FMF: Wynford Jones and Geoff Cripps (Muni)

[ENGLISH BELOW] Mae presenoldeb aruthrol Wynford Jones a Geoff Cripps ar y gylchdaith werin dros bedwar degawd wedi bod yn aruthrol. Mae'r ddau yn sylfaenwyr arloeswyr roc gwerin poblogaidd o'r 80au The Chartists, Wynford a Geoff yn cadw eu holl egni a'u brwdfrydedd. Mae caneuon Wynford yn cyfleu, fel ychydig iawn o rai eraill, brofiad radicalaidd y dosbarth gweithiol…a’r atgofion teimladwy o dyfu i fyny yn y Cymoedd. Ategir y cyfan gan chwarae sensitif yr aml-offerynnwr Geoff, ymgyrchydd gweledigaethol dros gerddoriaeth werin y mae ei waith ym myd y celfyddydau wedi meithrin cenedlaethau newydd o berfformwyr. Mae act lwyfan gyfredol y ddeuawd wedi cael hwb newydd gan ryddhad digidol o waith meistr The Chartists nad yw ar gael ers tro, Cause For Complaint. Mae’n albwm a adawodd y cyfansoddwr caneuon modern amlycaf o Gymru, Martyn Joseph, o’r neilltu. “Ni allaf gofio eiliad yn fy oes pan oedd angen y galwad seiren o brotest arnom yn fwy na nawr,” meddai. “Rydyn ni angen ysbryd y caneuon hyn… i atgoffa ein hunain o bwy ydyn ni mewn gwirionedd.” __ Wynford Jones and Geoff Cripps’ towering presence on the folk circuit over four decades has been immense. Both founder members of much-loved 80s folk-rock pioneers The Chartists, Wynford and Geoff retain all their energy and verve. Wynford’s songs articulate, like few others can, the radical Welsh working-class experience…and the poignant memories of growing up in the Valleys. All are underpinned by the sensitive playing of multi-instrumentalist Geoff, a visionary campaigner for folk music whose work on the arts scene has nurtured new generations of performers. The duo’s current stage act has been given fresh impetus by the digital release of The Chartists’ long-unavailable masterwork Cause For Complaint. It is an album that left Wales’s pre-eminent modern songwriter Martyn Joseph awestruck. “I can’t recall a moment in my lifetime when we needed the siren call of protest more than now,” he said. “We need the spirit of these songs…to remind ourselves of who we truly are.”