Mari Mathias Band and/a Gitân

Mari Mathias Band brings vital energy to mystical Welsh folk. Gitân are an alchemy of Indian and Welsh vocal, harp and harmonium.

Doors Open 7pm. Show starts 7:30pm.

BYOC ( Bring your own cushion! )

Mari Mathias Band + Gitân - Double Bill (Sgroliwch i lawr am y Cymraeg)

Join us in the beautiful St. Mary’s Church for a special evening of contemporary folk music, rooted in tradition and reaching across cultures, languages and generations.

Mari Mathias Band

Mari Mathias Band creates music driven by landscape, tradition and the Welsh language. Drawing on folk melodies from West Wales, Mari brings surging energy to the stage alongside her six-piece band, combining delicate melodic vocals with powerful storytelling and exhilarating folk sounds.

Mari has performed at major festivals including Cambridge Folk Festival, Lorient Interceltique Festival, Green Man and Between the Trees, and is widely recognised as one of the rising voices of modern Welsh folk.

“Atmospheric trad-folk… melodies from the mists of time.” Laugharne Weekend

Gitân

Stacey Blythe | Rajesh David
Gitân is a musical conversation between two friends and two worlds, weaving Welsh folk song with epic Indian poetry and classical vocal traditions. Sung in Welsh, Hindi, Urdu and Sanskrit, their music brings together languages, stories and instruments that rarely meet including Indian harmonium and Celtic lever harp, creating something intimate, reflective and quietly powerful.

“Classical Indian poetry and song, traditional Welsh song, harmonium and harp are all delicately dropped into a magical cauldron to re-emerge as something achingly beautiful and sublime.” Pauline Down

Stacey Blythe is a Cardiff-based composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist and has collaborated with Meredith Monk, Dylan Fowler and Julie Murphy. She is an associate musician with English National Ballet and a regular composer for Welsh National Opera.

Rajesh David, born in Mumbai and now based in West Wales, is a classically trained Indian singer and composer whose work bridges Indian classical and Celtic folk traditions.

Together, this double bill celebrates deep roots and shared humanity from the landscapes and language of Wales to the poetry and song traditions of India offering an exquisite transportive evening. For lovers of traditional and world music, curious newcomers to folk from across generations and Welsh speakers and non-Welsh speakers alike.

Mari Mathias Band + Gitân - Noson Dwy-Act

Ymunwch â ni yn Eglwys Santes Fair am noson arbennig o gerddoriaeth werin gyfoes, wedi’i wreiddio mewn traddodiad ac yn croesi diwylliannau, ieithoedd a chenhedloedd.

Mari Mathias Band

Mae Mari Mathias Band yn creu cerddoriaeth am dirwedd, traddodiad a’r iaith Gymraeg. Gan ddefnyddio alawon gwerin o Orllewin Cymru, mae Mari yn dod ag egni bywiog ar yllwyfan ochr yn ochr â’i band chwech aelod, gan gyfuno lleisiau melodig, cain gyda straeon pwerus a synau gwerin cyffrous.

Mae Mari wedi perfformio mewn gwyliau mawr gan gynnwys Cambridge Folk Festival, Lorient Interceltique Festival, Green Man a Between the Trees, ac mae hi’n cael ei hadnabod yn eang fel un o leisiau cynyddol gwerin Cymru fodern.

“Atmosfferig, gwerin traddodiadol… alawon o niwl amser.” — Laugharne Weekend

Gitân

Stacey Blythe | Rajesh David

Sgwrs gerddorol rhwng dau ffrind a dau fyd yw Gitân, gan blethu caneuon gwerin Cymreig â barddoniaeth epig Indiaidd a thraddodiadau lleisiol clasurol. Wedi'u canu yn y Gymraeg, Hindi, Wrdw a Sansgrit, mae eu cerddoriaeth yn dod ag ieithoedd ynghyd, straeon ac offerynnau sy'n anaml yn cwrdd, gan gynnwys harmoniwm Indiaidd a thelyn lifer Geltaidd, gan greu rhywbeth agos, myfyriol a thawel bwerus.

“Mae barddoniaeth a chân glasurol Indiaidd, cân draddodiadol Gymreig, harmoniwm athelyn i gyd yn cael eu gollwng yn ysgafn i bair hudolus i ailymddangos fel rhywbeth poenus o brydferth ac aruchel.” Pauline Down

Mae Stacey Blythe yn gyfansoddwraig, cantores ac aml-offerynnydd sy'n byw yng Nghaerdydd ac mae wedi cydweithio â Meredith Monk, Dylan Fowler a Julie Murphy. Mae hi'n gerddor cysylltiol gyda English National Ballet ac yn gyfansoddwraig reolaidd i Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru.

Mae Rajesh David, a aned ym Mumbai ac sydd bellach yn byw yng Ngorllewin Cymru, yn ganwr a chyfansoddwr Indiaidd sydd wedi'i hyfforddi'n glasurol ac mae ei waith yn cysyllti traddodiadau cerddoriaeth glasurol Indiaidd a gwerin Geltaidd. Gyda'i gilydd, mae'r rhaglen ddwbl hon yn dathlu gwreiddiau dwfn a dynoliaeth a rennir o dirweddau ac iaith Cymru i draddodiadau barddoniaeth a chân India gan gynnig noson gyffrous. I gariadon cerddoriaeth draddodiadol a byd-eang, newydd-ddyfodiaid chwilfrydig i gerddoriaeth werin o bob cenedlaethau a siaradwyr Cymraeg a phobl nad ydynt yn siarad Cymraeg.