Carreg Lafar are a five-piece band from Wales and Aur is their fourth album in a career that has spanned 20 years. From the front cover picture, with its carefully arranged Victoriana it’s clear that this is going to be an album of traditional music and a glance at the track list confirms it will be in Welsh.
Welsh traditional music has never had the exposure of its Gaelic cousins and yet this album shows it is a vibrant genre in its own right, which deserves to more widely heard and appreciated. Carreg Lafar, along with other bands such as Allan Yn Y fan, are certainly providing us with an opportunity to listen and we would be missing out if we didn’t take up their invitation.
01 - Aderyn Bach
02 - Cariad Aur
03 - Bwthyn Fy Nain
04 - Llangyfelach Lon
05 - Naid Tros Lannerch
06 - Y Cadno
07 - Glan Môr Heli
08 - Tom, Dic A Chwrw
09 - Baban Bach
10 - Titrwm Tatrwm
Linda Owen Jones (vocals)
Rhian Evan-Jones (fiddle)
James Rourke (flute)
Antwn Owen Hicks (pipes and vocals)
Danny Kilbride (guitar)