Saturday, 23 June 2012

Blues in the rain at Tafwyl

Another wet day in Cardiff.

Clare went off to inspect the Tafwyl free Welsh language Festival in the Castle grounds, and returned to insist that I accompany her for a tea time visit to hear the legendary nationalist folk singer Meic Stevens (a contemporary of Bob Dylan, and very much in the same ethos) play a live acoustic gig, which I did albeit complaining a little.

Of course it continued to rain, and a devoted following of a hundred or so listeners huddled under big umbrellas, or stood around in free plastic ponchos emblazoned with the S4C TV channel logo. It was a good humoured attempt to make the best of a bad job. Meic's little grand daughter took refuge with him under the stage canopy, very cute in a red and white polka dot mac. I even managed to get my phone under control sufficiently to shoot a brief clip of him playing the blues, and it's posted here.
  

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