Posts Tagged ‘Welsh music’
Harvest time! New Music Now Available
Words: Matt Innes It’s Spring in Australia. A glorious two weeks (if we’re lucky) when flowers bloom and people are bearable before the scorching heat of Summer ruins it for everyone. It’s also a great time for new music, of which MADCAP Global SWND Entertainment has plenty. Like a bountiful harvest, MADCAP Global SWND Entertainment…
Read MoreLaura Jazmyn: Ride or Die
Words: Jeremy Gluck [Editor @ MADCAP Global SWND Magazine] Laura Jazmyn, only just 18, is SWND’s discovery of early 2021, a remarkably gifted young singer-songwriter from South Wales. Catching the ears of SWND as the long sleep of lockdown was lifting, her SWND Records debut ‘Ride or Die’ comprises six new, original tracks recorded by…
Read MoreFeature: Little Big Man – An Interview With Phil Little
Words: Mike Kennedy [Guest Writer – Welsh Connections/SWND Records, Director | Oystermouth Radio – Presenter] The word ‘legend’ is used too freely these days but as a drummer there are a few drummers that I would class in that category. There’s Steve Gadd, Jim Keltner, Billy Cobham and Ringo – but one drummer in particular…
Read MoreFEATURE: We’ve Come to Steal Your Energy – The Job Interview
Words: Jeremy Gluck Guest Writer (Director, Welsh Connections/SWND Records – Musician – Artist) Yes, you read that correctly. Our good friend at SWND Records in Wales, Jeremy Gluck has gone above-and-beyond in his latest music journalism escapade. Shunning the ho-hum, standard Q&A format foisted upon bands, dear Jeremy presented Welsh band We’ve Come To Steal…
Read MoreAlbum Review: ‘It Might Be Hot Outside, But The Dirt Is Cold’ – Mahouts (2020)
Words: Jeremy Gluck Guest Writer (Director, Welsh Connections/SWND Records – Musician – Artist) “She had emerald eyes and she shaved her head!” So sings the refrain of ‘Don’t Tell Catherine’ heralding, in initial acoustic glory giving way to metronomic minimal rock, the first album by Mahouts, ‘It Might Be Hot Outside, But the Dirt Is…
Read MoreFEATURE: The Cosmic Array – No Country For Spacemen
Words: Matt Innes Somewhere in this vast universe of ours there is a point where sci-fi and country music meet, and it is called The Cosmic Array. The Cosmic Array are a Welsh band formed by Paul Battenbough (ex. No Thee, No Ess) and Huw Rees (ex. Rag Foundation, King Of Despair) in late 2012.…
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