The Spring of 2000 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of the Gower singer and stepdancer Phil Tanner, now widely regarded as one of the finest traditional musicians the nations of Britain have produced. The anniversary is being marked with a new CD and a two-hour touring show, both carrying the name A Gower Garland, which will be spotlighted at several major events this year. The CD, the first studio album from Calennig in six years, was recorded at Doug Bailey's Wildgoose Studios in November and December and will be released by Wildgoose in March.

The show brings together five Welsh musicians from two bands with a deep interest in the music and traditions of Gower - Mick Tems and Pat Smith of Calennig, who have spent many years researching, recording and performing Gower material, and Swansea-based Rag Foundation, whose singer Neil Woollard is a great-nephew of Phil Tanner.