Results for "Tŷ Cerdd"

Cwmwl Tystion III / Empathy

By Tomos Williams

Label: Tŷ Cerdd
Released: 2026
Track listing: Welsh Not; Streic y Glowyr 1984 / Miners' Strike 1984; Beth yw maddau? / What is forgiving?; Aberfan 1966; Paul Robeson yn canu yn Aberpennar 1938 / Paul Robeson sings in Mountain Ash 1938; Mynydd Epynt 1940; Cymru Cenedl Noddfa / Wales: A Nation of Sanctuary.

Tomos Williams: Cwmwl Tystion III / Empathy

by Ian Patterson
July 19, 2026

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow. So it has proven for Welsh trumpeter-composer Tomos Williams, whose intended one-off album Cwmwl Tystion / Witness (Tŷ Cerdd, 2019) unwittingly became the first installment of a trilogy charting Welsh identity, history and internationalism. Realizing there were still important stories to tell, Cwmwl Tystion II: Riot! (Tŷ Cerdd, 2021) picked ...

Tomos Williams: Cwmwl Tystion II: Riot!

by Ian Patterson
January 12, 2024

Billowing clouds of black smoke dominate a blood-red backdrop. From the cover alone, it is clear that trumpeter/composer Tomos Williams has something extra-musical to say. The Welsh language project name--Cwmwl Tystion means 'witness'--and the English title-- Riot!--writ large, expel any doubt. Inspired by events both famous and infamous in Welsh history--workers revolts, pogroms and race riots--this ...

Cwmwl Tystion II: Riot!

By Tomos Williams

Label: Tŷ Cerdd
Released: 2023
Track listing: Cadw tŷ mewn cwmwl tystion / Keeping house in a cloud of witnesses; Merthyr Rising 1831; Tonypandy Riots 1910; Tredegar Riots 1911; Bet yw byw?/What is living?; Cardiff Race Riots 1919; Mahmood Mattan 1952.

Khamira: Undod/Unity

by Ian Patterson
February 14, 2023

Khamira was born when Welsh jazz-folk band Burum--trumpeter Tomos Williams, bassist Aidan Thorne and drummer Mark O'Connor--toured India in 2015. There they collaborated with guitarist Aditya Balani, sarangi player & vocalist Suhail Yusuf Khan and tablaist & vocalist Vishal Nagar. The blend of Welsh traditional melodies, Hindustani classical music and jazz enthused all; two years later ...

Undod/Unity

Label: Tŷ Cerdd
Released: 2022
Track listing: Eleven Eleven; Undod (Unity); Saraswāti: Goddess of Music; Dod Dy Law/ Nāyakī Kānrā; Arjun Nagar; Great Expectations; Marwnad yr Ehedydd (The Lark's Elegy).