Radio Wales again…

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Frank Hennessy’s mostly Celtic folk program on Radio Wales is addictive. Lyrics like,

“They say he is too old to toil/And yet he is too young to die…
It doesn’t matter where or when/He comes like rain, like wind he goes…”

…sung in distinctive close harmonies with acoustic instrumental accompaniment as a sample. Or maybe it’s a Celtic harpist playing solo or leading a small band. Or a Celtic-flavored group re-styling a song from another tradition.

Voices that can actually sing a tune. On pitch! Acoustic instruments. Who’d-a thunk it? Well, Wales. It’d be a real shame if Wales ever became the musical wasteland most of the USA is today.

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