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Tuesday 3rd August 2010

Music produced by John Hardy and performed by Patagonian singer René Griffiths featured on BBC Radio 4's travel programme Excess Baggage, broadcast on Saturday 31 July. The programme is available to hear online with the BBC iPlayer service.

Presenter Sandi Toksvig heard about a great journey by Super Furry Animals lead singer Gruff Rhys to Patagonia, South America, to find René Griffiths, who is a long-lost relative of Gruff.

Gruff's journey to Patagonia has been made into the film 'Seperado' which will be released in November 2010. René Griffiths is a singer & songwriter whose CD Celtica Latina is available from our shop.

An extract from the album track 'Chacarera' was played on Excess Baggage.

Chacarera


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