"Gwyneth Glyn is one of the most inspirational and consistent musicians in Wales and "Tro" is a kind of repositioning. After releasing three Cymru-centric albums between 2005 and 2011, she spent time supporting the Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita (himself an accompanist on "Tro") and collaborating, as Ghazalaw, with the Indian ghazal singer Tauseef Akhtar. Even though lyrically the song is quite different, the opening track "Tanau" has a dreamy Vashti Bunyan quality "Diamond Day"-style. The fourth track "Ffair" is a (...) setting of the supernatural "She Moved Through The Fair". Here "arranged and translated by Gwyneth Glyn", it is a fascinating development that (...) embodies and epitomises what that blurry entity we call "the tradition" is all about. Glyn also includes (...) three originals in English (...) - "Dig Me A Hole" is so good it seems destined for a "bright" June Tabor future ... A wow-factor release"

"The first thing that strikes us is the twang of a bansitar - provided by Rowan Rheingans of Lady Maisery and The Rheingans Sisters - and then the immersive, liquid tones of Glyn's voice. She has been compared to Joni Mitchell, and on this evidence that is not an exaggeration. There is also something of Vashti Bunyan in the deceptive simplicity of her words and melodies, while the eastern musical backing recalls some of Pentangle's more experimental moments ... The choice of supporting musicians on Tro is inspired. Employing the services of Seckou Keita is an impressive coup ... Rowan Rheingans provides banjo on Bratach Shi which along with producer and multi-instrumentalist Dylan Fowler's haunting lap steel gives the piece a pleasingly timeless, placeless feel ... Rheingans' banjo also appears on Y Gnawas (The Bitch), Glyn's startling reimagining of Karen Dalton's setting of Katie Cruel ... On Far Ago, Glyn takes a Joni Mitchell quote and weaves a whole, wise song out ofit,and fittingly it is the most Mitchell-like moment on the album, while the final English-language song, What's A Girl To Do, owes more to Anne Briggs ... As a whole, it is a poetic and deeply moving experience"