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.
Swansea music interview
Dentures out: THE PROCLAIMERS’ Charlie Reid on 40th anniversary, ‘anti-nostalgia’ era
40 years after the band's formation, Charlie Reid from The Proclaimers looks back their iconic harmonies, songwriting process, and forwards to their upcoming Swansea Arena gig.
“We never expected to be here 40 years on” – MADNESS frontman SUGGS reflects on music, life and loss
Suggs from Madness discusses their upcoming show at Singleton Park, their new album, and reflects on the band's legendary 45-year journey.
“You don’t want it to die. The music’s too good” – Ones to watch: DREAM STATE
Discover how Dream State, the post-hardcore band, made a comeback with a new EP and a sold-out tour. Aled Evans and Jake Bowen discuss the pressures of changing their name and what's kept Dream State alive.
“If it were easy, everybody would be doing it” – MATT GOSS on hard work, reinventing himself, and the golden experience
One half of 80s hearthrobbers Bros turned razzle-dazzle man, Matt Goss discusses his UK tour, Vegas residency, and desire to serve his artistic journey
“It needs to last forever” – Oldfield collaborator Robin Smith on TUBULAR BELLS at 50
As groundbreaking synth/prog/proto-chillout album Tubular Bells tours the UK 50 years after its release, Rhonda Lee Reali speaks to Robin Smith.
“People need something that feels good” – WILL YOUNG, the nation’s favourite after 20 years
Two decades in the pop biz, a fixture in the UK’s entertainment landscape and about to go on tour off the back of his third best-of album: it could only be Will Young.
“Soon as we got offstage at Knebworth I said ‘this is our place to be'” – Swansea’s PASTEL on supporting Liam Gallagher, forming a band
Support slots for Liam Gallagher at Knebworth and in Cardiff Bay, anyone? Carl Marsh spoke to Jack and James Yates, cousins and two-fifths of Pastel.
“GENESIS wasn’t fashionable then – and I’m still not” – FOXTROT at 50: prog icon STEVE HACKETT rolls back the years
Proggers of Wales assemble! The man behind that mega-deft guitar sound found on Genesis’ most esteemed 1970s LPs is coming to Swansea and Cardiff.
“The band has gone through a lot together” – ROYAL BLOOD drummer Ben Thatcher reflects on chart triumphs, ‘fresh start’
With a 2021 album burning a hole in their touring pocket, Sussex’s preeminent hard rock power duo light up Cardiff and Swansea arenas this March. Carl Marsh natters about that and more with Royal Blood drummer Ben Thatcher.
NEWTON FAULKNER | INTERVIEW
Close friends get to call this folk-rocking troubadour Sam Newton Battenberg Faulkner, and while Buzz’s Carl Marsh can’t quite claim that status, he had a perfectly pleasant chat with the man you and I call Newton Faulkner ahead of his three Welsh dates in October.
WENDY JAMES | INTERVIEW
Wendy James is still full of rock’n’roll vim and hungry to gig three decades after Transvision Vamp, the lurid pop-punk band that made her a star, went their separate ways. She and her band are touring the UK for the entirety of September, including two Welsh dates, as she enthuses to Carl Marsh.