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Postiogan Ramirez » Llun 21 Chw 2011 2:08 pm

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Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog - Dyddiau Du, Dyddiau Gwyn

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It’s often easy to forget that in every corner of every town, county or in this case, principality hides an impressive – and usually unassuming – band, seemingly born fully formed into a world of their own recording. I can’t lay claim to discovering North Wales’ exceptional Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog, whose debut album Dawns Y Trychfilod came out back in 2007, but I can say that at last, my ears have been well and truly awed by their sublime songwriting.
Everything from the neat Sweetheart Of The Rodeo country slides that slip over this album’s title track to the moving ‘Os Ti’n Dod Nôl’ display a maturity and attention almost too perfect for a band so young. At times they fall victim to one too many moments of introspection, but when the best of them come as naturally as ‘Gan Fy Mod’ and the celebratory highs ring like The Flying Burrito Brothers (‘O! Nansi’), what more can you really ask for?
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Postiogan Ramirez » Gwe 04 Maw 2011 10:59 pm

Adolygiad gan Osian Gruffydd gogyfer 'Gair Rhydd' a 'Llanw Llyn':

I’r rhai fydd yn disgwyl rhywbeth tebyg i albym gyntaf Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog – Dawns y Trychfilod – mi fydd hon yn sioc. Mae’r Cowbois wedi aeddfedu yn y dair blynedd ddiwethaf, ac mae hynny i’w glywed yn y geiriau a’r gerddoriaeth – efo gitâr, lleisiau ychwanegol, a pedal steel yn arbennig, yn ychwanegu ar y swn. Nid caneuon am bryfed a moch sydd yma y tro hwn – mae’r geiriau sy’n ymddangos ar glawr y CD yn arwydd digon clir o hynny – ond yn hytrach naw o ganeuon dyfn a dwys, yn drwm dan ddylanwad canu gwlad, gwerin ac Americana. Mae’r albym yn cychwyn ar nodyn digalon iawn – Y Ffenast: cerddoriaeth syml a geiriau pwerus a thorcalonnus yn adleisio Leonard Cohen a’r Felice Brothers. Mae hon yn gosod y naws ar gyfer y rhan fwyaf o’r caneuon eraill. Yn wir, mae hi’n dipyn o ryddhad cyrraedd rhai o’r caneuon ysgafnach – Dyddia Du Dyddia Gwyn, O! Nansi ac, i raddau, Celwydd Gola’ Ydi Cariad.
Er y byddai rhai yn dadlau fod dylanwad canu gwlad canol y ffordd yn rhy gryf ar y rhain ( O! Nansi yn arbennig), dwi’n teimlo fod y caneuon yma yn hanfodol i’r albym. Hebddynt, mi allai’r caneuon trwm orlethu’r gwrandawr, a thynnu sylw oddi ar safon y casgliad.
Fodd bynnag, dydw i ddim yn trio awgrymu fod tristwch yr albym yn wendid – i’r gwrthwyneb. Fel sydd yn wir mewn gymaint o achosion, y caneuon tristaf a dwysaf ydi’r rhai gorau. Mae ‘Gan fy Mod i’ (fersiwn o gân Nia Morgan) yn un o ganeuon y flwyddyn – yn dechrau’n dawel a myfyriol cyn adeiladu i uchafbwynt trydanol. Cân arall sydd ddim yn wreiddiol ydi’r fersiwn o‘Ffarwel i Langyfelach Lon’, ac am fersiwn ydi hi. Wyth munud o drac fyddai ddim yn swnio allan o le ar albym Neil Young o’r 70au. Hen gân, ond mae’r Cowbois yn llwyddo i wneud iddi swnio’n gwbl berthnasol heddiw.
Wrth i gitârs honno gilio, mae’r albym yn gorffen ar nodyn mymryn yn fwy hamddenol, ond yr un mor ingol – ‘Llgada’ Gleision’.
Os ydach chi’n disgwyl cerddoriaeth i ddawnsio iddi, yna efallai na fydd hon at eich dant i ddechrau (ewch i weld Cowbois yn chwarae’n fyw yn lle!), ond rhowch gyfle iddi – gwrandwch arni eilwaith, a thrydydd gwaith, ac mi welwch bod hon yn gampwaith sydd ymysg y pethau gorau i gael ei ryddhau eleni.
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Postiogan Ramirez » Gwe 04 Maw 2011 11:05 pm

Adolygiad gan Dan James o http://www.brfm.co.uk :

Country Music in Welsh, Dan James delves further

Its country music in welsh and it’s exceptionally well done. I should add that there is something in this for me as a confirmed “folkie” with hints of Bob (Dylan) on the title track dyddiau du, dyddiau gwyn (dark days, light days). Why this is third track in I don’t know as it is clearly the most radio friendly. There is an emotional fragility to Iwan Hughes’ lead vocals which is really engaging and adds to the atmospheric quality of these songs. Aside from the upbeat title track, this album has an anthemic and reflective quality and is loaded with emotion. For me I get a real sense of the sheer remoteness of Rhos Botwnnog home to the Cowbois of the title.

There is some great guitar work throughout with some subtle use of string bending and background feedback, bolstered by the truly excellent pedal steel guitar of Euron Jones which transforms the track dyddiau du, dyddiau gwyn into a sure fire country hit. Stand out tracks for me were the title track and O! nansi for general upbeat country bounce, and ffarwel I langyfelach lon and gan fy mod i for their truly widescreen atmospheric qualities. This album reminds me of one of my favourite American bands Nels Andrews & the Sunday Shoes which I saw a couple of years ago when they were touring over here. I love the slow reflective quality of this music. The difference here is bigger choruses with added welshness. A really great album from those Rhos Botwnnog cowboys! Incidentally I should add a small apology to listeners of my folk show. I now realize “rhos” doesn’t mean “from”!
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Postiogan Ar Mada » Mer 09 Maw 2011 3:47 pm

Ffycin shit hot bois! Da iawn! Gwefreiddiol! Swnio fel hoelan rhydlyd mewn mel melys!!

Edrych ymlaen i'r albym nesa!

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Postiogan Manon » Mer 09 Maw 2011 10:37 pm

Hollol gachboeth. Gwych, anhygoel, yn cyrraedd rhywle mwyn a hiraethus iawn mewn enaid. Diolch!
Even I, as sick as I am, I would never be you...
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Postiogan Ramirez » Iau 10 Maw 2011 9:31 am

Ar Mada a ddywedodd:Ffycin shit hot bois! Da iawn! Gwefreiddiol! Swnio fel hoelan rhydlyd mewn mel melys!!

Edrych ymlaen i'r albym nesa!

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Manon a ddywedodd:Hollol gachboeth. Gwych, anhygoel, yn cyrraedd rhywle mwyn a hiraethus iawn mewn enaid. Diolch!



Diolch o galon i chi'ch dau, falch ei bod hi'n plesio!
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Postiogan Ramirez » Iau 10 Maw 2011 11:02 am

Adolygiad o music-news.com:

I have always been against people signing in English if it isn’t their mother tongue because often the emphases and pronunciations leave a great deal to be desired. So I cannot castigate Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog for performing this entire album in their native Welsh – I do wish they has seen fit to issue a translation into English though because they sound as though the lyrics will be well worth listening to!

Musically this is wonderful; a mix of Country, Folk and indie with some superb playing and heartfelt vocals that hit the same sort of spot as Neil Young when he isn’t berating the world.
‘y ffenast’ is a beautiful and reflective piece with Iwan singing in a keening and pure voice. You wouldn’t believe that his fellow band mates – his brothers – Aled & Dafydd last played in a heavy metal outfit Eryr but here they are playing with real finesse and subtlety.
The title number is a country romp with harmonica and slide steel guitar and once again Iwan’s voice, delicate and just keeping its own above the music and ‘gan fy modi i’ is deliciously melancholy with a huge and thunderous drumbeat emphasising the doomy atmosphere.
‘ffarwel i langyfelach lon’ is the track I found myself going back to time and again with atmospheric guitars and a lonely and barren landscape in the music and when the vocals come in there is a folk tinge to their sound – probably the most complete song on the album and already on my iPod.

Production is by David Wrench and he has done a great job in keeping Iwan’s voice in the forefront.

At the end of it all it doesn’t matter to me whether they are singing in English, Welsh, Urdu or gibberish if the whole package works and makes me want to listen to them; singing in their native language is obviously important to these boys – these cowboys - and it enables them to create an album that really hits home. Diolch bechgyn.
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Postiogan Owain » Iau 10 Maw 2011 2:08 pm

Dyddiau Du, Dyddiau Gwyn ar frig siart '10 uchaf albyms 2010' yn rhifyn diweddaraf Y Selar.
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Postiogan Ramirez » Iau 10 Maw 2011 3:49 pm

Owain a ddywedodd:Dyddiau Du, Dyddiau Gwyn ar frig siart '10 uchaf albyms 2010' yn rhifyn diweddaraf Y Selar.


Gret, diolch yn fawr :D !


Aolygiad gan For Folk's Sake:

Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog are a three-piece band of brothers who, so they tell us, were given their name by their headmaster at primary school. Rhos Botwnnog is a tiny piece of land just north of the village of Botwnnog in the Llyn Peninsula in north Wales where the band come from and it apparently resembles an American prairie. Which means, for those not fluent in Welsh, the name translates as The Rhos Botwnnog Cowboys.

Dyddiau Du, Dyddiau Gwyn is their second album and, as with their other music, it’s written and recorded in Welsh. Listening to an album without being able to understand the lyrics can make for an interesting experience. The words are often what connect the listener to a song initially and as I don’t speak Welsh I was concerned about being able to review these tracks justly. However without the lyrics and their meaning to cling to. The melodies and instrumentation of the songs quickly come to the fore.

So it is with Dyddia Du, Dyddiau Gwyn. As the band’s name (in either language) suggests, they are heavily influenced by country, folk, Americana and surf sounds. The Cowboys make great use of a wide range of instruments on this album. A pedal steel guitar is present from opening track ‘Y Ffenest’ to the finish, bringing a laid-back quality to the album. Second track ‘Malu’r Ffenestri’ begins with a slightly unexpected but brilliant bluesy jazz piano line; piano is very much a part of Americana music but perhaps gets forgotten in favour of the banjo at the moment.

Title track ‘Dyddiau Du, Dyddiau Gwyn’ opens with a mouth organ and is the most upbeat, friendly track on the album, sounding like something of a hoe down. The country influence comes to the forefront in this song and also on ‘Os Ti’n Dod Noi’, which is the kind of ballad you would expect to have cowboys in its video. But they can shift the mood too, as they do on ‘Gan Fy Mod’, which shares the same sound but brings a spare accompaniment early on before building to an anthemic crescendo. Lead singer Iwan Hughes’ vocals are effortlessly good here and throughout ‘Dyddiau Du, Dyddiau Gwyn’. All three brothers have a rich tone to their voices and Iwan’s vocal has the right amount of rough not trying too hard mixed with smoothness. Perhaps being brothers helps as the band seem to harmonise particularly well and that is especially noticeable on ‘Ffarwel I Langyfelach Lon’.

The album closes with a very short and simple lullaby of a song entitled ‘Ll’gada Gleison’, a calming way to finish a musically and instrumentally rich album. Of course understanding the lyrics to a greater extent would enhance these songs, but in some ways the mystery of not knowing the words or their meanings is just as fascinating.
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Postiogan pen-wy » Mer 16 Maw 2011 9:42 am

Gwychder o'r radd flaenaf...wedi mwynhau a disgyn dros ben a nghlystiau......
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