Jim Rowlands
Encyclopedia
Jim Rowlands is a Welsh
folk singer who lives in Ploermel
, Brittany
. He has toured France
over the last 15 years almost non-stop, promoting Wales and its music and culture in countless festivals, such as L'interceltique de lorient and Printemps de Bourges, and concerts, such as Stade de France and Cirque Bouglione.
He plays principally with harpist Hywel John, also a Welshman, as well as American fiddle player Paul Susen and French bass player Thomas Saint, and makes occasional outings with Y Cymry and Celtingpotes, his two Welsh folk rock groups, also based in France.
Rowlands is the president of the APDG society, which exists to promote and diffuse Welsh music and language, and has also recorded many albums of his own brand of Welsh Celtic songs, most notably "Gobaith" in 1999 on the SMC label and "Pasbort" in 2001, which was released in Wales on SAIN
, and which contains the single "Cysgu Tawel" (a quiet sleep).
His music has played on at least one English-language BBC
radio show in 2004, and the Cymru (Welsh) BBC lists him as a featured artist.
Rowlands wrote and performed the background music for The Naked Isle, a documentary about British prisoners of war.
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
folk singer who lives in Ploermel
Ploërmel
Ploërmel is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.-Character of the town:It is a growing and developing community with a thriving economy and a lively atmosphere. The town is modern rather than romantically mediaeval, but it is clean and attractive and offers a...
, Brittany
Brittany
Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...
. He has toured France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
over the last 15 years almost non-stop, promoting Wales and its music and culture in countless festivals, such as L'interceltique de lorient and Printemps de Bourges, and concerts, such as Stade de France and Cirque Bouglione.
He plays principally with harpist Hywel John, also a Welshman, as well as American fiddle player Paul Susen and French bass player Thomas Saint, and makes occasional outings with Y Cymry and Celtingpotes, his two Welsh folk rock groups, also based in France.
Rowlands is the president of the APDG society, which exists to promote and diffuse Welsh music and language, and has also recorded many albums of his own brand of Welsh Celtic songs, most notably "Gobaith" in 1999 on the SMC label and "Pasbort" in 2001, which was released in Wales on SAIN
Sain
Sain , in full – Recordiau Sain Cyf is a Welsh record label, which was in the Welsh folk revival....
, and which contains the single "Cysgu Tawel" (a quiet sleep).
His music has played on at least one English-language BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
radio show in 2004, and the Cymru (Welsh) BBC lists him as a featured artist.
Rowlands wrote and performed the background music for The Naked Isle, a documentary about British prisoners of war.
External links
- Jim Rowlands on MySpace
- Sarah Louise, "Llanast llwyr, ond mae hynny n beth da yn yr achos hwn," at The Free Library (in Welsh)