Amdani · About
About
Siân James is one of Wales’ best-loved traditional singers: a harpist, pianist and composer whose music grows straight out of the hills of Montgomeryshire.
A native of the mid-Wales village of Llanerfyl in Powys, Siân took part in local eisteddfodau from an early age, playing piano and violin before finding her voice at the harp. She was still a pupil at Llanfair Caereinion High School when she began composing her own songs and arranging traditional Welsh material, and she went on to read music at the University of Wales, Bangor.
Across ten albums for Sain, BBC Worldwide and her own label, Recordiau Bos, all recorded at her home studio in Llanerfyl, she has reimagined the Welsh tradition with a voice of rare purity and warmth. She is also well known for her acting work on Welsh-language television, and she conducts and accompanies Parti Cut Lloi, the celebrated Montgomeryshire men’s choir, with whom she appeared at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C.
- 10Albums
- 3Decades of song
- LlanerfylHome studio, Powys
Yr albwm ddiweddaraf · Latest album
Gosteg
Her tenth album: a still, luminous collection of traditional and original song, recorded at her home studio in Llanerfyl. Gosteg: a hush, a calling to silence.
Discograffeg · Discography
Music
Ten albums of traditional and original Welsh song, from Cysgodion Karma (1990) to Gosteg (2018). CDs are available to buy directly; each album can also be streamed.
Cymun
Adar ac Anifeiliaid
Y Ferch o Bedlam
Pur
Birdman
Di-Gwsg
Gweini Tymor
Distaw
Cysgodion Karma
Llyfrau · Books
Books
Siân’s books, from her autobiography to her newest work.
Cwpwrdd Derw Dwynwen
A record of the family and historical journey of Dwynwen Jones, Dyffryn Banw.
Coming soon
Gweld Sêr
Atgofion drwy Ganeuon: memories told through her songs.
Buy from Carreg Gwalch
Siân James
Her autobiography, in Gwasg Gwynedd’s Cyfres y Cewri series. Copies are limited, so please email to ask.
Ask about a copyGwrandewch · Have a listen
Listen
Thirty-second tastes of the songs. Press play.
Choose a song
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Fideos · Videos
Videos
Recordings and performances on YouTube.
Ffarwel i Aberystwyth
Pauperem · Sonant
The Water is Wide
Y Glomen
Arglwydd Dyma Fi
Pennant Melangell, with Rhys Meirion
Yn fyw · Live
Live
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20 Tachwedd / November
Noson lansio llyfr diweddaraf Siân, ‘Cwpwrdd Derw Dwynwen’
Neuadd Llanerfyl · 7.30 -
12 Rhagfyr / December
Pedair
Theatr Clwyd -
20 Rhagfyr / December
Noson yng nghwmni Siân
Eglwys Santes Erfyl, Llanerfyl -
19 Ionawr / January
SONANT – Gŵyl Grace Williams
Siambr y Cyngor, Neuadd y Dref, Y Barri, CF63 4RW -
26 Chwefror / February
Pedair
Neuadd Pontyberem
For bookings and enquiries, please get in touch.
Oriel · Gallery
Gallery
Three decades of song. (More photography to come.)
