Yes, this is where I usually post a Country tune.
No, I’m not posting any today.
Yes, I expect there to be some complaints.
No, I don’t give a monkeys.
For today, March 1st, is St David’s day.
St David is the patron saint of Wales, and since I lived in that beautiful country for so long – I’ve been in London for over ten years now, but I still think of Cardiff as home – I couldn’t let the day pass without posting something appropriate.
What I wanted to do today, was post something Welsh, but still country.
You’ll be surprised to learn, it turns out that the seam that is Welsh country records is not a particularly rich one to mine.
So instead, since I doubt she’ll play any of her own records on BBC’s 6Music today, here’s a couple of tracks from Cerys Mattews’ really quite lovely Tir album, the second of which long-time readers may remember holds a special place in my heart:
Hapus Dydd Gŵyl Dewi.
Which is Welsh for “More soon”. Honest.
A History of Dubious Taste 