Blodeugerdd: Song of the Flowers: An Anthology of Welsh Music and Song

Wales, a country as ancient as it is forward-looking, boasts a wealth of contemporary musicians who harvest the best of their past to craft an artful future. Blodeugerdd ("song of flowers" in the Welsh language) features a garland of intimate musical interpretations by leading keepers of Welsh music today. Each track is an act of remembering something personal and an illustration of how Welsh culture, in the words of producer Ceri Rhys Matthews, "has survived by quietude and tenacity." 14 tracks, 60 minutes, 44-page booklet with photos and bilingual notes.

The 2009 Folklife Festival program featuring the creative culture of Wales includes six musicians from Blodeugerdd - Song of the Flowers. The Smithsonian Folklife Festival website has more information about live performances on the National Mall in Washington D.C., including a CD-release party on Friday June 26th, 2009.

Blodeugerdd has been produced with generous support from the Welsh Assembly Government.

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Please enjoy this free, full-length stream of Colli'r eos (Losing the Nightingale) by Smithsonian Folklife Festival participant Christine Cooper.

Colli'r eos (Losing the Nightingale)

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AWARDS
2009 Independent Music Award for Best Traditional World Album

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Track Listing

101	Y’deryn pur (Gentle Bird) Mary Hopkin	02:45
102	Estampie yr ehedydd (The Lark’s Estampie) Anne Marie Summers, Helen Wilding	04:03
103	Ym Mhontypridd mae ’nghariad (My Lover Is in Pontypridd) Ceri Jones	02:47
104	Tôn Cân Pensylvania (Pennsylvania Song Tune) / Hoff Fron (Fond Heart) John Morgan, Diarmuid Johnson, Chris Grooms	05:29
105	Dod dy law (Put Your Hand) Linda Griffiths	01:48
106	Abergenni / Pont Caerodor Ceri and Catrin Ashton	04:05
107	Carol Plygain (Plygain Carol) Daniel Huws	05:25
108	Colli’r eos (Losing the Nightingale) Christine Cooper	04:28
109	Bedd f’anwylyd (My Lover’s Grave) Llio Rhydderch and Tomos Williams	07:05
110	Caru yn y coed (Courting in the Woods) / Cerdd y gog lwydlas (Cuckoo’s Song) / Lliw lili ymysg y drain (Lily among the Thorns) Cass Meurig and Nial Cain	06:06
111	Y gŵr a’i farch (The Man and His Steed) / If You Do Not Love Me, Go Climb a Tree Jo Cooper and Elin Lloyd	02:46
112	Y dyn meddw (The Drunkard) / Glân meddwdod mwyn (Sweet Mellow Drunkenness) / Coleg y Brifysgol Abertawe (University College Swansea) / Pibddawns gwŷr Wrecsam (The Men of Wrexham’s Hornpipe) Jem Hammond and Tom Scott	04:44
113	Hiraeth (Longing) Max Boyce, Christine Cooper, and Llio Rhydderch	03:05
114	Lisa Lan, ffoles Llantrisant (Beautiful Lisa, Girl from Llantrisant) Julie Murphy, Sille Ilves, and Martin Leamon	05:33