The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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Gwenno’s socialism and synth in super sync
Gwenno
Oslo, London E8
5/5
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CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
“YOUR heart is in the revolution. Remember that when you’re sat in your office,” Gwenno Saunders implores a packed-out venue.
That’s not a utopian statement of a detached career artist but a survival technique passed on by this former office worker-turned-agitator.
This gig’s all about her first solo album Y Dydd Olaf (The Last Day), exclusively in Welsh and Cornish, but with handy translations online for fans not fluent in either language.
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