Haven't heard of her before but Georgia Ruth is presenting this Friday's show. No information about the programme at the moment. Georgia appears to be a Welsh Harpist. Watch out, Lopa, there's a new kid on the block...maybe!
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A Cerys protégéOriginally posted by johncorrigan View Post
Georgia has toured extensively in India over the last couple of years, both as a member of Ghazalaw (whose debut album was released on Cerys Matthews’ Marvels of the Universe label in 2015) and as part of the British Council’s Folk Nations project. She also performed in Vietnam for the British Council, both in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
She presents a weekly music show on BBC Radio Cymru and can sometimes be heard covering for Bethan Elfyn on BBC Radio Wales. -
I had another listen to this programme from Friday night. I mean there were lots of perfectly agreeable tunes on there, but it was all so one paced. Even the two African tracks near the beginning of the programme were only at a jogging pace...nothing danceable. And she chooses, two tracks from Joe Boyd; fair enough the Albanian piece; but Vashti Bunyan with that bloody advert off the TV. Needs a bit of fire in there.Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post
See what you mean, GT...and awfully breathy!Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post
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I'm halfway through this programme, JC, and have read the other comments on this thread.Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
Perhaps reactions can depend on what we want at any given time. I'm more for gentle than for dancing in this wintry weather. And I have to say that what I have heard so far is, to my mind, pretty wonderful. She's 30. I don't think she sounds older but she does sound like a broadcaster of more mature years. I really like her voice and the detail she provides with the music. Just one minor scruple. No post-hippy "yeah" please to fill the gap when thinking. I also liked her selection of music. The opener from Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita was strong. She kindly put in the Albanians as well as Emahoy Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou. But it was the Plu session that did it for me. Sky rockets in flight......they were harmonically a late night delight. It's that old business of siblings being uncannily, well,......you know. See the Everly Brothers etc. The non obvious instrumentation in their feathery pieces wasn't shabby either.
Plu - Ol Dy Droed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX40dZ71W4U
Sgwennaf Lythyr - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GD0oMCBgL4
(So, yeah, very possibly the missing link between the 1960s/70s and Gorky's, Gruff Rhys, Melys and the Delgados)
(When Mr Adebayo isn't doing his shouty thing, slurry thing or street voice thang, my man, he's experimenting with the whispery early hours thing. Imo, it could be Radio Way Forward)Last edited by Lat-Literal; 14-02-18, 18:24.Comment
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"Listen to the Grass Grow" from Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita's forthcoming album was played this morning on Breakfast on 3.
It's sublime - but it isn't yet on You Tube.
Here's an early offering:
Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita - Future Strings - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU-H2zg3_BMLast edited by Lat-Literal; 15-02-18, 21:14.Comment
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