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I ve never seen poetry as just a thing on the page - Cerys Matthews on fame, family and Cool Cymru

In Cerys Matthews native Welsh, the word cerdd can refer to both poetry and song. This juncture forms the beating heart of the BBC Radio 6 Music presenter and musician s latest project - an album that uses both to dig deep into the British psyche. She takes my call in a less than rock and roll setting - a local climbing centre (we speak in late 2020 when coronavirus restrictions allowed such things). Poetry feels different at the moment, the Cardiff native declares in her bright, husky, radio-friendly voice. It feels like it s not just an academic endeavour, it s not just for the establishment, it s not just for things to be written, to be hidden in books, to be learnt by rote, or by force.

Cerys Matthews: Poetry s the new rock n roll

Singer and BBC radio presenter Cerys Matthews ‘Gafr wen, wen, wen…” It’s a grey January morning, but a ray of sunshine is beaming down the phone line: the voice of Cerys Matthews, calling from her home in west London. Husky and sweet, instantly recognisable, and capable of bringing a golden ­shimmer to anything – even the interminable Welsh folk song Cyfri’r Geifr, which she’s just launched into on a whim. “Many people hate it. It’s about goats.” The sudden burst of song is a reminder of how rare a treat Matthews’s singing has become. The last album she sang on came out seven years ago, and her latest – We Come From the Sun – doesn’t feature her voice at all. Instead, it’s a set of soundscapes she has composed to accompany readings by 10 poets, whom she herded together for a pre-lockdown recording at Abbey Road last year.

Stroud poet s track on new Cerys Matthews album We Come the Sun played on Radio 2

The album was composed by Cerys and the Hidden Orchestra, and features ten UK poets. Ahead of today s release, Adam s track was played on the Steve Wright in the Afternoon show on Radio 2, on Wednesday afternoon. Adam was invited to the legendary Abbey Road studios in London - used by the the likes of the Beatles, Kate Bush and Amy Winehouse - to record his poem back in February. I can’t stress enough how much of a thrill it was to get to record in Abbey Road, and get a quick tour of the big Beatles studio afterwards, he said.

INTERVIEW: Cerys Matthews on her passion for Burns and why we all need radio more than ever

INTERVIEW: Cerys Matthews on her passion for Burns and why we all need radio more than ever © BBC / Leigh Kelly Cerys Matthews Cerys Matthews is deep in conversation about her new poetry album when she suddenly begins reciting her favourite Robert Burns verse in her distinctive Welsh accent. “My curse upon your venom’d stang, That shoots my tortur’d gums alang, An’ thro’ my lug gies mony a twang, Wi’ gnawing vengeance, Tearing my nerves wi’ bitter pang, Like racking engines!” she says. “Here I am messing up your lovely dialogue. Address To The Toothache is my favourite – it’s really funny and I can do a lot of noises with it.

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