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Ceridwen Davies

About Me

I am Ceridwen Davies (Ceri for short - pronounced Kerry) and I have been playing violin for about 12 years. I play classical and reached Grade 7 in 2004 but I prefer folk (hence no Grade 8....). I used to play with the Shropshire Youth Orchestra as 1st violin but I quit a few years ago to allow me more time for college and folk! I've also started singing, bit by bit learning to overcome the fear!

In 2006 I won the New Acoustic Roots competition in Rotherham, which gained me a guest spot at Cleethorpes Folk Festival. I have done support slots for Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies at Hitchin Folk Club (2005 Folk Club of the Year), Ashley Hutchings and the Rainbow Chasers at Hitchin Folk Club, Steve Tilston at the Courtyard Theatre, John Kirpatrick at the Courtyard Theatre and Martin Carthy at Letchworth Folk Club.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 15/06/2007
Influences: All the countless sessions and folk clubs attended over the years. My family, my friends (nearly all musicians!), especially my mum for her beautiful singing voice. Fiddlers such as Stewart Hardy, Joe Broughton, Liz Doherty, Nancy Kerr and a million other artists whose names escape me.
Sounds Like: Me! other then that I'm not sure really......
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

New Tunes

New Tunes!!!!!I have recorded some brand new tunes (thank you Oli!) which are now up on my myspace ready for listening :)They are Ben and Jess' Tunes, written by Vin Garbutt and performed in front of ...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:36:00 GMT

General Update!

Hi. I'm really looking forward to the Hertfordshire gigs that are fast approaching, my set lists are sorted and I've got some new songs and tunes, exciting! I'm also aiming to update my myspace soon,...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:42:00 GMT

Bromyard Folk Festival

Hi Yay, Bromyard Folk Festival this weekend, can't wait! For any that are going I will be playing at The Falcon at about lunchtime on Saturday and at The Arts Centre on Saturday evening. I'll alm...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:04:00 GMT

Blog Update

Hi I finally have time and opportunity to write a proper blog, rather than the short note left last time. I'm also updating my myspce, so there will be more pics of past gigs etc. Apparently someone g...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:06:00 GMT

Shrewsbury Folk Festival

Sorry for any recent confusion but I WILL be playing at Shrewsbury Folk Festival and I'm looking forward to it!!
Posted by on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:35:00 GMT

Shrewsbury Festival

Hey well, you may have noticed that I am no longer appearing at Shrewsbury Festival. They foned a few days ago to say I'd been forgotten so I wasnt booked, so I did receive verbal conformation several...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:31:00 GMT

What I've been doing recently

Heya, a quick list of things I've been up to recently 22nd June 2007 - Avoncroft Museum 12th June 2007 - Amptill Folk Festival - Bedfordshire 10th June 2007 - Shropshire Radio - playing for a 15 minu...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:27:00 GMT

My new Music-space

Hi This is my new music-space as the old one was playing up and I couldn't fix it! hmm....technology:1 Ceri:0 but anyway, I'm back and hoepefully with a much better one that wont keep messing up! Ceri...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:44:00 GMT