David Ian Roberts

Last week, Henry Parker and David Ian Roberts released their new album Chasing Light. Watch them performing the title track live – “a bright and bouncing track…a pretty, bucolic number.”

Chasing Light, the new instrumental duo album from Henry Parker & David Ian Roberts is a rich, fulfilling work by two intuitive players operating at a very high level and seemingly enjoying every moment.

To celebrate their November tour, David Ian Roberts & Henry Parker have recorded their first collaborative single ‘Tumuli’. Listen to it here, along with an exclusive playlist they’ve put together for Folk Radio.

Toby Hay puts down his guitar and takes to the harp for two beautiful improvised pieces recorded at his home in mid-Wales with David Ian Roberts on guitar. These two journey-like pieces will transport the listener. This is music you will constantly return to.

Filmed on a sun-dappled walk near the Glamorganshire canal, watch the new video for Levitate by Welsh singer-songwriter and musician David Ian Roberts.

From the Harbour is very elegantly performed and produced, with a level of intelligence in the songs and their structure that will ensure their longevity. A quiet and patient delight.

Watch ‘Dream A Fallen’, the second single to be released from ‘From the Harbour’, the new album from David Ian Roberts which can now be pre-ordered on vinyl.

Today, Toby Hay & David Ian Roberts are releasing a new EP titled ‘CAPEL Y GRAIG – Improvisations’. For the month of May, all proceeds go to Tŷ Hafan, the hospice for children in Wales.

Travelling Bright is not an album of instant, frivolous gratification. Its songs are long and often complex…But the more you engage with music the more rewarding it can be, and Travelling Bright might just be one of the most rewarding albums you’ll hear all year.

Watch David Ian Roberts, alongside Kirsten Miller (Cello) and Jason Ball (electric guitar), playing ‘Sending Out Fires’ from his forthcoming album ‘Travelling Bright’, out on Cambrians Records March 15th 2019. 

‘Travelling Bright’ is the new album from David Ian Roberts, released via Welsh label Cambrian Records on the 15th of March. Listen to lead track ‘Sending Out Fires’.

Sending Out Fires is the work of a fine guitarist and singer/songwriter with a gift for melody and blessed with an ability to make music which is both thoughtful and engaging. Catch David on tour now and at Green Man Festival 2016.

We have the great pleasure in sharing this video premiere from David Ian Roberts for Grail (also our Song of the Day). It is the only live track on his forthcoming EP Sending Out Fires, the video for which was shot as the track was recorded at Fieldgate Studio near Cardiff.

A new name on the folk circuit, David Roberts makes his debut with the obliquely beautiful and poetic St Clears, an album inspired by a stay in the Carmarthenshire town of the same name. The album is full of references to nature, but cast in impressionistic lines that conjure a dreamy haze to wander through. A dappled musical dream that you won’t want to wake up from.

The name David Roberts may well be new to many of you although we strongly feel that will change very soon. This is a video premiere of his new song ‘Grail’.