Music is personal, social and a living link between our past and our future. Our 2013 project Tune Chain is a series of 9 short films illustrating the way traditional musicians learn and share music, created and co-produced by Gerard KilBride and Rhodri Smith. Nine of our finest professional folk musicians contribute their stories, connections and tunes from their homes, kitchens and workshops; leading to the next link in the chain.
Though filmed using low-tech audio visual kit – iphones, flip cams and small hand held camcorders – the videos are exquisite cameos exploring traditional musicians ‘in their native habitat’. We hope you enjoy them and will send us your own Tune Chain to share! Find the first 2 videos and our full Youtube playlist below.
Artists featured include fiddlers Robert Evans and Gerard KilBride, piper Gafin Morgan, accordionists Beth Williams Jones and Stephen Rees, triple harp maestro Robin Huw Bowen, harpist and singer Gwenan Gibbard, flautist Ceri Rhys Matthews and fiddler Elsa Davies. This project was funded by Arts Council of Wales, National Lottery and Welsh Government.