Blodeugerdd Song of the Flowers - An Anthology of Welsh Music and Song CD

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.

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

Credits
Produced by Ceri Rhys Matthews
Recorded by Jens Schroeder
Mixed by Jens Schroeder
Mixed by Christine Cooper
Mixed by Ceri Rhys Matthews
Mastered by Pete Reiniger
Liner Notes by Ceri Rhys Matthews
Liner Notes by Betty J. Belanus
Design by Caroline Brownell
Cover artwork by Mary Lloyd Jones

Tracks
01 Y'deryn pur (Gentle Bird) - 2:45
02 Estampie yr ehedydd (The Lark's Estampie) - 4:03
03 Ym Mhontypridd mae 'nghariad (My Lover Is in Pontypridd) - 2:47
04 Ton Can Pensylvania (Pennsylvania Song Tune) / Hoff Fron (Fond Heart) - 5:29
05 Dod dy law (Put Your Hand) - 1:48
06 Abergenni / Pont Caerodor - 4:05
07 Carol Plygain (Plygain Carol) - 5:25
08 Colli'r eos (Losing the Nightingale) - 4:28
09 Bedd f'anwylyd (My Lover's Grave) - 7:05
10 Caru yn y coed (Courting in the Woods) / Cerdd y gog lwydlas (Cuckoo's Song) / Lliw lili ymysg y drain (Lily among the Thorns) - 6:06
11 Y gwr a'i farch (The Man and His Steed) / If You Do Not Love Me, Go Climb a Tree - 2:46
12 Y dyn meddw (The Drunkard) / Glan meddwdod mwyn (Sweet Mellow Drunkenness) / Coleg y Brifysgol Abertawe (University College Swansea) / Pibddawns gwyr Wrecsam (The Men of Wrexham's Hornpipe) - 4:44
13 Hiraeth (Longing) - 3:05
14 Lisa Lan, Ffoles Llantrisant (Beautiful Lisa, Girl from Llantrisant) - 5:33