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| 09:57 UK time, Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Super Furry Animals' lead singer Gryff Rhys will release an album with a Brazilian musician and '' Tony Da Gatorra on 26 July this year.
The album, The Terror Of Cosmic Loneliness was recorded and mixed in one massive session with long-time Furries collaborator Kris Jenkins at the helm.
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| 09:13 UK time, Tuesday, 30 March 2010
it is reported that filmstar Tom Cruise and his wife Katie Holmes believe that Welsh singer and TV talent show judge Charlotte Church could make it in America.
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| 17:13 UK time, Monday, 29 March 2010
Post categories: Artists,ÌýLive,ÌýNorth Wales
| 14:39 UK time, Monday, 29 March 2010
I'm not one for nostalgia, raking over the ashes of rock n roll's past in search of some dying embers of inspiration. However two of my favourite releases this year are coloured largely by the sound of yesterdays long past: Y Niwl's debut EP and The School's crafted and melodically sumptuous debut album, Loveless Unbeliever.
Post categories: Artists,ÌýAudio,ÌýInterviews,ÌýRadio,ÌýReleases,ÌýSouth Wales
| 13:41 UK time, Thursday, 25 March 2010
Kids In Glass Houses appeared on Fearne Cotton's Radio 1 and played two tracks in the Live Lounge: current single Matters At All and a cover of Marina And The Diamonds' hit Hollywood.
Post categories: Artists,ÌýMusic,ÌýPublications,ÌýSouth Wales
| 09:44 UK time, Wednesday, 24 March 2010
A special edition of 1990s Newport fanzine is available now, celebrating the life of TJ's founder and owner John Sicolo, who died last week.
Post categories: Artists,ÌýNorth Wales,ÌýRadio
| 09:37 UK time, Monday, 22 March 2010
This week's show features sets of live musical wonderment recorded at our recent happening in Hendre Hall, Bangor from Aberystwyth's Georgia Ruth, Tregarth's and Machynlleth's n. Have to get those hometowns / villages in there. It was a magical night and these recordings capture that perfectly. Poor blighters have to put up with me interviewing them, too, although John and Nia at least had the advantage of my recording equipment running out of juice partway through.
Post categories: Events,ÌýInterviews
| 14:24 UK time, Friday, 19 March 2010
Post categories: Artists,ÌýNorth Wales,ÌýWales Music Day
| 11:56 UK time, Friday, 19 March 2010
It's been a sad week for music-lovers: John Sicolo, Micky Jones, , , - all passing away within days of each other. The mood has been sombre. None of these men were friends, but the music they either made or encouraged was. Their legacies live on, of course, but there is still a sense of loss. When times are hard it's the good people we turn to for solace and inspiration, and there is less of both around at the end of this week.
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| 10:22 UK time, Thursday, 18 March 2010
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| 11:15 UK time, Wednesday, 17 March 2010
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| 10:25 UK time, Tuesday, 16 March 2010
The four finalists selected to take part in the Welsh Singers Competition have been announced.
The competition takes place every other year and is open to singers from Wales at the start of their careers. The winner goes on to represent his/her country in Ö÷²¥´óÐã Cardiff Singer of the World in the following year.
The picture above shows soprano Natalya Romaniw winning the 2008 Welsh Singers Competition. Natalya went on to reach the final of the Ö÷²¥´óÐã Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize in 2009.
Taking part in this year's final, at St David's Hall, Cardiff on Monday 28 June 2010, will be:
They will be accompanied by the Ö÷²¥´óÐã National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Grant Llewellyn.
Making the decision will be a high profile jury, made up of baritone Bryn Terfel, soprano Rebecca Evans, tenor Robert Tear, Director of Opera at the Royal Opera House, Elaine Padmore, and conductor and Cardiff Singer Music Advisor Julian Smith.
The winner receives a trophy and £2,000 and represents Wales in Cardiff Singer next year. Each of the other finalists receives £750.
See the for more information, and the for tickets.
Former X Factor contestant Rhydian Roberts is to perform in a new stage production of War Of The Worlds, joined by a holographic image of Welsh actor Richard Burton.
Post categories: Music,ÌýSouth Wales,ÌýTelevision,ÌýVideo
| 15:24 UK time, Monday, 15 March 2010
Post categories: Events,ÌýLive,ÌýSouth Wales
| 11:11 UK time, Monday, 15 March 2010
A five day festival planned for June at Pembrey Country Park is causing concern among residents of the area and nature lovers who fear the 20,000 capacity event will disturb the local wildlife and ecology of the country park.
Post categories: Music,ÌýSouth Wales
| 08:13 UK time, Monday, 15 March 2010
John Sicolo, founder and owner of TJ's nightclub in Newport, died yesterday at the age of 66. The ebullient, effervescent former Merchant Navy cook had run the venue on Clarence Place since 1971.
Photo courtesy of Leanne Sicolo
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| 17:37 UK time, Friday, 12 March 2010
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| 16:06 UK time, Friday, 12 March 2010
Post categories: Artists,ÌýMusic,ÌýSouth Wales
| 11:37 UK time, Thursday, 11 March 2010
Man founder member - and the only member to have been in every line-up of the band - Micky Jones, has died today, aged 63.
that the prog rock band's guitarist passed away after a long illness.
Live Music Forum founder Phil Little is quoted by Music Week: "In the early seventies they were one of the biggest named bands. When people talk about Man they often mention Deke Leonard, but Micky Jones was the only member of Man who was in every line up."
The annual (SxSW) music festival, happening from 17-21 March in Austin, Texas, will be playing host to a range of Welsh businesses and music attempting to secure valuable exposure in America and around the world.
Post categories: Artists,ÌýEvents,ÌýLive,ÌýNorth Wales
| 11:13 UK time, Wednesday, 10 March 2010
The first raft of acts for this year's festival have been announced, with N-Dubz, Maximo Park and Wales' own Los Campesinos! among the top names.
Post categories: Artists,ÌýNorth Wales,ÌýRadio
| 09:35 UK time, Wednesday, 10 March 2010
This week's show features superlative live recordings from our gig in Bangor last Saturday evening.
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So, you get a track each from Georgia Ruth, and , , and .
Post categories: Artists
| 15:38 UK time, Friday, 5 March 2010
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| 10:15 UK time, Friday, 5 March 2010
In a wide-ranging Budgie lead singer Burke Shelley has discussed his band's career highs and lows, the support of the band from Metallica and how they played huge gigs during Poland's political maelstrom of the 1980s.
Post categories: Music
| 11:42 UK time, Thursday, 4 March 2010
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| 11:20 UK time, Thursday, 4 March 2010
The National Eisteddfod has who will be appearing at the annual celebration of Welsh culture which is being held this year in Ebbw Vale.
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| 10:47 UK time, Thursday, 4 March 2010
A Welsh male voice choir recruited entirely through social media site has been booked to perform at the Millennium Stadium before the Wales v Italy Six Nations match later this month.
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| 10:31 UK time, Thursday, 4 March 2010
Following the Ö÷²¥´óÐã's strategy review on its future, which proposes axing the 6 Music and Asian Network radio stations plus half the corporation's websites, Cerys Matthews has added her voice to the growing calls to save 6 Music, on which she is a presenter.
Post categories: Artists,ÌýAudio,ÌýRadio,ÌýWales Music Day
| 10:02 UK time, Thursday, 4 March 2010
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| 10:20 UK time, Wednesday, 3 March 2010
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| 13:41 UK time, Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Post categories: Artists,ÌýMusic,ÌýReleases,ÌýSouth Wales
| 11:11 UK time, Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Lucie Jones, the Welsh contestant booted off the show in controversial circumstances in favour of , has announced a charity single in aid of .
Lucie, along with Kym Marsh, Carol Decker, Penny Smith, Liz McClarnon, Sonique and The Cheeky Girls, will record a version of Cyndi Lauper's Girls Just Wanna Have Fun to run alongside the charity's Race For Life.
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| 10:48 UK time, Tuesday, 2 March 2010
2010 has announced its line-up of artists performing at the event which runs from 25-27 June and is held at Deeside's College's Northop campus.
Post categories: Artists,ÌýLive,ÌýSouth Wales
| 09:39 UK time, Tuesday, 2 March 2010
has announced a summer gig at the this summer.
, the ex-Beatle, ex-Wing and solo star will be trawling "through over five decades of material covering his solo work, massive hits from rock band Wings and, of course, the timeless classics from The Beatles."
The concert is scheduled for 26 June 2010.
After an incredibly busy day yesterday for Wales Music Day, we're now going through the wealth of video footage we captured. First up we've got Kids In Glass Houses and Georgia Ruth Williams.
Post categories: Audio,ÌýMusic,ÌýNorth Wales,ÌýRadio,ÌýWales Music Day
| 18:19 UK time, Monday, 1 March 2010
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| 17:59 UK time, Monday, 1 March 2010
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| 17:01 UK time, Monday, 1 March 2010
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| 14:03 UK time, Monday, 1 March 2010
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| 13:30 UK time, Monday, 1 March 2010
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| 11:22 UK time, Monday, 1 March 2010
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| 10:02 UK time, Monday, 1 March 2010
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