rock music or the lack of it in welsh music
Welsh Music
Exactly.
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rock music or the lack of it in welsh music
Welsh Music
Yes they are pretty good. There seems to be a bubble of good Welsh (from Wales rather than in Welsh) music appearing at the moment, two faves of mine are Klaus Kinski from the north who put on quite a show, and Bomb the Sun from the south who sound right in your face and rock excellently.There are plenty more and I recommend the Adam Walton show on BBC radio Wales http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales/sites/adamwalton/ This is how I keep abreast of things.
rock music or the lack of it in welsh music
Welsh Music
I may not have grasped the tilt of this discussion but I'll stick my tuppenyworth in anyway.The Welsh language is a bit of a millstone for the Welsh musician - I am born and bred here but I don't speak the language. I feel that the minority of Welsh speakers, at least here in the north, have some sort of superiority (inferiority ) complex and regard non Welsh speakers (native or not ) as somehow beneath them. The fact that they have appropriated a specifically English speaking musical form i.e. rock and roll and shoehorned their very un-R&R language into it seems bypassed their irony chip.I draw attention to the undeliably great Datblygu, who were the first Welsh group that made me prick up my ears and listen because they appeared to me to be attempting a genuine contemporary Welsh musical outlook. I still have very little idea of what they were singing about but it doesn't really matter. Something about the vocal delivery transcends language and I can "understand" where they are coming from. I remember John Peel being quite taken with them and they made several sessions for his radio programme. Datblygu's take was similar to the Krautrock groups of the '70's who wanted to take the radical essence of American rock and make it their own, which they did.The problem with "Welsh music" as I see it is that the language takes precedence over the music. If they sing the phone book in Welsh then that is better than, say, John Cale. The Welsh music scene is a cultural cul-de-sac with very few exceptions. This is not for want of people trying but coming up against the ultra conservative establishment does little other than put genuine avant travellers off to seek richer pastures in the English speaking world.That is why a lot of Welsh stop singing in Welsh.
rock music or the lack of it in welsh music
Welsh Music
Well, I kind of agree with you there but it's not all as hopeless as you fear. The best place to start looking is www.ankstmusik.com . Here you will find the cream of contemporary Welsh rock with attitude rather than simply all the notes in the right place and no spark.
