Music and politics. Do they mix?

I did an interview with 3 school students from Ysgol Gyfun Llanharri today that will be broadcast on BBC Radio Cymru C2 youth music show next Tuesday night. They asked me a series of questions about issues affecting them, and it was very challenging!

I have to say that farming is not my forte, and I was asked 3 questions on farming. I managed to answer using snippets of information from our agricultural policies and our work on Tir Mynydd, but having not seen the questions before today, I was quite impressed by the depth of the research the students had put in to the task, with A- levels coming up and all! If you want to listen, tune in next Tuesday.

I also chose 2 music tracks for the show next week. It was quite hard to do! I had to choose a Welsh language song as it's a welsh language station, and so Radio Luxembourg was the natural choice, as they are by far one of the better bands on the Welsh music scene at the moment. I also chose a Manics song- Prologue to History, but I was refused it because it has lyrics that show Kinnock in a bad light( BBC election rules!) I chose 4Ever Delayed instead from the B side album Lipstick Traces.

So I've done a blog on parental influences on my political persuasions. Now for the music! I could be here all day- from the Manics,to the Super Furries, Bob Delyn, to The Sex Pistols, Gill Scott Heron, India Arie, to Y Tystion, Nirvana, to Christy Moore and many many more........ I shan't bore you with them now though. It's too late in the night, and I'm tired!