Rheinallt H. Rowlands was Owain "Oz" Wright and Dewi Evans. They formed on the Isle of Anglesey, North Wales in 1991. Lushly orchestrated and sung mostly in Welsh, Rheinallt's music is used regularly on regional TV and radio. The writer Ben Thompson has compared them to
Scott Walker and
Johnny Cash. The duo formed as a one-off at the behest of Alan Holmes (
Fflaps/
Ectogram) for a spoof
Geraint Jarman tribute album. An attendant legend was devised whereby it was said that Rheinallt was an ex-quarry worker inspired to sing after hearing
Joy Division on the John Peel radi…
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