If
I've set this up correctly then this post should appear online just after
Gareth Gwynn's Little Book Of Welsh Rock has been broadcast on BBC Radio
4.
If
you missed it, don't worry - It is now available on the BBC Radio 4 website.
The
show is a sort-of sequel to last year's Celtic Media Award Nominated Gareth Gwynn's Little Book Of Welsh Independence (also online, if you haven't heard
it), and was an absolute joy to make.
Having
said that, the programme has left a permanent mark on my record collection and
could be the only radio show where the entirety of the presenter's fee ended up
being ploughed back into records (That's proper records. Not downloads. My
Welsh is very poor so I really need the lyric booklets).
It
was such a huge topic to cover, and our contributors all so helpful, the show could
easily have been an hour - Hours, even. That's why I wanted to write this post,
which acts as a cross between "References" and "Further
reading".
First
of all, I want you to stop what you are doing right now and enjoy Gareth
Potter's fantastic S4C documentary "Gadael yr 20fed Ganrif". It's on YouTube and
subtitled so you have no excuse.
As
it is both about music and subtitled it looks like it was built to be broadcast
on BBC Four on a Friday night - Like a cross between their usual Friday night music
docs and The Killing. A ratings winner if ever I saw one.
Also,
do seek out our impartial American, Sarah Hill's book " Blerwytirhwng?
- ... " and if you want to hear a Mancunian take on all this, check out Andy Vottel and James Hale's BBC Radio 4 documentary
from a few years ago Free Wales Harmony.
And
finally, a little sample of the sort of thing I'll undoubtedly now be trying to
creep onto my BBC Radio Wales shows...
