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The Children's Voice: A Definitive Collection of Welsh Nursery Rhymes

The Children's Voice by Peter Anthony Freeman features over 27 different artists from the US and Wales bridged together to create the most cherished and timeless Welsh nursery rhyme book imagined.

The Children's Voice includes an all-star cast of illustrators from Nathan Wyburn (Abergavenny, UK) jamming Y Broga Bach on toast, Anthony Richards of (Ammanford, UK) dripping Bwrw Glaw, and Siobhan Owen rendering Fuoch chi Rioed yn Morio?, and many more!

Freeman is at his best revealing the origin and background of the Welsh rhymes, providing the reader with meaningful insight into Welsh family dynamics and how social and economic factors impacted the roots of the stories told.

$20 USD

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A Seers Guide to the Haunted Labyrinth, Charcoal Works of Brian A. Kenny

This beautifully limited edition art book highlights the charcoal illuminations of Brian A. Kenny set to the macabre written works of classic and contemporary authors. Like a detective, readers are beckoned to enter the labyrinth of shadows, dreams and mystery, solving the riddles of the mind that reveal the twists and turns before them and bring about secrets of clarity.

Featuring the works of Dylan Thomas, Brian A. Kenny, Lorin Morgan-Richards, Bryn Potter, Edgar Allan Poe, Jo Mazelis, Hyacinthe L. Raven, Stephanie Yost, Emerson Hart, William Blake, Patricia Killelea, Cath Barton, Karen Richards, Henry David Thoreau, Jennifer Spiers, Donna Fairhurst Gryn, R.J. Johnson, Charles Baudelaire, Jen Neuhaus, Tahesha Knapp Christensen, Arthur Rimbaud, Adrian Comeau, Colleen Henry, Greg McWhorter, John Gazley, Dana Aritonovich, and more.

$14.95 USD

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A Welsh Alphabet by Peter Anthony Freeman and Lorin Morgan-Richards

Over 30 artistic interpretations of Welsh mythology and legend set to the poetic work of author Lorin Morgan-Richards. Includes a special preface and notes throughout the book by Welsh storyteller Peter Anthony Freeman and artist contributions by Jen Delyth, Monica Richards, Casey Ruic, Frankie Babylon, John Charles, Gina Turcios (rabbit), Phresha Le Vandale, David Richardson, Adrien Burke, Spinestealer, Nicole Josephian, Kelly McCartin, Gaabriel Becket, Nicolas Caesar, Rick Dienzo Blanco, Meiling Chen, Nichola Hope, Chris Mann, Andrea Gutierrez, Calan Ree, Kimberly Wlassak, Sarah Hope, Jo Mazelis, Rochelle Shelly Rosenkild, Michele Witchipoo, Lorin Morgan-Richards, Xavier Lopez Jr., Rhys Jones, Liam O'Connor, Jeremy Cross, and Jason Shepherd.

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The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning, illustrated by Lorin Morgan-Richards

A Raven Above Press in conjunction with Rorshoq Books presents the first in a series of miniature titles that focus on original folklore classics. The Pied Piper of Hamelin is brought back to life with the original poem and addition of 10 new illustrations by Lorin Morgan-Richards and colorized by J.A. Pringles. This hardcover book is handmade using recycled bookbinding material and is approximately 2 1/2" x 4".

$9.95 USD, miniature, library binding handmade by Lorin Morgan-Richards

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Me'ma and the Great Mountain by Lorin Morgan-Richards, Foreword by Corine Fairbanks

A little girl named Me'ma lives in an oppressed village called Sunken Creek. Faced with removal, Me'ma brings to focus her extraordinary ability to see ghoulish characters who try to help her in overcoming the nightmare she and her people are facing from an evil tyrant. This is Lorin Morgan-Richards first novel, and includes a special foreword by Native American activist Corine Fairbanks (Oglala Lakota).

$10 USD

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The Terribly Mini Monster Book & a Lesser Known Story About a Rare Benign Belbow

An American complement to the book 'A Welsh Alphabet'. 'The Terribly Mini Monster Book' is written and illustrated by Lorin Morgan-Richards and as it claims is quite miniature in size -- approx 2 1/2 x 4! While the book 'A Welsh Alphabet' is focused on Welsh mythology and uses the Welsh alphabet, 'The Terribly Mini Monster Book' focuses on creepy things in the US and uses the English alphabet. Ungodly limited to just 50 being made by hand, handsewn, hardcover. 30 illustrations. 64 pages. (ed. Kevin A. Richards)

$9.95 USD, miniature, library binding handmade by Lorin Morgan-Richards

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Touring Schedule  

A RAVEN ABOVE PRESS

Presents the

Los Angeles St. David's Day Festival-National Day of Wales

Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant, Los Angeles-Diwrnod Cenedlaethol Cymru

March 1, 2014

Barnsdall Art Park, 4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90027

Free Outdoor Festival 10am-5pm
Druid Blessing 1:30pm and Grand Concert from 2pm to 5pm

We are very proud to announce Meinir Gwilym will be making her North American debut headlining the St. David's Day Festival-National Day of Wales Grand Concert!

Born and raised in the small village of Llangristiolus in the heart of the Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Môn) off the North Wales coast, singer-songwriter Meinir Gwilym has established herself as one of the best-selling Welsh language artists ever. Her breakout release Smôcs, Coffi a Fodca Rhad (Cigarrettes, Coffee and Cheap Vodka) in 2002 met with phenomenal response being hailed as one of the most original and inspired compilations to come out of Wales in years. Follow-up albums have built on her success with performances at all major festivals in Wales, including Sesiwn Fawr Dolgellau, Maes B, The Royal Welsh Show and Bryn Terfel’s Faenol Festival.

Meinir’s list of accomplishments include presenting shows for: BBC radio and Heart FM, music series ‘Noson Chis a Meinir’ on television and school tours, S4C (Channel 4 Wales)’s nightly magazine show, Wedi 7, and a special one hour ‘fly-on-the-wall’ S4C broadcast documentary which followed Meinir for a year, including an inside look at Yamaha by whom she is endorsed.

Along with traditional Welsh songs and her hits, Meinir will be performing new material from her forthcoming album!

The Grand Concert will also be featuring Welsh harpsichordist Christopher D. Lewis!

Christopher was born in Rhiwbina, Wales, and moved to North America in 2005 to study harpsichord with Luc Beausejour & Hank Knox at McGill University, Montreal. Since that time he has received outstanding recognition and accolades for his performances internationally. Christopher will be performing a special set dedicated to British and Welsh composers (and he will be playing on the harpsichord that appeared in the movie Titanic).

Christopher's set is sure to be informative, as he has presented numerous lectures on the history of the harpsichord and narrated for many projects. Past projects include collaborations and performances with American Bach Soloists, The San Francisco Bach Choir, The Bay Area Rainbow Symphony, Ensemble Parallele and The San Francisco Conservatory of Music's New Music Ensemble.

We are also excited by the return of the Welsh Choir of Southern California (Cor Cymraeg De Califfornia) to the Grand Concert stage. Under the direction of Tony Davis, the choir performs Welsh traditional and hymnal music and believes in the power of music to restore our faith in life, in ourselves, and in each other. The Choir’s repertoire is one hundred percent Welsh, with approximately two-thirds sung in the Welsh language and one-third in English.

To begin the Grand Concert, we will be showing Yr Etifeddiaeth (The Heritage).

Yr Etifeddiaeth was filmed between 1947 and 1949 by 'Y Cymro' photographer Geoffrey Charles, with the newspaper's editor, John Roberts Williams, as director and script-writer. It presents the culture, work and rural way of life in Llyn and Eifionydd. Freddie Grant, a young, black evacuee from Liverpool who was housed with Eliseus Williams, ex-headteacher of Llangybi school and friend of John Roberts Williams, is used, initially, as (voice-less) presenter. The poet 'Cynan' [Albert Evans-Jones], is the narrator, extolling the area's past and present - in which communities are held together by a shared culture and language - but expressing concern that its future is threatened by the readily available modern, but English-language, media and the hordes of English-speaking summer visitors who visit, many of whom stay at the new Butlins holiday camp at Pwllheli (opened in 1947 with accommodation for 5,000 people).

The film closes with shots of the summer visitors splashing about in the Butlins swimming pool and, in contrast, a small but respectable band of the Cymry Cymraeg gathered outside the chapel on Sunday morning, torch-bearers for the threatened faith and tradition.

Yr Etifeddiaeth was first shown at the National Eisteddfod in Dolgellau in 1949, attracting full houses for the nightly screenings. (Description from the National Screen and Sound Archives of Wales)

Outside the Grand Concert beginning at 10am visitors will be delighted in a free Celtic Marketplace, Welsh language classes by Jason Shepherd of the Learn Welsh Podcast, Celtic workshops, Welsh Corgi demonstrations, Kids Crafts, and the LA Eisteddfod featuring poetry, storytelling, readings, performance, Welsh food, and much more.

We will be promoting artists from both Wales and the US in a special book release party on the history and legends of Welsh Saints (title tba) written by Peter Anthony Freeman from Llanelli, Wales and published by A Raven Above Press. Artists include Ruth Jên Evans, Anthony Richards, Nathan Wyburn, Siobhan Owen, Sarah Hope, Nichola Hope, Robert Karr, Judy Adamson, Kerry Evans, Jo Mazelis, Liam O’Connor, Michele Witchipoo, Briana Lopez, Kelly Haigh, Rochelle Shelly Rosenkild, John Charles, Geri Gallas, Danny Walden, Kimberly Wlassak, Jason Shepherd, Lorin Morgan-Richards, and many more!

Also, artist Kimberly Wlassak will be exhibiting her artwork from the book Tylwyth Teg: Excerpts from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries, by W.Y. Evans-Wentz, and illustrated by Kimberly Wlassak. This book will be in association with activities for kids, where they can try on their own fairy wings or learn how to fly like a dragon at the kids craft corner!

There is really no better place to celebrate the history and accomplishments of Welsh-Americans then at Barnsdall Art Park. Designed by Welsh-American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, its nestled atop a shaded hill and away from the city bustle, the park has a clear view of the Hollywood sign in Griffith Park (named for Welsh philanthropist Griffith J. Griffith) and near the infamous Gower Street to the west (known for the golden age of cinema and Welsh-American stars like Glenn Ford and Myrna Loy).