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Since his early teens Mei Gwynedd has performed with some of the most acclaimed bands of the Welsh rock scene, including “Beganifs”, “Big Leaves”, “Geraint Jarman” – the godfather of Welsh pop, “Sibrydion” and had supported Oasis on tour with “Y Peth” alongside actor Rhys Ifans.
In this project Mei puts his unique stamp on Welsh traditional songs. More upbeat and louder, it is an exciting take on Welsh melodies and brings the genre in line with the other Celtic countries. It is an open door to audiences far and wide.
“I grew up listening to bands like Tebot Piws, “Hogia’r Wyddfa”, “Mynediad Am Ddim” and “Dafydd Iwan”. We sang these traditional songs and I want to recreate that atmosphere of sitting in a bustling pub in the heart of Wales, and that is the inspiration behind “Sessions Ty Potas”! This will appeal to Welsh and non-Welsh speaking audience alike, and we put on show our greatest classics’.
Since launching Band Ty Potas in May 2023, there is a real feeling that Mei has tapped into the nation’s heart by bringing a fresh and new arrangements to familiar songs. One highlight so far was the ‘secret’ after show party at the National Eisteddfod 2023 where a 2000 capacity tent was filled to the brim and the relationship between the band and the audience truly unique.
Mae Mei Gwynedd wedi bod yn cyfansoddi ac wedi bod yn aelod o rai o grwpiau mwyaf blaengar y sin roc Gymraeg ers dechrau’r 90au; Beganifs, Big Leaves, The Peth, Sibrydion ac eraill.
Yn 2018 gwelwyd Mei yn rhyddhau cerddoriaeth fel artist unigol, (Glas 2018 a Y Gwir Yn
Erbyn Y Byd 2021) a fo gyfansoddodd y gan dorfol Pethau Bychain, ail-recordio a chynhyrchu fersiwn cyfoes o Hei Mistar Urdd, (a dorrodd record y Guinness Book Of Records yn 2023) gan gynnwys amryw o brosiectau cyfansoddi / cynhyrchu eraill.
Teimlai Mei fod nawr yn adeg da i adlewyrchu ar ei gerddoriaeth o, a’r gerddoriaeth sydd wedi’w dddylanwadu fel Cymro balch. Canlyniad hyn ydy i Mei fynd ati i recordio caneuon poblogaidd a thraddodiadol o dan y teitl, Sesiynau Ty Potas.
Dywed Mei, “Ges i’n magu’n gwrando ar fandiau fel Tebot Piws, Hogia’r Wyddfa, Mynediad Am Ddim, Dafydd Iwan heb son am yr ystod o ganeuon traddodiadol o’n i’n canu tra yn yr ysgol ac yn y capel pan o’n i’n ifanc. Wrth deithio Cymru fel band a thra’n cynnal gweithdai efo pobl ifanc nes i weld a theimlo’r angen i gydnabod y caneuon yma, a bod dyletswydd i rannu a chario ‘mlaen efo’r traddodiad o’u canu am flynyddoedd i ddod, i’n plant ac o genhedlaeth i genhedlaeth.
Nes i fynd ati i gyd-weithio efo ystod o gerddorion talentog ac ail-recordio detholiad o ganeuon efo’r bwriad o greu naws ‘eistedd mewn tafarn traddodiadol, byrlymus.’ A dyma gyflwyno’r cyfanwaith o dan yr enw, ‘Sesiynau Ty Potas!” Lawnsiwyd y prosiect yn Acapela yn 2023, ac mae’n amlwg fod Mei wedi tapio mewn I galon y genedl gyda sawl uchafbwynt eisioes, gan gynnwys eu gig ‘cyfrinachol’ yn y Babell Len Eisteddfod 2023 gyda 2000 o Gymry yn cyd ganu.
“Dw i’n edrych ymlaen i gael hwyl tra’n perfformo’r clasuron yma; ac mi fasai’n braf agor y drysau i gynilleidfa newydd, a rhannu ein bod ni yma yng Nghymru efo clasuron ein hunain sy’n sefyll gefn yng nghefn gyda chaneuon gweddill y byd.”
Yn ogystal a bod yn un o berfformwyr a chyfansoddwyr mwyaf adnabyddus Cymru, mae Meiyn gynhyrchydd cerdd uchel ei barch, yn rhedeg label recordio Recordiau JigCal ac yn arweinydd Y Gerddorfa Ukulele.
Book a table for pre-concert dining
Acapela Studio provides pre-concert dining between 6.00pm and 7.30pm from our pizza oven. To view the current menu visit here.
Please purchase your concert tickets first before booking a table. We will not accept any table bookings that do not have a corresponding ticket purchase.
Then return to the event page to book your table, by selecting the date of your event, number of diners and time you require table. The times shown are the only vacancies left. Please complete your email and phone number as this is required to ensure your table is allocated. You will receive confirmation of your booking by email and text.
If on the date you have chosen no tables are available - no times will be shown and the booking system will revert you back to todays date - PLEASE ENSURE YOU BOOK THE CORRECT DATE!
PLEASE NOTE THE VENUE RELIES ON THE INCOME FROM DINING TO ENSURE WE CAN BOOK ALL THE GREAT ACTS PERFORMING.
Income from the provision of pizzas is very important to the venue and if you have booked a table it is a requirement that all people sat at tables order food - a salad alternative is available to pizzas. Please do ensure that all individuals will be ordering on your table - if this is not the case please cancel your table so others who are looking to dine can do so. Our apologies to raise this but recently we have had many tables (some very large) where less than 50% of those sat at tables have ordered food. Financially this is a real problem to the sustainability of the venue.
- All seating at tables must purchase a pizza - so please do not book a table if everyone is not eating.
- Please ensure that you arrive 10 minutes before the time slot allocated to order your pizzas prior to your booking time.
- Tables not seated within 15 minutes of the allocated time may be lost and allocated to other audience members wishing to order pizzas.
- If you wish to book a table for 6 or more please email info@acapela.co.uk
Please note that all of our pizzas are made fresh to order and cooked in an authentic wood-fired oven. It may take up to 45 minutes to be served during busy periods.
IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO BOOK A TABLE YOU CAN STILL ORDER PIZZAS ON THE NIGHT (USUALLY ON BUSY NIGHTS NO LATER THAN 7.15PM) AND WE WILL SERVE THEM TO YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE SAT IN THE VENUE - IN A PIZZA BOX.