This album by Siān is unique in a number of ways. This is the only Welsh album as far as we know that features the harp and voice of only one performer recorded live with no overdubs. The performances captured here are very powerful and are evidence of Siān's experience and understanding of traditional songs. Apart from track 4, Mordaith I America and the arrangement of Dylan Thomas's Evening Prayer, track 10, all the songs are traditional. They are songs that Siān is very familiar with and as is evident in the performances, songs that are close to her heart.

The title for the album came quite early in the recording stage. The original idea was to create an album which was to be pure in the sense that there were to be no other instruments added to the original sound of harp and voice. And also pure in the fact that the songs are rendered in a thoroughly native Welsh style.

This is the sound that Siān produces in her live solo performances and the sound that she has been producing ever since she was taught to sing to her own harp accompaniment by her dear harp teacher Ffranses Mōn Jones. This is a very atmospheric album, with plenty of fuel for the imagination as old truths are carried perfectly to the listener on the time tested melodies. As the sentence written on the back cover of the album reads, "The spellbinding harp and voice of Siān James perfectly define Celtic emotions in this collection of beautiful traditional songs".

To buy a copy of the album please send a cheque made out to sian James for US$18:00 or GB£13:00 (inc. p+p) or your currency's equivalent and a return address to:

Siān James
PO Box 56
Y TRALLWM
Powys
Cymru
SY21 0WP
U.K.

RealAudio samples of tracks 2 (Ei Di'r Deryn Du ) and 10 (Evening Prayer) are available if you have the RealPlayer G2 player. The free player is available by clicking on the button below.