Sian Phillips (musician)

Siân Phillips is a Welsh fiddle player specialising in Welsh folk and fiddle music.[1]

For the actress from Wales, see Siân Phillips. For the actress from Lichfield, see Sian Brooke.

Born in South Wales and raised primarily in Aberaeron, Ceredigion, she gained her knowledge of Welsh folk music from playing with several folk dance groups.[2][3] She has been a member of the following folk and Celtic bands: Bysedd Main, Constitution Hillbillies, Cromlech, Ysbryd, Wild Welsh Women, Celtish, and the Rowdies[4] and guested with many more. She organized an annual music festival, the Fiddle Festival of Wales.[5][6][7] Siân currently lives and has her own business ‘Fiddler’s Elbow Grease‘ making balms from hemp, in North Oxfordshire and retired as a performing musician in 2017 due to fibromyalgia.

Publications

Phillips has arranged and edited a book of Welsh Fiddle Tunes, published by Schott Music Publishers under their Schott World Music Series, which was released in April 2013.[8][9]

Discography

Albums include:

  • Gramundus, Fflach Tradd CD218[10]
  • Jac to Bach, Speedy Kat; SPDKCD01[11][12]
  • "Centrifusion" (band: Celtish)[13]

References
  1. "Welsh Fiddle". Fiddlingaround.co.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  2. "Fiddler Sian Phillips at Chandler". Ourherald.com. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  3. "Virtuoso Welsh fiddler Siân Phillips to perform at Green Mountain College". The Mountain Times. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  4. Obituaries: Rory Furlong. Folkways Magazine, June 2012.
  5. "Annual Welsh Celtic Fiddle contest to continue at Stackpole Centre". Western Telegraph. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  6. "The traditional music of Wales". BBC. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  7. "FIDDLE FESTIVAL OF WALES GOES INTERNATIONAL". Irish Music Magazine. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  8. "Welsh Fiddle Tunes: Review" Morris Federation Newsletter
  9. "Welsh Fiddle Tunes (Sheet Music/CD) 97 Traditional Pieces for Violin". Presto Classical. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  10. "SIAN PHILLIPS "Gramundus"". The Living Tradition Magazine. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  11. Siân Phillips and Danny Kilbride / RootsWorld Recording Review
  12. "Siân Phillips & Danny Kilbride "Jac tô Bach". The Living Tradition Magazine. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  13. "Celtish Centrifusion" FolkWorld CD Reviews
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