50 Traditional Welsh Folk Songs - Meredydd Evans > Reviews > CYMRU, CYMRU, SING SISTERS

Author's product rating:   

Originality	Definitely a cut above the rest
Lyrics	Standard
Quality and consistency of tracks	Mixed
How does it rate alongside the competition	Average
Value for Money	Good

Advantages:	Everything to gain
Disadvantages:	Too much gainage

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

This CD my favourite english tongue CD. Two thirds of the population of Wales be in this world in the valleys and coastal plain of the south, with a further noteworthy population concentration in the north east. The enduring areas in Mid Wales, the south west and west are predominantly rural and characterised by mountainous and precipitous topography.

This CD encamps everything that is Welsh, national prides that is ours alone. While England has peter and jordan, Wales has our songs!

I sing this CD with the family in our log house after the men return from the mines. The women cook over stove as men sing loud. Later my sisters sing with me before bed.

This CD must be bought by any Welsh members! It more awesome than Boyzone or Take That as it has national heritage. though English capture of Wales took place under the 1284 Statute of Rhuddlan, a formal joining together did not arise until 1536, shortly after which Welsh law, which uncontrollably to be used in Wales after the conquest, was fully replaced by English law below the Laws in Wales Acts 1535-1542. The CD speaks all that in less words!

Wales is habitually referred to as "the land of song", being predominantly famous for harpists, male voice choirs, and solo artists including Sir Geraint Evans, Dame Gwynneth Jones, Dame Anne Evans, Ivor Novello, Madam Adelina Patti, John Cale, Tom Jones, Bryn Terfel, Ozzy Osbourne, Mary Hopkin, Katherine Jenkins, Shirley Bassey and Aled Jones. None of these people are on this album. But you understand me because I understand you.

Buy this album, appreciate Welsh!