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Christmas Wishing and Hoping for the Blessed – the Cerys Matthews interview
If the phone goes and it’s a private number, I’m often on the offensive, wondering what dodgy scheme or other someone’s out to try and sell to me. But there was really no need for Cerys Matthews to formally introduce … Continue reading
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Tagged A Christmas No.1, A Christmas Wish, Alfie Boe, All Through the Night, Baby It's Cold Outside, BBC Radio, Cardiff, Catatonia, Cerys Matthews, Dylan Thomas, Fairytale of New York, Freida Pinto, Gavin and Stacey, Guy Chambers, Helena Zengel, Hue williams, Iain Templeton, Iwan Rheon, John Cale, Jools Holland, Llangollen, Mark Roberts, National Lampoon, Owel Powell, Paul Jones, Slade, Space, Steve Abbott, Swansea, Tom Jones, Tommy Danvers, Tommy Scott, Wales, White Christmas
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Turning on, dropping by and tuning in for the Swansea Sound experience – off to the Vale of Glam with Hue Williams
With so many new records in recent months it’s often been a case of ‘out at last’, albums long delayed after 18 or so months of lockdowns and various restrictions. But not the delightful debut LP from the remotely assembled … Continue reading
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Tagged 60 Ft. Dolls, Amelia Fletcher, Big Leaves, Catatonia, Catenary Wires, Dale Griffin, Glamorgan, Gruff Rhys, Heavenly, Hue williams, Ian Button, James Brown, John Peel, Kent, Live at the Rum Puncheon, Mark Cousins, Million Seller, Misty in Roots, Preston Pop Fest, Rhys Ifans, Rob Pursey, Robert Rotifer, Sea Urchins, Steve Gregory, Super Furry Animals, Swansea, Swansea Sound, Talulah Gosh, The Continental, The Fall, the Pastels, The Pooh Sticks
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Timeless cack-handed melodies – talking The La’s and Shack with Iain Templeton
“I’ve kind of been airbrushed out of their history really. I was busking in a band on Bold Street, and someone said, ‘The La’s are checking you out.’ I replied, ‘Ah, fuck The La’s. Syd Barrett meets The Beatles. Not … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Leaves, Catatonia, Chris Sharrock, Don Powell, Gary Lineker, George Davidson, Gorky’s Zygotic Mynki, Gruff Rhys, HMS Fable, Iain Templeton, James Dean Bradfield, John Head, John Power, Lee Mavers, Liverpool, Llangollen, Manic Street Preachers, Michael Head, Neil Finn, Newcastle, Nicky Wire, Pale Fountains, Rachel Diop, Ray Davies, Richard Parfitt, Ringo Starr, Shack, Solian, Super Furry Animals, The Kinks, The Kooks, The La's, The Pool Underground, Tim Finn, Toxteth, Zak Starkey
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Babelsberg calling – the Gruff Rhys interview
Three months after the release of a record he originally considered putting out two years earlier, musician, composer, producer, filmmaker and author Gruff Rhys is set to re-tread the boards around the UK, amid plenty of deserved acclaim for Babelsberg. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ali Chant, American Interior, Anhrefn, Babelsberg, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Cardiff, Catatonia, Gruff Rhys, H. Hawkline, Lily Cole, Lisa Jên Brown, Manic Street Preachers, Ray Davies, Royal Northern College of Music, Set Fire to the Stars, Stephen McNeff, Super Furry Animals, Wales
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