musical moods
Music and emotions go together, don’t they?
You hear a piece of music you haven’t heard for a long time and deep inside a
feeling is aroused. For me, very often it is sadness that is stirred up. One
song that manages to do that is ‘Only You’, originally released by Yazoo in 1982.
It’s been covered a few times after that –
notably by the Flying Picket...
Posted by Dyfed on Wednesday, December 8, 2010,
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Musical moods
If we had
had a daughter we were possibly going to name her Annie – after both my
grandmother and a singer-song writer Helen and I enjoy, Annie Lennox. I’m a big
80s music fan (not many of us around) but for me the Eurythmics really stand
out from that period. Lennox and Dave Stewart created music that has stayed with me ever
since.
One of
their best songs possibly is ‘Revival’, which appeared on the We Too are One...
