BILL RYDER-JONES & SWEET BABOO are frank and open-hearted in acoustic sets
Sweet Baboo and Bill Ryder Jones are perennial exceptions to the rule that all acoustic singer-songwriters must be arse-numbingly boring.
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Cardiff’s Stephen Black – aka SWEET BABOO – is harmoniously unique on THE WRECKAGE
The Wreckage, from Cardiff's Sweet Baboo, really is an excellent album of songs that pay their dues but are thoroughly modern and refreshingly unique.
“The kids will enjoy the swearing more than the adults” – SWEET BABOO returns – solo – to Cardiff
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.
“I wanted to try a Judee Sill song but it morphed into a strange French Christmas song” – Ones to watch: GROUP LISTENING
Cardiff duo Group Listening craft clarinet-and-piano reinterpretations of some of their favourite songs, combining pop and avant-garde sensibilities.
Cardiff’s GROUP LISTENING craft relaxing reinterpretations of Brian Eno and more
Featuring two Cardiffians and arrangements of tracks by the likes of Brian Eno, Clarinet & Piano is a meditative and relaxing listen from Group Listening.
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