SRD Presents: Cerddoriaeth Celtica E13: Tan yn Llŷn
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, sings “Tan yn Llŷn" a Welsh folk song by Plethyn. This song is a tribute to the power that protest and property damage have to change hearts and minds, and it reminds us that the power structures we oppose now have their roots in the distant past. In the show Celtica, Gwynedd and Celtica sang this song when they were planning to blow up the Draugr’s foundry. We framed most of that episode as an homage to this moment in modern Welsh history.
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Host and Artist- Karolyn Blake.
Co host: Grant Blake.
Producer: Ansel Burch.
Special thanks to Plethyn for writing such a stirring, inspiring, beautiful song.
Source for translation https://war-poetry.livejournal.com/639787.html
Source for history: https://www.peoplescollection.wales/story/378207 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_in_Wales_Acts_1535_and_1542
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