Ar Log is a ; pronounced Kum-REE, IPA: ) is a country or nation and one of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom, the other three being England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Wales has a land boundary with England in the island of Great Britain and is otherwise bounded by sea. The term... Welsh Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. Folk music arose, and best survives, in societies not yet affected by mass communication and the commercialization of culture. It normally was shared and performed by the entire community (not by a special class... folk music band.

Members

Dafydd and Gwydaf Roberts are both The harp is one of the oldest musical instruments, found in various forms all over the world. It is a chordophone (string instrument). Harps are triangular and have nylon, gut, wire, and/or copper-wound nylon strings. A traditional folk harp and modern concert harp. (Full-size image) Most harps... harpists. They are the only constant members of Ar Log, which means "for hire" in Welsh (, , . Very little of this language remains. The next main period, somewhat better attested, is (or ran from the 14th century to roughly the end of the 16th century, and was the language used by Dafydd ap Gwilym. Late Modern Welsh began with the publication of William Morgans translation... Welsh. Gerriat Glynne Davis and Graham Pritchard are long-standing members. Starting as a quartet in 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 12 - UN Security Council votes 11-1 to admit the Palestinian Liberation Organization January 15 - Would-be Gerald Ford presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore is sentenced to life in prison January 16... 1976 they grew to a nine-piece band in the years 2000 - 2001. Every member sings in Welsh, but the band is best known for their instrumentals.

Welsh language campaigners

Of all the In ancient times, the Celts were a number of interrelated peoples in central Europe sharing a branch of Indo-European languages indicative of a common origin. Today, Celtic is often used to describe the people and their respective cultures and languages of several ethnic groups in the British Isles, the... Gaelic countries, it is Wales that has the highest proportion of native speakers, and has the best legal protection for their language. By contract they have little presence in terms of traditional folk music. The flame is carried mainly by Ar Log, who are the equivalent of Ireland's The Chieftains is an Irish musical group founded in 1962, known for performing and popularizing Irish traditional music. The band has recorded many albums of instrumental Irish folk music, as well as multiple collaborations with popular musicians of many genres, including Country music, Galician traditional music, Cape Breton music, and... The Chieftains. Their music is generally more subdued than the Chieftains, partly because two harps dominate in the choice of tunes. Their first three albums were recorded in the years 1976 to 1981. These recordings have recently been re-issued on a single CD. During the 1990s they recorded nothing. To those outside of Wales it looked as if they had disbanded, but they made a successful tour to Germany in 2001. The Brittany (French of France. The historical capital was Nantes, but the modern capital of the region of Brittany is Rennes. The département Loire_Atlantique (including the city of Nantes) was historically part of Brittany, but is now part of the Pays de la Loire region. A movement exists to transfer... Breton harpist Alan Stivell has praised their work for the great beauty of the slow tunes.

Discography

• Ar Log I - III (1976 - 1981)
• Ar Log IV (1985)
• Ar Log V (1989)
• Ar Log VI (2001)

See also

• The term External links UbuWeb Ethnopoetics: Canntaireachd UbuWeb Ethnopoetics: Celtic Mouth Music An earlier version of the above article was posted on Nupedia. This article is Open Content. Categories: Celtic music ... Celtic music
• Welsh (, , . Very little of this language remains. The next main period, somewhat better attested, is (or ran from the 14th century to roughly the end of the 16th century, and was the language used by Dafydd ap Gwilym. Late Modern Welsh began with the publication of William Morgans translation... Status of the Welsh language