Siân James live on stage at the Festival Interceltique de Lorient (2002)

Siân James (born 24 December 1961)[1] is a Welsh traditional folk singer[2] and harpist who has recorded for Sain and BBC Records as well as her own label, Bos.

A native of the Mid Wales village of Llanerfyl in Powys,[1] Siân James participated, from an early age, in local eisteddfodau, playing the piano, the violin and later the harp.[1] While still a student at Llanfair Caereinion High School, she began composing her own songs and arranging traditional Welsh music. She went on to read music at the University of Wales, Bangor.[1] She is also well known for her acting work on Welsh language television.

Having been a recording artist for Sain and BBC Records, James has, in the 2000s, recorded her work for Bos at her home studio in Llanerfyl.

James conducts and accompanies a Welsh men's choir called Parti Cut Lloi. In 2009, she performed several times with the choir at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C.

Albums

  • Cysgodion Karma [Karma Shadows] (1990)
  • Distaw [Silent] (1993)
  • Gweini Tymor [Serving a Term] (1996)
  • Di-Gwsg [Sleepless] (1997)
  • Birdman (1999)
  • Pur [Pure] (2001)
  • Y Ferch o Bedlam [The Girl from Bedlam] (2005)
  • Cymun [Communion] (2012)
  • Gosteg [Silence] (2018)

Film

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1262/3. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  2. ↑ "Siân James". IMDb. Retrieved 3 June 2021.


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