“Letting people’s minds go wild – that’s why I do songwriting” – Ones to watch: THE MALAKITES
With Cardiff indie rockers The Malakites making a name for themselves, Emma Way found there was no better time than the present for a chat with them.
With Cardiff indie rockers The Malakites making a name for themselves, Emma Way found there was no better time than the present for a chat with them.
Oliver R. Moore-Howells receives both banter and insight from comedian Ray Bradshaw whose live sets are inspired by deaf parents.
As Dry Cleaning vocalist Florence Shaw looks ahead to the band's Tramshed show, Florence and Emma talk lyrical observations, performing for Jimmy Fallon and inspiring Paramore.
Hari Berrow talks to playwright Bethan Marlow about adapting cutting YA narrative Pijin ahead of Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru and Theatr Iolo’s co-production this month.
Ahead of his biggest headline set yet, hip-hop artist Andrew Ogun captures his pre-show thoughts and explains why his music is best served to the introspective amongst us.
Ahead of his upcoming UK tour, Carl Marsh quizzes Welsh standup, Glee Club resident promoter and Buzz interviewer of yore Robin Morgan.
Back on the road promoting her fifth album, Carving Canyons, American singer-songwriter Lissie reflects on 12 years in the music biz with Hannah Collins – from going independent to catching David Lynch’s eye.
The Silence Project is the debut novel by Pembrokeshire-based Carole Hailey, which takes in a global wave of self-femicide, a vow of silence, and the value of listening to one another.
Szwé takes Emma Way on a whistlestop tour including the deluxe release of his Holy Glory album, fatherhood and judging the Welsh Music Prize.
As groundbreaking synth/prog/proto-chillout album Tubular Bells tours the UK 50 years after its release, Rhonda Lee Reali speaks to Robin Smith.
One area Cardiff perhaps lacks in is queer, music-focused events, so the debut of CINC ought to go down well with anyone who fancies a night where you can be completely yourself.
Having began 2023 by releasing anthemic indie rock number Far Too Soon, Cardiff five-piece Basic State tell Craig Strachan they’ve matured since being born as a band into COVID.
Reformed YouTuber JaackMaate’s Happy Hour is currently the most popular British podcast. Amy Wild got the lowdown from Jaackmaate, Stevie White, and Robbie Knox.
Entering 2023 with The Wreckage, his first release as Sweet Baboo in half a decade, Stephen Black’s much-loved pop alias charmed John-Paul Davies something rotten.
The Darkness remain an uncrushable institution of British rock. Carl Marsh spoke to bassist Frankie Poullain ahead of their appearance at the Cardiff International Arena.
Black Stone Cherry recently celebrated 20 years as a band with a Beatles-esque rooftop gig in Nashville. Now, their return to the UK – a co-headline jaunt with The Darkness – starts in Cardiff.
Named Rough Trade’s album of the month and supported by a flurry of release-week shows, Get Real has been a long time coming for the Church Village Collective, better known as CVC.
From churches to TV to tours to a country wellness retreat, there’s nowhere Charlotte Church can’t call home – even if ‘home’ is ever-changing.
Chloë Edwards spoke to Ella Vaday and Kitty Scott-Claus about their upcoming Christmas tour, the changing landscape of British drag, and who caught their eye in Drag Race UK, Season 4.
Though not a household name, conductor and composer Andrew Cottee’s collaborators certainly are. This December, he's staying closer to home though: helming BBC NOW's festive celebrations.
Ahead of the New Theatre’s in-house panto opening, Buzz’s Rhiannon Farr popped in to chat with its cast, including Gareth Thomas and Ian ‘H’ Watkins.
Cardiff-based rap artist Charlie J has marked himself out on the local scene; now, new EP A Moment Later is being supported by three Welsh launch gigs.
Bubbling under on the Cardiff scene for a couple of years or so, the punky hip-hop hybrid sound of James Minas has been gathered up into an album, All My Love Has Failed Me.
Dead-on renditions of Fab Four classics in full regalia and Liverpudlian wit – it’s gotta be The Bootleg Beatles who's traditional pre-Christmas tour hits Cardiff on Wed 7 Dec.