Entries by cynefinmusic

Album Pre-Order

Album Pre-Order Pre-orders are now open for Cynefin’s debut album ‘Dilyn Afon’ (Following A River) before the official release on January 27th. The CD comes with full colour 30 page booklet detailing the stories and history of the songs You can listen to the lead single herehttps://cynefinwales.bandcamp.com/track/y-fwyalchen-ddu-bigfelen-2 And pre-order by clicking on the album image […]

New Single Out

The lead single from Cynefin’s debut album ‘Dilyn Afon’ – ‘Y Fwyalchen Ddu Bigfelen’ (The Yellow Beaked Blackbird) is out now! You can listen to the premier on Lisa Gwilym’s BBC Radio Cymru show here – you can buy/listen to it on Bandcamp below.  Noted from the singing of Mrs. J Emlyn Jones near Llandysul at […]

Welsh Folk Award Nomination

This year sees the inaugural Welsh Folk Awards in Cardiff. I’m really chuffed to have been nominated for ‘best solo artist’. You can listen live on Radio Wales on the 11th of April. More info here: Wales Folk Awards 2019

Cynefin Album Crowfunder

Cynefin Album Crowdfunder As you might of read already, the Cynefin project is an evolving project which involves research and collecting and then further developing, performing and recording. After completing my scholarship with the Finzi Trust last year and I now have an album’s-worth of material ready to go – BUT I need your help […]

Single Out!

The debut single is out today! ‘Can Dyffryn Clettwr’ (Song of the Clettwr Valley) on Astar Artes Recordings. Use the player below to listen/stream/buy. Discovered in ‘Hanes Llandysul’ (A History of Llandysul 1896) and originally composed by Edward Rees of Talgarreg, this rare song tells the tale of ‘y fab afradlon’ – the prodigal son […]

Single Sneak Peek

In anticipation of the new Cynefin single release next month, you can hear Sam Lee giving it a spin on his Nest Collective hour on Resonance FM – use the player below or visit the Resonance FM site!