Chris Wood

Cyfansoddwr caneuon digyfaddawd ydi Chris Wood y mae ei gerddoriaeth yn datgelu ei gariad tuag at hanes answyddogol y bobloedd Saesneg eu hiaith.  Yn ddeallus graff mae’n cydweu’r traddodiad â’i ddamhegion cyfoes ei hun.

Cerddor, cyfansoddwr, a chyfansoddwr caneuon ydi Chris, a’i dysgodd ei hun ac na pheidiodd erioed â dysgu, ac ynddo natur annibynnol sy’n disgleirio drwy bopeth mae’n ei wneud.  Mae bob amser yn lleisio’i farn yn ddi-ofn heb flewyn ar dafod a chlodforwyd ei ganeuon am eu heglurder croyw.“Anhys”, meddai, ydi ei brif ddylanwad.

Daeth clod y beirniaid yn eang i ran ei albwm diweddaraf ‘So Much to Defend’, sy’n cynnwys myfyrio ar bêl-droed y gynghrair leiaf, syndrom y nyth wag, dysgu nofio, Saws Cook-in ac, nid lleiaf, y Geco yn drosiad y gymdeithas sydd ohoni. 

Enillodd ‘Hollow Point’, ei faled iasoer am saethu Jean Charles Menezez, un o Wobrau Gwerin y BBC (mae wedi ennill chwech ohonynt) ac ennill i Wood ei le’n ddiymwad yn llefarydd o ddifri hanes answyddogol Lloegr.  

Ymhlith ei gydweithredwyr bu Martin Carthy, Dizraeli, Billy Bragg, Andy Cutting, Andy Irvine, Karine Polwart, Jean Francois Vrod, The Imagined Village, Hugh Lupton, Martin Butler ac eraill lawer.  

Ar lwyfan mae ar Chris olwg crefftwr heb fod arno bellach angen bod yn findlws ynghylch ei gelfyddyd.  Fel pe bai’n ddiymdrech, mae’n cloddio’n ddwfn i repertoire i’w fawr chwenychu o ganeuon cyn datgelu gem eto. 

Llun gan: Rob Blackham

 "... at art school they said I had a remarkable eye for trivia, like it was a bad thing."

Dyfyniadau eraill o’r wasg: 

 "... at art school they said I had a remarkable eye for trivia, like it was a bad thing."

Other press quotes: 

The Herald ***** 5 Stars

“As close as it gets to a perfect union of voice and guitar, lyrics and melody, compassion, irony, realism, wit, and humanity.”

THE IRISH TIMES ***** 5 Stars

“Nobody comes even close to equaling his bird’s-eye-view.”

MOJO **** 4 Stars
“a rarefied talent, both as writer and interpreter.”

 Clod i ‘None The Wiser’: 

INDEPENDENT  ***** 5 Stars
“The title track alone is a masterpiece”
 

EXPRESS ***** 5 Stars
“Wood has honed his songwriting to perfection here… heartbreaking purity.”

THE GUARDIAN  **** 4 Stars

“Remarkable for the settings as much as the lyrics.”

SONGLINES

“a quietly powerful, astute and vivid set of songs… A folk–soul album”

“Chris takes a traditional song and has you absolutely gripped…. He makes it really obvious why it is of contemporary relevance. On the flip side, he has managed this magical thing, writing songs on contemporary themes, or putting music to Hugh Lupton’s words, that absolutely fit hand in glove with traditional songs, but are totally modern.”
— Ian Anderson (fRoots Magazine)

Enwebwyd yn Gân Wreiddiol Orau - ‘None the Wiser’ Gwobrau Gwerin BBC Radio 2 2014 

Songwriter of the Year – Gwobrau Spiral Earth 2014 

Canwr Gwerin y Flwyddyn a Chân Wreiddiol Orau ‘Hollow Point’

Gwobrau Gwerin BBC Radio 2 2011

Gwefan Chris Wood