Only Men Aloud may have given Welsh choirs a showbiz sheen, but in the valleys numbers are falling. Jude Rogers on the battle to save a cornerstone of Welsh cultureA school canteen after-hours, the shutters closed and the chairs stacked, makes for a peculiar music venue. But this is home to the oldest amateur male-voice choir in Wales, which I'm watching rehearse on a quiet Monday evening in the village of Dunvant, near Swansea. The room is a sea of white hair and pink scalps, and bellies b...
Guardian Music — Only Men Aloud may have given Welsh choirs a showbiz sheen, but in the valleys numbers are falling. Jude Rogers on the battle to save a cornerstone of Welsh cultureA sc... more info