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.
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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.
“I don’t want to sound like Robbie Williams but I wrote my new song in under 2 hours” – One to watch: JOYCE
Running Punks and former GB athelete Jimmy Watkins talks about his newest venture, Joyce, including how he collaborated with a Cure member.
Aberdare’s ascending blues-rock star LAURA EVANS on returning home & her love of small venues
Born and raised in Aberdare, Laura Evans is making a name for herself across genres from blues and soul to Americana. We caught up with her ahead of a UK solo tour.
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.
“You don’t have a gameplan when you write songs” – Grant Nicholas of FEEDER on 30 years of music
With a new album and UK tour on the way, Feeder frontman Grant Nicholas talks to us about the Newport's band's evolution.
“Conversations with the sun”: BOB VYLAN re-energise for new album
We got an audience with Bobby of grime-punk duo Bob Vylan to discuss sonic evolution, personal motivations, social responsibility, meditation and nature.
How shoegaze pioneers SLOWDIVE recovered from ‘career suicide’
Ahead of a UK tour that takes the regrouped shoegaze originators back to Wales for the first time in over 30 years, Buzz’s Teresa Delfino spoke with Slowdive’s Neil Halstead.