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Kizzy Crawford: ‘I am part of two worlds, in both I will thrive’
The singer-songwriter tells Chris Searle what inspires her great new album Can Yr Adar (Birdsong)
Deep roots: Kizzy Crawford [Rhys Thomas/Creative Commons]

 

“WELSH, English and Barbadian — I have a fantastic cultural heritage to be proud of,” Kizzy Crawford declares. And her love of nature, musicianship and language is what inspires the jazz of this gifted Welsh-Barbadian.

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