Today marks the birth of Dylan Thomas, born on 27 October 1914 in Swansea, the son of a seamstress and a schoolteacher. It’s as good a time as any to revisit our Mixtape, which begins in the Welsh seaside village of Llareggub…the setting of his radio play, Under Milk Wood. Richard Burton reads the words you hear in the opening, plus music from Nick Drake, Georgia Ruth, Julie Murphy, Huw M, The Gentle Good, Little Arrow, Cate Le Bon, Plu, Michael Chapman and more. Listen out for a live recording of John Renbourn & Wizz Jones from their Joint Control album, recorded shortly before John Renbourn’s death in March 2015.
Music Played
Except from Under Milk Wood (Richard Burton)
Nick Drake – Black Eyed Dog
Joan Mills/Michael Raven – Death And The Lady
Julie Murphy – Train (Going West)
Georgia Ruth – Madryn
Huw M – Si hwi hwi
Plu – Llun ar y Setl
James McArthur & the Head Gardeners – Bluest Stone
The Gentle Good – A Man Made of Moss
Except from Under Milk Wood (Richard Burton)
Little Arrow – People of the Volcano
Lleuwen – Lle Wyt Ti Heno Iesu Grist?
Cate Le Bon – No God
Except from Under Milk Wood (Richard Burton)
Gold Valley Bench – Raining on Avon
John Renbourn & Wizz Jones – Buckets of Rain
Michael Chapman – No Song To Sing
Y Tebot Piws – Godro’r Fuwch