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JASON STADDON | ONES TO WATCH

August 10, 2021

Since picking up a guitar at the age of nine, Barry solo artist Jason Staddon has never looked back. Chris Andrews speaks to Jason, whose newest single Without The Fire is out now.

Category: Interviews, Music Region: South Wales

MR JUKES & BARNEY ARTIST | INTERVIEW

August 6, 2021

Mr Jukes, the funky solo alias of Bombay Bicycle Club frontman Jack Steadman, returns for his second album The Locket – and this time he’s teamed up with an MC named Barney Artist for a full set of jazzy hip-hop. Carl Marsh hears what makes the pair tick.

Category: Interviews, Music

THE WANDERING HEARTS | INTERVIEW

August 6, 2021

We catch up with these folky Brit-Americana types, who have slimmed down to a two-girl-one-boy trio for their brand new self-titled album, The Wandering Hearts. “We finished recording in Nashville …

Category: Interviews, Music Region: South Wales

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

August 6, 2021

Buzz's second set of weekly album reviews this week (don't ask) includes a set of womanly pop covers by Will Young, more measured classical by Max Richter, and intense meditations on Christianity by Lingua Ignota.

Category: Albums, Music, Reviews

STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL | LIVE REVIEW

August 4, 2021

Hats off to every band who performed, reports Owen Scvourfield, and a huge round of applause to everyone involved at Steelhouse for putting on a safe and friendly event amidst continuing COVID-related stress and disruption.

Category: Festivals, Music, Reviews Region: South Wales

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

August 3, 2021

The first of two sets of album reviews to be handed down to you this week, for reasons, features an eclectic crop of Dot Allison, Erasure, John Francis Flynn, Lump and Underdark.

Category: Albums, Music, Reviews

D:REAM | INTERVIEW

July 23, 2021

"Things Can Only Get Better", sang D:Ream in their mid-90s heyday – but things couldn’t have got much better at the time, so frequently did they bother the charts. And they’re back with a brand new album! Carl Marsh chats to Peter Cunnah and Al Mackenzie, and it turns out has some catching up to do…

Category: Interviews, Music

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

July 23, 2021

Five new albums including jazz from Slowly Rolling Camera and Snazzback, dub reggae from Mungo's Hi Fi and classic rock from David Crosby.

Category: Albums, Music, Reviews

RECENT WELSH MUSIC YOU MAY HAVE MISSED | REVIEW

July 21, 2021

Noel Gardner compiles a wide-ranging selection of independently-released music from Wales, featuring albums, singles, EPs, tracks, tapes...

Category: Music, Reviews Region: Wales-Wide

WITCH DIRECTOR GIO ARLOTTA | INTERVIEW

July 20, 2021

Carl Marsh speaks to the man behind this newly released documentary about WITCH – short for We Intend To Cause Havoc, they were Zambia’s biggest rock band in the 1970s, and Gio liked them so much he’s now their manager too!

Category: Film, Interviews, Music

STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL 2021 | PREVIEW

July 19, 2021

Much-loved Welsh mountainside rock and metal weekender the Steelhouse Festival has been through the wringer this year and last, but are set to triumph over the odds. Looking ahead to its return this weekend, Owen Scourfield salutes their nerves of steel.

Category: Festivals, Music Region: South Wales

TOP 10 | 2021 FESTIVALS IN WALES AND BEYOND

July 16, 2021

They said it would never happen, but this list says otherwise! Laura Fedeli brings you an indispensable quickfire guide to this year’s Welsh festival season, with a few cheeky trips a short distance across the border because why not.

Category: Festivals, Travel Region: Wales-Wide

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

July 16, 2021

Featuring! Cool Cymru revivalism from Boi; funky pan-whacking covers from Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band; an album recorded in two hours by Stephen Fretwell; and a brace of debut releases from side projects with acronymical names.

Category: Albums, Reviews

BLACK BOX: DANIELE DAVOLI | INTERVIEW

July 13, 2021

Carl Marsh speaks to Daniele Davoli, founder member of Italian pop/house colossi Black Box – if we wrote in tabloidese we’d call them something like “Ride On Time hitmakers” – about events old and new, including latest release Dreamlanders: a home listening-friendly rework of their debut album.

Category: Interviews, Music

BEYOND THE BORDER | FESTIVAL REVIEW

July 13, 2021

Alex Payne dives into the wide world of live storytelling at Beyond The Border, a Carmarthenshire festival making a triumphant return for 2021, witnessing the likes of Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, Will Pound and Stars And Their Constellations.

Category: Festivals, Reviews Region: West Wales

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

July 12, 2021

A big week for albums by relatives of more famous musicians – indeed there is not one, not four but THREE such releases in this perky little section! However, because Buzz thinks music should stand on its own merits, this familial connection has only been mentioned in one of the reviews.

Category: Albums, Reviews

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

July 2, 2021

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE AT THE GATES The Nightmare Of Being (Century Media) The guttural snarl that is a trademark of death metal will often hit you …

Category: Albums, Reviews

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

June 25, 2021

BEARTOOTH Below (Red Bull) Once a mere solo project for the band’s lead singer Caleb Shomo, Beartooth has exploded into a titan of the melodic hardcore genre in a matter …

Category: Albums, Reviews

BETHAN NIA | INTERVIEW

June 18, 2021

BETHAN NIA | INTERVIEW Self-described “ethereal Celtic folk from Wales”, a long, strange trip across the rivers and valleys of the music industry has finally yielded a debut album, …

Category: Interviews, Music Region: South Wales

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

June 18, 2021

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE BENJAMIN FRANCIS LEFTWICH To Carry A Whale (Dirty Hit) There’s something about Benjamin Francis Leftwich’s songs that, despite their simplicity, really get under …

Category: Albums, Reviews

RECENT WELSH MUSIC YOU MAY HAVE MISSED | REVIEW

June 17, 2021

RECENT WELSH MUSIC YOU MAY HAVE MISSED | REVIEW Doing these extremely useful and public service-y columns in alphabetical order means, for June, that “recent Welsh music” begins with …

Category: Music, Reviews Region: South Wales

THOSE DAMN CROWS ON BRINGING BACK LIVE MUSIC | INTERVIEW

June 15, 2021

THOSE DAMN CROWS ON BRINGING BACK LIVE MUSIC | INTERVIEW This weekend will see, in effect, the return of live ROCK music to the UK when the Download Festival …

Category: Festivals, Interviews, Music Region: South Wales

MINTY: OPEN WIDE | INTERVIEW FEATURE

June 11, 2021

MINTY: OPEN WIDE | INTERVIEW FEATURE The bizarro baby of late performance art legend Leigh Bowery, Minty’s avant-pop moves lit up the 90s music scene. Patrick Driscall was there, …

Category: Interviews, Music

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

June 11, 2021

DUSTIN O’HALLORAN Silfur (Deutsche Grammophon) Pianist and score composer Dustin O’Halloran’s first venture into the world of music was playing guitar and keyboards for the hugely underrated and wistful Los …

Category: Albums, Reviews

JASON STADDON | ONES TO WATCH

MR JUKES & BARNEY ARTIST | INTERVIEW

THE WANDERING HEARTS | INTERVIEW

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL | LIVE REVIEW

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

D:REAM | INTERVIEW

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

RECENT WELSH MUSIC YOU MAY HAVE MISSED | REVIEW

WITCH DIRECTOR GIO ARLOTTA | INTERVIEW

STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL 2021 | PREVIEW

TOP 10 | 2021 FESTIVALS IN WALES AND BEYOND

BLACK BOX: DANIELE DAVOLI | INTERVIEW

BEYOND THE BORDER | FESTIVAL REVIEW

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

BETHAN NIA | INTERVIEW

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

RECENT WELSH MUSIC YOU MAY HAVE MISSED | REVIEW

THOSE DAMN CROWS ON BRINGING BACK LIVE MUSIC | INTERVIEW

MINTY: OPEN WIDE | INTERVIEW FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

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