Having watched Poldark and heard this wonderful song, Medhel An Gwyns (Soft is the Wind), written by storyteller and folk musician Mike O'Connor, there was nothing in the world that would have been able to stop me from doing a cover of it!
I love the haunting and authentic feel of the song, as if was written hundreds of years ago with lyrics worn down by the stone of time and modernised to our lingual understanding, rather than a song written in our time. It says a lot of the closeness to and knowledge about the Cornish culture and music it's writer possesses!
I have made my own guitar arrangement for it, as I always try to give covers my own touch rather than simply copy the original. I hope you enjoy it! :)
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