Cerys Hafana: Sad Welsh Harp Pop

From Welsh legends to Breton folk and the desire to get a bit weird with it

I am a regular reader of Jake Newby’s newsletter on new Chinese music, Concrete Avalanche, where he publishes brilliant posts like

• this roundup of Chinese ambient (including a five-hour playlist), or

• this story about the Daikou phenomenon, a black market that emerged in 1990s China around scrapped Western CDs and tapes.

When Jake approached me with the pr…