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Adam Walton visits an ancient yew tree in Llangernyw with The Joy Formidable's Ritzy Bryan - aka Shy Western - to discuss music inspired by nature-based scientific papers.

Adam Walton visits an ancient yew tree in Llangernyw with The Joy Formidable's Ritzy Bryan, a.k.a. Shy Western, to discuss her latest book and solo album ‘Hugger’ inspired by nature-based scientific papers.

Ritzy's aim was to extract stories and sounds from these scientific papers, capturing their very essence.

“I’ve come to see it as something deeper, a reminder of the connectivity that binds us. Grief, awe, love, wonder, they echo across species and are part of a shared journey that is universal and unifying.” – Bryan R. (Shy Western)

Produced by Stuart Russell.

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Music Played

  • Queen

    '39 (2014 Remaster)

    • Queen Forever (Deluxe Edition).
    • EMI.
    • 8.

  • Kate Bush

    Pi

    • Noble & Brite Ltd.

  • Björk

    Thunderbolt

    • Biophilia.
    • Polydor Records.
    • 2.

  • Yehudi Menuhin

    The Four Seasons: Spring

    • 100 Best Menuhin.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Shy Western

    Clydach

    • Hugger.
    • 4.

  • Shy Western

    Water Baby

    • Hugger.
    • 3.

  • Shy Western

    I Have The Sky

    • Hugger.
    • 9.

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