Welcome to Cerddoriaeth Celtica, a companion piece for the Starlight Radio Dreams series “Celtica”. When we conceived of Celtica, the desire was to create an adventure serial which used music as part of the action and story. From using music to power Celtica’s magic tools to musical numbers for the big moments, Celtica does exactly that. And Cerddoriaeth Celtica lets us further explore the beauty of Celtic music, both as part of the serial and just for its own sake.
In this episode of Cerddoriaeth Celtica, Karolyn Blake, co writer for Celtica and the actor behind the title character, gets into the spirit of the season by telling the tale of “Mallt y Nos.” She also dives into the folk tradition of Welsh death omens. Spoooooky.
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Host and Artist- Karolyn BlakeCo host: Grant BlakeProducer: Ansel Burch
“Mallt y Nos” short story written by Karolyn Blake, inspired by the folk character of the same name.
Barlow Cree’s folk song inspired by the same character: BarlowCree.com - Videos (third video from the top)
Sources:https://issuu.com/premiumjoker4195/docs/141823487454888bfaf1462
http://barlowcree.squarespace.com/mallt-y-nos/
https://americymru.net/welsh_omens_harbingers_of_doom
This is the final installment of Cerddoriaeth Celtica, but you can find Karolyn and even more Celtic goodness (especially Welsh) in I Dream of Cymru, a podcast coming to a podcatcher near you November 16! Go to https://www.idreamofcymru.com/ to find out more!