John ac Alun

John ac Alun

Infobox musical artist| Name = John ac Alun


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Background = group_or_band
Origin = Tudweiliog, Wales
Genre = Country
Country and Western
Years_active = 1990 – present
Label = Sain
Influences = Elvis Presley
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Current_members = John Jones Alun Roberts

John ac Alun are a Country and Western duo from Wales. They are sometimes accompanied by Tudur Morgan (guitar), Gareth Williams (bass guitar), Charlie Britton (drummer), Myfyr Isaac, (guitar), Dave Rowlands (steel guitar) and backing vocals by Lowri Mererid and Eleri Fôn.

Most of their songs are written by themselves and Charlie but some have been written by Welsh poets and novelists such as the late Eirug Wyn.

The duo have released eight albums in Welsh and one in English. They released their first album "Yr Wylan Wen/Chwarelwr" (The Seagull/Quarryman) in 1991, and received a gold disk by their label Sain in 1992 after selling 12,000 copies. [ [http://www.johnacal.co.uk/cymraeg/biography.htm Biography section of Welsh version of official site] ] John and Alun also have a radio show on Radio Cymru [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/radiocymru/safle/rhaglenni/pages/john_ac_alun.shtml "John ac Alun"] on Radio Cymru] and have starred in four series of their own television show for Welsh-language channel S4C.

Reference

Links

* [http://www.johnacal.co.uk/ John ac Alun official web site]


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