WELSH MUSIC PRIZE | LIVE REPORT
WELSH MUSIC PRIZE | LIVE REPORT A hugely deserved victory for an incredibly talented musician and his simply stunning debut album. Meilyr Jones’ unique voice, and those luxurious lyrics carved …
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WELSH MUSIC PRIZE | LIVE REPORT A hugely deserved victory for an incredibly talented musician and his simply stunning debut album. Meilyr Jones’ unique voice, and those luxurious lyrics carved …
HOYFEST | LIVE REVIEW The Gate Arts Centre, Cardiff, Fri 18 + Sat 19 Nov A simply decorated space complete with colourful bunting created a good escape from the …
ALTER BRIDGE | LIVE PREVIEW Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Mon 28 Nov Back again in Cardiff, following on from the release of latest album The Last Hero, American rockers Alter Bridge …
Electronic music always comes with baggage and expectation. Popular thought, quite often, relates most electronic music to urbanisation and metropolitan life. The question arises, then, of how an electronic artist …
BLACK STONE CHERRY | LIVE REVIEW St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Fri 18 Nov St David’s Hall was packed out by leather-clad lovers of rock‘n’roll for the opening night of …
DEACON BLUE | LIVE REVIEW St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Tue 22 Nov Say what you will about the quality of some of the acts that pass through the doors …
REBECCA FERGUSON | LIVE REVIEW St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Mon 14 Nov Go on, admit it. You arrive just before the headline act so you don’t have to sit …
LUDOVICO EINAUDI | LIVE REVIEW Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Sun 20 Nov The Millennium Centre is lit up in a warm, welcoming red tonight as streams of …
PLANET ROCK ROADSTARS | LIVE REVIEW The Globe, Cardiff, Fri 18 Nov On a cold November night, The Globe is about to get hot with blues-rock guitar shredding that …
PANIC! AT THE DISCO | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Fri 18 Nov It takes a die-hard Panic! At The Disco fan to queue up to be slammed against …
STEVE ‘N’ SEAGULLS | LIVE REVIEW The Globe, Cardiff, Wed 16 Nov The gig was a sell-out. Fans were queuing down the street. It seems that country band Steve …
The Italian Film Festival (IFFC) in Cardiff began last year with the simple aim of moving beyond La Dolce Vita. Aware that many people knew nothing more about Italian cinema …
FRANK VIGNOLA & VINNY RANIOLO | LIVE REVIEW Sunflower & I, Cardiff Bay, Sun 13 Nov Rock’n’roll certainly has its share of guitar giants but so does jazz. Cardiff …
ESTRONS | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Fri 11 Nov If ever there was a band that could blow up the new music scene, it’s the explosive Cardiff-based …
Christine Otten (World Editions) Anyone with strident opinions about the issue of appropriation in literature may be intrigued by this: a quasi-biographical novel about the lives of The Last Poets, …
You may think you don’t know Ludovico Einaudi, the celebrated Italian pianist and world-renowned composer, but you’ve definitely heard his work in films such as Black Swan, I’m Still Here, …
With so many film and television productions choosing this green land of ours, it goes without saying that Wales is becoming a TV and movie magnet. But, there is nothing more …
Compound @ Jacob’s Market, Cardiff Fri 18 Nov More techno this month, with the second excursion from a recent addition to Cardiff’s nicely-rolling scene who made their opening statement last …
The Boiler House, Cardiff Sat 19 Nov Celebrating 18 years behind a spray can, this is the launch night of the first solo show by Bryce Davies aka Peaceful Progress, …
In one of her first live performances since she was noticed by TV executives at her 2001 Edinburgh Fringe show, and her first tour ever, award winning comedian, actress and …
“Most of the guys in the band are from Bahrain, which has a really sunny climate, so most of the year around, it’s really hot and sweaty, so there’s a …
Luke Owain Boult speaks with the new Artistic Director of National Theatre Wales, Kully Thiarai, about her recent appointment and her what she hopes to achieve with the organisation. How …
This month’s DVD picks: LONG WAY NORTH**** PG (SODA Pictures) This French-Danish animation’s unique style is the first thing to draw you in, almost resembling Cold War propaganda posters. It …
Olivier Messiaen once called his faith ‘the great drama’ of his life. It was the core of his whole existence, the internal reassurance which provided him with the endurance to …