A disc taking inspiration from the ancient Celtic rainforests

'With its big canvas arrangements for the six-piece Sinfonia Cymru chamber orchestra, Crawford’s soaring bilingual delivery and Simcock’s burnished sound, Birdsong is still an unexpected and totally absorbing pleasure’

Kizzy Crawford/Gwilym Simcock

Birdsong/Can Yr Adar

Kizzy Crawford (vocal/guitar), Gwilyn Simcock (piano), Sarah Bennett (flute), Carys Evans (horn), Simmy Singh, Lucy MacKay (violin), Francesca Gilbert (viola), Abel Selaocoe (cello)

Basho Records SRCD 53-2   66:03 mins

Freya Parr

Published: May 15, 2018 at 3:00 pm

'With its big canvas arrangements for the six-piece Sinfonia Cymru chamber orchestra, Crawford’s soaring bilingual delivery and Simcock’s burnished sound, Birdsong is still an unexpected and totally absorbing pleasure’

Kizzy Crawford/Gwilym Simcock

Birdsong/Can Yr Adar

Kizzy Crawford (vocal/guitar), Gwilyn Simcock (piano), Sarah Bennett (flute), Carys Evans (horn), Simmy Singh, Lucy MacKay (violin), Francesca Gilbert (viola), Abel Selaocoe (cello)

Basho Records SRCD 53-2 66:03 mins

Freya Parr

Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.
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