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Duw A Wyr
Lleuwen Steffan
Release
date: 8-10-07
Label: Babel Label
"Duw a Wyr is a leading example in a genre of one: jazz reinterpretations of 19th-century Welsh hymn tunes. The artwork is monochrome pictures of cemetery statuary and sheep on rocky hillsides, and this fits the mood of the music alarmingly well. But Lleuwen Steffan's clear voice makes a good argument for the hymns as lost masterpieces, and Huw Warren and Mark Lockheart lend her a stern backing. Think of this as the lost link between June Tabor and Jan Garbarek: in a just world, it would sell as well as Officium". - David Honigmann Financial Times
