CVC’s rise from grassroots to Great Halls: the journey of south Wales’ party rockers
We sit down with rising party rockers CVC to hear how they've climbed the ranks of the Welsh music scene, from small venues to Cardiff's Great Hall.
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Welsh reggae’s finest ALEIGHCIA SCOTT: “People are listening all over the world”
Welsh-Jamaican reggae star Aleighcia Scott open up about her debut album Windrush Baby, her heritage, and upcoming TV appearance.
“There’s nothing like singing with your sisters” – ones to watch: THE DEBUTANTES
Sister duo The Debutantes talk 60s fashion, musical roots, and their new single, blending retro flair with fresh funk for today’s listeners.
Songs from the half-century: an audience with CHRIS DIFFORD of SQUEEZE
Fifty years after forming in south London, UK pop institution Squeeze have two new albums coming up, preceded by an extensive UK tour, which Chris Difford tells us all about.
BYWATER CALL’s Meghan Parnell on soulful songwriting and UK tour excitement
Bywater Call's Meghan Parnell talks songwriting, southern soul influences, and excitement for the band's upcoming Cardiff show.
80s icon NIK KERSHAW on four decades of hits, growing up with fans
A self-confessed studio perfectionist and an underrated instrumental whizz, Nik Kershaw recounts the successes and surprises as the leading pop star of 1984.
STEVE HACKETT reflects on GENESIS, 50 years of THE LAMB LIES DOWN, and his evolving legacy
Steve Hackett talks Genesis, the 50th anniversary of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, and his upcoming Cardiff tour in this candid interview.
With six shows in four years, the reunited quartet JLS can’t stay away from Cardiff
Eve Davies caught up with backflip sensation Aston Merrygold and farmer-turned-pop-icon JB Gill ahead of their Cardiff Castle show on Sun 7 July.
From Ohio to Cardiff: The National’s SCOTT DEVENDORF talks touring and family dynamics
Ohio quintet The National’s rise to stardom is an ongoing, 25-year project, and if you’re unlikely to find long-lens pap shots of the members in Heat, seeing them onstage in front of 10,000 people in Cardiff should say everything it needs to.
From a lockdown living room to huge dreampop sounds: One to watch: HALF HAPPY
Originally a living-room lockdown project, Cardiffian indie/dreampop quartet Half Happy found a receptive audience for their lush, expansive sound.
“If my EP was a movie, it’s a coming-of-age chick flick” – One to watch: AISHA KIGS
A rising pop/r’n’b experimenter based in Cardiff, Aisha Kigs describes circumstances leading to her writing debut EP Fire Hazard.
KARL JENKINS: the man behind the moustache, at 80
We speak to Welsh musical giant Karl Jenkins, the man behind the moustache, about his 80th birthday tour and his love of jazz.