Llinyn Arian

The Jenkins family are heavyweights of the Welsh folk scene, and this partnership is akin to the mother and daughter projects of Norma Waterson and Eliza Carthy in English folk. This second album from the duo once more brings Celtic harpist Delyth together with her daughter, fiddler Angharad, on a set of trad and self-penned tunes rooted in family and a sense of place.

Angharad's father was the late, celebrated Welsh poet Nigel Jenkins, and she herself has been a driving force of Welsh music in the 21st century. She is a founder member of the band Calan, while her mother was a member of 1970s folk group Cromlech and founder of the instrumental trio Aberjaber. Here, their instruments weave together on tunes inspired by family and friends, alongside a few from late 18th-century Welsh tune collections. The duo are joined by cellist Jordan Price Williams and percussionist Dylan Fowler, and the enduring atmosphere is one of deeply held identity and a passionate pride in place. There is texture here, as in the upbeat paper-weaving rhythm of ‘Chwant’, but the generally contemplative air is full of warmth and love – familial, social and national.