SPECIAL EPISODE: Song of the Golden Road - Meet the producers Echoes of the Past

Cân y Ffordd Euraidd (The Song of the Golden Road) is a radio ballad created in response to the Preseli Heartlands from Crymych to Cwm Gwaun. The project has taken the form of a series of workshops and walks from the communities that reside at the foot of the Preselis. These sessions were an opportunity to get to know the place from different perspectives. These ramblings were be followed by weekend of music-making where participants and musicians were invited to give voice to the songs of the place. Speech, sound and song have been incorporated into the final ballad, an oral record of a unique place, that we hope future generations can continue to appreciate and enjoy for years to come.

Mae’r prosiect Cân y Ffordd Euraidd wedi creu baled radio mewn ymateb i Ein Cymdogaeth Werin o Grymych i Gwm Gwaun. Mae’r prosiect wedi cymryd ffurf cyfres o weithdai a theithiau cerdded o’r cymunedau sydd yn byw wrth droed y Preselau. Roedd y sesiynau cychwynnol yn gyfle i ddod i adnabod y lle o wahanol bersbectifau. Dilynodd y crwydradau yma gan benwythnos dwys o gerddora pan wahoddwyd cyfranogwyr a cherddorion i roi llais i ganeuon y lle. Yna, cafodd llais, sain a chân eu hymgorffori i’r faled radio derfynol, cofnod llafar o le unigryw, un y bydd y cenedlaethau i ddod yn gallu ei werthfawrogi a’i fwynhau am flynyddoedd yn y dyfodol.

Credydau Baled Radio | Radio Ballad Credits

For full credits and to access a transcripted version of the ballad:

Am gredydau llawn ac i gael mynediad at fersiwn wedi'i thrawsgrifio o'r faled:

https://vimeo.com/642288464

Recordiwr Sain a Ffilm | Sound Recorder and Film: Jacob Whittaker

Recordiwr Sain a Chynhyrchydd y Faled | Sound Recorder and Ballad Producer: Paul Evans

Cysyniad Creadigol a Chynhyrchydd Cymunedol | Creative Concept and Community Producer: Rowan O’Neill

Am fwy o wybodaeth gweler | For more information see: https://span-arts.org.uk/listen-now-song-of-the-golden-road-radio-ballad/?locale=en-GB

Map y prosiect | Project map: https://deep-map.azurewebsites.net/?project=ffordd

Ffilm fer Saernïo Cân y Ffordd Euraidd | Short Film Crafting the Song of the Golden Road: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2WHcrzotqY

Rhan o’r prosiect Ein Cymdogaeth Werin Preseli sydd wedi’i ariannu gan Gronfa Treftadaeth y Loteri Genedlaethol.

Part of the Preseli Heartlands Project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

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Echoes of the past is a podcast about Pembrokeshire, about history and culture, and about the importance of this corner of Wales to the wider world.

The Echoes of the Past podcast is produced by PLANED (www.planed.org.uk) and was originally funded by Arwain Sir Benfro (www.arwainsirbenfro.cymru).

Echoes website: http://www.echoeswales.cymru/

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