The Hennessys are one of Wales' foremost traditional folk music groups. In 1966 Frank Hennessy and Dave Burns, both from Cardiff's Irish community, won a talent competition organised by Cardiff City Council which persuaded them to take up music professionally shortly afterwards, adding Paul Powell (born in 1946, in Cardiff - died 2007) on banjo and vocals.
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- The Hennessys are one of Wales' foremost traditional folk music groups. In 1966 Frank Hennessy and Dave Burns, both from Cardiff's Irish community, won a talent competition organised by Cardiff City Council which persuaded them to take up music professionally shortly afterwards, adding Paul Powell (born in 1946, in Cardiff - died 2007) on banjo and vocals. Having achieved success in the Cardiff area, they decided to spend some time travelling around Ireland, to acquire a wider musical experience. It was at this time that they were persuaded to develop a greater Welsh identity and they started to introduce traditional Welsh language songs into their repertoire, with great success, and their career took off. They appeared regularly on television in Wales, appeared on stage throughout the country and recorded several albums. Many of their songs like "Farewell to the Rhondda" (about the decline of the mining industry in Wales and its social consequences), "Tiger Bay" (about emigration from Tiger Bay, the Dockland district of Cardiff) and the capital's anthem "Cardiff Born" have become folk standards. The current line-up still includes Hennessy (on guitar) and Burns (on guitar and mandolin), who have now been joined by fiddle player Iolo Jones. Frank Hennessy has been hosting his own radio programmes on BBC Radio Wales since 1984.
- The Hennessys es el nombre de un famoso grupo de música folk de Gales. Originado en Cardiff, el grupo lo integran Frank Hennessy, Dave Burns y Iolo Jones.
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- Frank Hennessy and Dave Burns on stage at the Festival Interceltique de Lorient in Brittany.
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- Paul Powell, Aloma Jones, Tom Edwards
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- The Hennessys are one of Wales' foremost traditional folk music groups. In 1966 Frank Hennessy and Dave Burns, both from Cardiff's Irish community, won a talent competition organised by Cardiff City Council which persuaded them to take up music professionally shortly afterwards, adding Paul Powell (born in 1946, in Cardiff - died 2007) on banjo and vocals.
- The Hennessys es el nombre de un famoso grupo de música folk de Gales. Originado en Cardiff, el grupo lo integran Frank Hennessy, Dave Burns y Iolo Jones.
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