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Cover Story: (72) The Bells of Rhymney. Ian Campbell Folk Group, Chris Hillman,The Alarm, Joan Baez and back to Idris Davies

August 04, 2022

The revived, evolving discussion at Salut! Live about the origins and differing interpretations of The Bells of Rhymney, Idris Davies's emotive 1930s poem from the South Wales coalfield that became an outstanding song in Pete Seeger's expert hands, reminds us... Read more →

Posted at 04:53 PM in Cover story, Ian Campbell Folk Group, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Oysterband, Pete Seeger, The Bells of Rhymney, The Byrds | | Comments (2)

Tags: Beck, Chris Hillman, coalmining, folk music, Gibraltar, Ian Campbell Folk Group, Idris Davies, Jakob Dylan, Joan Baez, John Denver, Judy Collins, Mick Softley, Pete Seeger, Roger McGuinn, The Alarm, The Bells of Rhymney

Cover Story: (71) The Bells of Rhymney. Judy Collins, Robyn Hitchcock, Mick Softley and a Dylan enter the fray

August 02, 2022

And still they keep coming. No sooner had I added the John Denver version of The Bells of Rhymney to the original file - posted all of 50 instalments of the Cover Story series ago and now updated here -... Read more →

Posted at 11:40 AM in Cover story, Judy Collins, Pete Seeger, The Bells of Rhymney | | Comments (3)

Tags: Beck, coalmining, folk music, Idris Davies, Jakob Dylan, Judy Collins, Mick Softley, Pete Seeger, Roger McGuinn, The Bells of Rhymney

Cover Story: (21) The Bells of Rhymney. Pete Seeger, the Byrds or Oysterband. Or indeed John Denver

August 01, 2022

Aug 2022: responses from readers when this item first appeared in 2017 led me to investigate an unexpected treasure: John Denver's version of the song in question, The Bells of Rhymney. I have never been a fan of the late... Read more →

Posted at 12:32 PM in Cover story, The Bells of Rhymney | | Comments (18)

Tags: Cher, coalmining, Dave Chamberlain, folk music, Idris Davies, John Denver, Judy Collins, Oysterband, Sonny Terry, The Bells of Rhymney, the Byrds