english
fernhill's ceri rhys matthews has just released an
album of flute music
and spoken word called yscolan. the album features traditional dance melodies
and song airs from south and west wales played solo on wooden flute juxtaposed with
extracts of early welsh poetry, spoken word elements and contemporary poetry in both welsh
and english read by beverley evans.
fiercely contemporary, yscolan explores the nature of art and the role of the
artist, challenging the modernist interpretation of the artist as a central ego working
in social and historical isolation.
this haunting piece of work celebrates the fabric of the lives of ordinary people,
living and dead, as expressed through their anonymous art, by the inheritors of their legacy.