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Eirlys Rhiannon
Acoustic / Folk / Pop Punk

Sleep - the album



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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   About Eirlys Rhiannon

Introduction

Eirlys Rhiannon's songs are carefully crafted, emotional and musical anecdotes, lyrically exploring both intimate stories and global questions. The melodies are catchy, haunting, and sometimes playful; her voice breathtaking. Live - whether solo or with regular collaborator Rowan Armes - Eirlys's performances are rich with intensity, with plenty of self-deprecating humour and rhythmic flair.

Sleep - the album

Her debut album, Sleep, covers topics as wide as war, land, love, family, sexuality, alotments, paranoia, defiance, wayward parenting and most of the spaces in between. Recorded by Eirlys at home over almost two years, it features Rowan Armes on piano, fiddle and harmony vocals, plus special guest percussionists Simon Leech (East Pole Orchestra), Yas Brien (dj blackrainbow) and Jason Cook (Blaggers ITA, Spanner), and Carbon Town Cryer on Harmonica and Melodica. Sleep is issued by Robb Johnson's Unlabelled Label, and will be on widespread distribution by Proper in early 2009.

Background

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 & environmental activism, which sets the background for some of her later songwriting. For two years she sang with Stuck In Traffic (also known as the Reclaim The Streets House Band), before moving to Bristol and teaming up with Rowan Armes to form The Blue Sequoias. Collaborations continue with Rowan, whose amazing musicianship (on piano, fiddle and vocals) add depth to the performances.

Compere

As well as performing solo and with others, Eirlys has a sideline in compereing. This has taken her back to the Meltdown stage as a regular feature, as well as that of the Highrise Performers in Bristol. These experiences have deepened her enthrallment with "the beauty, joy and chaos" of musicians playing live.

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Mr and Mrs 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





Apr 8 2009 11:31 AM



Attila The Stockbroker

David Rovics

Barbar Luck

Clayton Blizzard

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





Jan 18 2009 11:07 PM

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

Cowley Club





Feb 5 2009 11:48 AM

 

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


 

 

local kid





Feb 10 2009 12:52 AM

: raise a gang :

stitch-stitch + local kid present

DON'T FORGET THE DISCOTHEQUE

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live at
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see tickets for directions

handmade tickets are available now, only at here shop & gallery
unfold the ticket to reveal all the band times and the secret location of the sunday show

tickets for saturday or sunday are £5 each, or get a weekend ticket for just £8

see www. localkid. co. uk for full details and band links

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





Dec 11 2008 4:07 PM

You sound great Eirlys!
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





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





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
x


Cookielove to one and all!</img

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





Jun 10 2008 11:02 PM

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





Jun 5 2008 2:23 PM

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





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





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!





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





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





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!





May 6 2008 2:53 PM

Thanks for the friend request.
x
local kid





May 1 2008 5:50 PM

now i know it's true




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myspace/headfall



f r i   9   m a y


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51 stokes croft, bristol, bs1 3pq
myspace/thejunctionbristol



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00pm | £4 adv / £5 door | 18+

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Evolve Festival -Weymouth





Apr 30 2008 6:25 PM

Hello !

Thanks for being a friend of evolve festival - Weymouth, hope you can make it!

For all the latest news go to www. evolvefestival. co. uk

Roll on Summer!

evolve.
Lady Nade





Apr 26 2008 2:18 PM

Hey, Thanks for the friendship, Great voice! Loving the harmonies xx Nadine
Graham Keatley





Apr 24 2008 9:27 AM

Good morning Eirlys, If you're in Bwistoil tonight kicking heels together wondering what to do there's going to be a session at The Blue Lagoon (on the Gloucester Rd. couple doors down from the Prom Wine Bar) We play mainly Trad English but with a fair bit of Sweedish, French, Welsh, Scottish, Irish etc...its all down to who turns up.
Just a thought, Look forward to later, Graham
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