Tagaradr, our latest signing with CEG Records, have recently been nominated for this years Wales Folk Awards 2019.
This from the trac.wales website...
In April 2019, Wales celebrates the recent success of its folk scene with its own brand-new Folk Awards.
The awards will celebrate the many talented performers from the Welsh folk and traditional music scene which has been mushrooming at home in Wales as well as making a splash recently at festivals across the UK and abroad. 2018 was the year of Wales as International Partner at the English Folk Expo showcase festival in Manchester. Wales was also Featured Nation at the huge Lorient Interceltic Festival in Brittany which welcomes 70,000 visitors each year. Top Welsh folk band Alaw played the Royal Albert Hall in August 2018 as part of the BBC Folk Prom .
The Wales Folk Awards have been created by a partnership of trac, BBC Radio Wales and Radio Cymru, the Arts Council of Wales, and other significant figures from the world of Welsh folk such as Huw Williams and Stephen Rees. They’ll be presented on April 11th at an evening celebration at the BBC Hoddinott Hall at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay. The Awards Evening will be broadcast later on Frank Hennessy’s Celtic Heartbeat show on BBC Radio Wales and on Lisa Gwilym’s show Awr Werin Lisa Gwilym on BBC Radio Cymru. There will be live performance throughout the evening from Gwilym Bowen Rhys, VRï and Calan.
The winners will be chosen from a long-list created by a Nominating Panel representing folk club and festival organisers, young musicians, tradition bearers, music journalists and broadcasters, promoters, folk activists and enthusiasts.
The shortlisted nominees for these categories will be announced throughout March:
• Best group
Alaw; Calan; Jamie Smith’s Mabon; VRï
• Best emerging artist/band
NoGood Boyo; Tant; Trials of Cato; VRï
• Best original Welsh-language song
Bendigeidfran- Lleuwen; Cân y Cŵn- Gwyneth Glyn; Swn ar Gardyn Post- Bob Delyn a’r Ebillion; Y Gwyfyn- The Gentle Good
• Best instrumental track
Cyw Bach – VRï; Dawns Soïg/ Dawns y Gŵr Marw- Alaw; Diddanwch Gruffydd ap Cynan – Delyth & Angharad; Mayfair at Rhayader 1927- Toby Hay
• Best solo artist
Cynefin; Gwilym Bowen Rhys; Gwyneth Glyn; The Gentle Good
• Best album
Dal i ‘Redig Dipyn Bach – Bob Delyn a’r Ebillion; Llinyn Arian – Delyth & Angharad; Solomon – Calan; Tŷ ein Tadau – VRï
• Best traditional Welsh song
Ffoles Llantrisant – VRï; Lliw Gwyn – Pendevig; Santiana – Alaw gyda Gwilym Bowen Rhys; Y Mab Penfelyn – Bob Delyn a’r Ebillion
• Best original English-language song
Fall and Drop – Tagaradr; Far Ago – Gwyneth Glyn; Here Come The Young – Martyn Joseph; These Are The Things – The Trials of Cato
• Best live act
Calan; Jamie Smith’s Mabon; Pendevig; Yr Hwntws
The Judging Panel will also award a Lifetime Achievement Award and a ‘Folk Prize’ for the best original set of three tunes submitted to us last month.
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Ym mis Ebrill 2019, bydd gan Gymru gwobrau gwerin newydd sbon.
Bydd y gwobrau yn dathlu perfformwyr talentog y sin gerddoriaeth gwerin a thraddodiadol Cymru sydd wedi blodeuo yma yng Nghymru yn ogystal â gwneud argraff sylweddol mewn gwyliau ar draws y D.U. a thramor. Yn 2018 Cymru oedd Partneriaid Rhyngwladol y gŵyl arddangos ‘English Folk Expo’, ym Manceinion. Cymru hefyd oedd y wlad o dan sylw yng ngŵyl enfawr ryng-geltaidd An Oriant yn Llydaw sy’n croesawu 70,000 o ymwelwyr bobl blwyddyn. Perfformiodd y band talentog Alaw yn y Neuadd Frenhinol Albert yn Awst 2018 fel rhan o Proms Gwerin y BBC.
Mae Gwobrau Gwerin Cymru wedi ei greu gan bartneriaeth rhwng trac, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru a a ffigurau sylweddol byd cerddoriaeth werin Cymru fel Huw Williams a Stephen Rees. Bydd y gwobrau yn cael eu cyflwyno ar y 11eg o Ebrill mewn noswaith o ddathlu yn Neuadd Hoddinott yng Nghanolfan Mileniwm Cymru ym Mae Caerdydd. Fydd y noswaith yn cael ei ddarlledu yn hwyrach ar raglen Celtic Hearbeat Frank Hennessey ar BBC Radio Wales ac ar raglen Lisa Gwilym, Awr Werin Lisa Gwilym ar BBC Radio Cymru. Bydd perfformiadau byw trwy gydol y noson gan Gwilym Bowen Rhys, VRï a Calan.
Bydd yr enillwyr yn cael eu dewis o restr hir fydd wedi’i lunio gan y panel enwebu fydd yn cynrychioli trefnwyr clybiau a gwyliau, cerddorion ifanc, yr hen do, newyddiadurwyr, darlledwyr, hyrwyddwyr, ymgyrchwyr a selogion.
Bydd enwebiadau ar gyfer y categorïau canlynol yn cael eu cyhoeddu drwy gydol mis Mawrth:
Y grŵp gorau
Alaw; Calan; Jamie Smith’s Mabon; VRï
Yr artist/ band gorau sy’n dechrau dod i’r amlwg
NoGood Boyo; Tant; The Trials of Cato; VRï
Y gân Gymraeg wreiddiol orau
Bendigeidfran- Lleuwen; Cân y Cŵn- Gwyneth Glyn; Swn ar Gardyn Post- Bob Delyn a’r Ebillion; Y Gwyfyn- The Gentle Good
Y trac offerynnol gorau
Cyw Bach – VRï; Dawns Soïg/ Dawns y Gŵr Marw- Alaw; Diddanwch Gruffydd ap Cynan- Delyth & Angharad; Mayfair at Rhayader 1927- Toby Hay
Yr artist unigol gorau
Cynefin; Gwilym Bowen Rhys; Gwyneth Glyn; The Gentle Good;
Yr albwm gorau
Dal i ‘Redig Dipyn Bach – Bob Delyn a’r Ebillion; Llinyn Arian – Delyth & Angharad; Solomon – Calan; Tŷ ein Tadau – VRï
Y gân Gymraeg draddodiadol orau
Ffoles Llantrisant – VRï; Lliw Gwyn – Pendevig; Santiana – Alaw gyda Gwilym Bowen Rhys; Y Mab Penfelyn – Bob Delyn a’r Ebillion
Y gân Saesneg wreiddiol orau
Fall and Drop – Tagaradr ; Far Ago – Gwyneth Glyn; Here Come the Young – Martyn Joseph; These Are the Things – The Trials fo Cato
Y perfformiad byw gorau
Calan; Jamie Smith’s Mabon; Pendevig; Yr Hwntws
Bydd y panel beirniadu hefyd yn gwobrwyo Gwobr Cyflawniad Oes a ‘Gwobr Gwerin’ fydd yn cael ei gyflwyno i’r casgliad orau o dair tôn wreiddiol yr arddull traddodiadol Cymreig a anfonwyd i ni mis diwethaf.
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