EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
Nos da, cymrawd
Attila the Stockbroker pays tribute to a visionary genius of Welsh culture
A TRUE ORIGINAL: David R Edwards (left)
BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
LAST weekend a good friend of more than three decades left this world at the age of 56. He changed the culture of his homeland for ever by using his native language to compose lyrics and music totally unlike anything which had gone before and, in doing so, inspired two generations — so far — to follow in his footsteps.
His name? David R Edwards. His band? Datblygu, Welsh for “evolution,” “progress” or “development.” And never was a band better named.
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