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Eirlys Rhiannon
Acoustic / Folk / Pop Punk

Sleep - the album - released 30-nov-2009



Bristol / Cardiff
United Kingdom

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Member Since12/7/2006
Band Websitewww.eirlysrhiannon.com
Record LabelUnlabelled Label for Irregular Records
Type of LabelIndie


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Introduction

Eirlys Rhiannon is a songwriter, singer, writer, gardener and self-styled human being who lives in Bristol, UK. She grew up in Cardiff, capital city of Wales, which she still thinks of as her spiritual home. She isn't quite sure why she landed on the wrong side of the Severn, and occasionally returns for rugby matches and to speak Welsh at random innocent passers-by, just to maintain her tenuous grip on the language.

With a background of Eisteddfod singing and church choirs, Eirlys branched out with her own material back in the early 1990's on the stage of Meltdown, in Cardiff's Clwb Ifor Bach. A move to London heralded several years of political and environmental activism, which sets the background for some of her later songwriting. She sang with Stuck In Traffic (the Reclaim The Streets House Band), before moving to Bristol and teaming up with Rowan Armes to form The Blue Sequoias. While she mostly performs solo, her long-term collaboration with Rowan is ongoing.

Sleep - the album

Eirlys' debut album, Sleep, is the first installment of songs arranged by the duo. Rowan features on fiddle and piano (sometimes simultaneously, thanks to the marvels of modern recording technology), and also backing vocals. The album was produced, recorded and mixed at home by Eirlys, who describes it wryly as "the sound of someone taking DIY to some ridiculous extremes". It was mastered by Donal Whelan of Hafod Mastering.

They are joined by special guest percussionists Simon Leech (East Pole Orchestra), Yasmine Brien (dj blackrainbow) and Jason Cook (Blaggers ITA, Spanner), with haunting accompaniments on harmonica and melodica from Carbon Town Cryer.

Sleep is issued by Robb Johnson's Unlabelled Label, distributed by Proper (catalogue UNLaBEL011).

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Freeseedring

Freeseedring .Nl



Nov 27 2009 10:30 AM

freeseedring.nl

Thanks for being our friend! :)


Poppy and Friends

Poppy and Friends



Sep 27 2009 3:18 PM

POPPY AND FRIENDS ALBUM LAUNCH - 10TH OCT - BONEYARD BAR - BRISTOL


BE LOVELY TO SEE YOU THERE XXX
David Marlowe

David Marlowe



Sep 12 2009 11:37 AM

I will be starting a radio show with my poetry and music next wednesday at 1pm for a six week run at www.bcfm.org.uk/         please check it out you may enjoy the warmth of my words.  xx
David Marlowe

David Marlowe



Sep 12 2009 11:36 AM

I LOVE YOUR SONGS AND THE RADIO INTERVIEW WAS CHEEKY!!

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I TRAVEL THE LAND OF SYLVIA PLATH....
I MUST HURRY FOR I AM CHASED BY GODS....
OF WEATHER AND COLD RAIN:....
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THAT METALIC GREY CLOUD....
THAT HOLDS DAM-LIKE....
PRESSURE....
THE CHILL WIND....
TASTES THE FORCE AND METAL....
CARRYS IT....
PLAGUE LIKE ON THE AIR....
I STARE AND HURRY HOME....
BEFORE THE BOOM....
AND BURSTING OF THAT ARIELS ....
WOE.....

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Mr and Mrs Clark

Mr and Clark



May 17 2009 12:05 PM

Hi Eirlys
Mr and Mrs Clark have a new show "Walk The Dead Dog" starting at the end of May at The Taliesin Arts Centre Swansea 28th and 29th and The Riverfront Theatre Newport 30th May, Cast of 7.....5 of 'em young and talented!
Clarks
xx
Footprint

Footprint Workers Co-op



Apr 8 2009 11:31 AM



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l i a n n e h a l l

l i a n n e h a l l



Mar 2 2009 11:52 AM

sorry again to miss the show on saturday :( but i really was in no fit state. Hope it went well and hopefully catch you playing soon!
Lianne x
Bristol Queer Spaces

Bristol Queer Spaces



Jan 18 2009 11:07 PM

Next queer caff on thursday January 29th! Click the pic to see the flier for details

Cowley Club

Cowley Club



Feb 5 2009 11:48 AM

 

Lianne Hall + Eirlys Rhiannon + Kelly Kemp play the Cowley Club on Saturday 28th February.


 

 

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local kid



Feb 10 2009 12:52 AM

: raise a gang :

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Mr Meltdown

Mr Meltdown



Dec 13 2008 11:48 PM

Sorry no review yet - buried in work'n'lurghi. Love the CD (but review should be bit longer! Meantime:
2 completely contrasting seasonal specials!

Sun Dec 14th Mr & Mrs Clark present a Christmas Cabba Hey! Milgis Lounge Bar, City Rd, Cardiff. FREE!
cabba hey
Exorcise the ghosts of everything that’s excruciating about Xmas. A surreal, funny journey into all our festive fears featuring the globally renowned performance duo, the magic of the Milgis YURT, plus Satellite City star Boyd Clack and more surprise special guests.
“like Terry and June on crack”. Amy Stackhouse
www. mrandmrsclark. co. uk

Sat Dec 20th Meltdown & Secret Garden Christmas Cavalacade
xmas 08 poster
A snow-Globe of sumptuous seasonal shennanigans in aid of mental health charity Mind in the Vale of Glamorgan brought to you by two of Cardiff's most adventurous promoters - Meltdown and Secret Garden Soundsystem and including a a 20-piece jazz/ska wall-of-horns, sassy cabaret, top DJs, a seductively bizarre Mancunian collision of hip-hop, folk and scat, and Santa.

Acts include: Gideon Conn, Wonderbrass, Radio 1’s DJ Huw Stephens, Lilywhitesass Dancers, Kareoke Carols with the Helium Choir, and much more. All in a splendid new 350 capacity venue: The Globe, Albany Rd, Roath, Cardiff. £8. All the fun of the annual Secret Garden Xmas Bash with added Meltdownery.
Mestizo Blues Collective

Mestizo Blues Collective



Dec 11 2008 4:07 PM

You sound great Eirlys!
Mr Meltdown

Mr Meltdown



Nov 8 2008 5:14 AM

Magical multi-instrumentality, superb songcraft, new comedy and award winning performance poetry, all from some of Wales' most charismatic women performers in the biggest Yurt in Wales, on an Autumn evening! And no credit crunch excuses for not being there - the price is whatever you want to put in the Meltdown Hat!

nov melt


STACEY BLYTHE
A one-woman meltdown, Stacey Blythe plays harp/whistles/keyboard/ accordion etc in internationally acclaimed Welsh folk band Ffynnon. Stacey has performed with Billy Bragg, Meredith Monk, Michelle Shocked, and rising American singer Pamela Wyn Shannon (at last months amazing Meltdown) to name but a few.
"Blythe's versatility shines at every note" Radio 2 Folk Reviews.

RACHEL TAYLOR BEALES
Her latest album Red Tree - produced by Welsh troubadour Martyn Joseph - takes British folk as its starting point, adding in hypnotic, echoing vocals, subtle strings and country/blues tones to create something entirely new.
'Highly Recommended" BBC Radio 2's Bob Harris
"hauntingly beautiful’ Acoustic Magazine
www. myspace. com/racheltaylorbeales

CLARE POTTER
One of Wales’s most successful performance poets, lived and taught in New Orleans for many years and has won the John Tripp award for spoken poetry.
"Crackling with wry humour, affection and defiance".Rachel Trezise

FRANCESCA
Deft, daft and delicious collision of comedy and music.
www. myspace. com/francescaswordsalad

COMING SOON
Mr & Mrs Clark & Meltdown present
A CHRISTMAS CABBA HEY!
Sun 14th Dec at Milgis
“like some crazed darkly surrealistic cosmic guerrilla attack” David Adams
Natterjack Press

Natterjack Press



Sep 6 2008 12:52 PM

Clayton Blizzard plays the Cowley Club on Saturday 20th September.
Clayton Blizzard, PJ and Gaby and Squab play the Cowley Club on Saturday 20th September.

Jetfly

Jetfly



Jul 2 2008 4:42 PM

HI Eirlys, believe we are at the Grounded Cafe next wed. In the meantime here's another flyer I done on me old skool graphics program
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Cookielove to one and all!</img

Mr Meltdown

Mr Meltdown



Jun 23 2008 9:06 PM

Just off to Glasto to massage stars-to-be behind the John Peel Stage. As you do. Hope all's good with you. Send me the EP when its ready!! Meantime ...

July Melt Poster
Dazzling music! In a Yurt! For Free!

New Yorker
"The voice of Katell Keineg is a beautiful and wild force of nature";

LA Times
"Conveying a nearly beatific sense of joy in performance";

Tom Moon,
National Public Radio (US)
"Here are wildly inspired songs filled with literate and mystical
images, songs that aspire to the sprawl and sweep of epic novels";
Mestizo Blues Collective

Mestizo Blues Collective



Jun 10 2008 11:02 PM

Hi Eirlys, thanks for the add.
Backdoor Man Blues Jam

Backdoor Man Blues Jam



Jun 5 2008 2:23 PM

Eirlys, thanks for the add, see you at the jam sometime.
James Gale

James Gale



May 16 2008 12:02 AM

Hi Eirlys - great to meet up with you on the Space. Thanks for the friend request, you're welcome! See you around
peace and harmony to you
James x

JG at SoulFood Café, Brest, Bretagne, France
surfin turnips

surfin turnips



May 12 2008 6:38 PM

Ooh hello - we managed ta miss you down Whitehall way - Twer a shame cause I reckons you'm mighty fine - Serves I right fer going ta bed early eh!

Regards from they Turnips
Mike Scott

Mike Scott



May 8 2008 11:04 AM

Yep, we are controlled and exploited, but we can limit the compromise's a bit, and lob the odd spanner in the works. Hope to see you someplace,
Love Mike.
what? the folk!

what? the folk!



May 7 2008 11:47 AM

hello there,

thank you for the hand of friendship :)
yeah the website has been doe for a week or so - the hosting company folded and didn't let us know! grrr

take care

wtf
Helen Gregory

Helen Gregory



May 6 2008 5:33 PM

Hi

Thanks for the add. I hope you make it to Acoustic Night again some time soon.

Helen
Andi

Andi



May 6 2008 2:59 PM

Hi Eirlys. Check out our Acoustic Night Myspace (In my top friends) and we hope we will see you there sometime soon!
Really like your work.
Andi
Gimme Shelter!

Gimme Shelter!



May 6 2008 2:53 PM

Thanks for the friend request.
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