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Chris is most frequently compared to Meic Stevens, which is always a compliment, but his songwriting and guitar playing are more reminiscent of Bert Jansch or John Renbourn. Like all of these great characters and revered guitarists, Chris’ songs reverberate with a life hard-lived. His music had to take a back seat when he suffered two, major, debilitating accidents. These are, perhaps, the reason his name and his music aren’t better known.

When Chris recorded a session for Georgia Ruth’s C2 programme at the tail-end of 2013, the yearning, unaffected beauty of his songs – the truth in his rich baritone - reduced the battle-hardened engineers and production staff to tears. And yes, that’s as rare an occurrence as you might imagine.

(Written by Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Wales presenter Adam Walton)