“Accompanied by piano and bass, or occasionally playing guitar alone, she delivered a set of songs drawn from sources as diverse as Welsh hymnody and Bob Dylan as well as her own compositions.” - Source: Lleuwen Steffan on MySpace
Lleuwen appears to have been influenced by some of the greats, John Martyn, Ann Griffiths, Billie Holiday, […]

[Edited 31st Aug.] This year sees the 35th North Wales International Music Festival. The annual event is held at St. Asaph Cathedral, St. Asaph, Clwyd, and 2007’s festival ends on the 29th of September.
This year’s programme is looking pretty good with the Gala Concert kicking things off on Saturday 1st with an appearance from […]

Conductor Gareth Jones leads the Sinfonia in their Gala Concert at St. David’s Hall on the 9th of September with Llyr Williams at the piano.
The programme consists of Schumann’s Piano Concerto and Bruckner’s Symphony No 7.
Ticket prices range from £10 through to £30.
“Sinfonia Cymru combines diversity and excellence to create a unique platform for young […]

The jazz Saxophonist Courtney Pine is playing in St David’s Hall, Cardiff, on Saturday 8th of September. You can book online for the concert with ticket prices being £16.50 and £18.00.
If you’re in the area on the day, it’ll be well worth the money. Courtney will be playing tracks from his […]

Talking about promotion of music in Wales, the BBC has a great page for Welsh music. It’s pretty extensive and there’s a good listing of artists in their A to Z Profiles List.
It includes the big names such as the Stereophonics, the Male Voice Choirs and some of the small bands just […]

Well, it looks like we’ve fixed the technical issues with the Music pages here at ForumWales. Things appear to be working now but if you know otherwise or have spotted a problem, please let us know!
Thanks and apologies for the downtime.

“Music Theatre Wales is the UK’s leading touring contemporary opera company. We work in Wales, across the UK and internationally. We are dedicated to performing ground-breaking and stimulating contemporary chamber opera.” - source: MTW Website
MTW will be commencing their Autumn Tour in November 2007 playing five venues in the UK: Cardiff, London, Birmingham, Sheffield and […]

Click to Play:: ‘Tell us a Wilia‘ by The Shamoncies.

The Shamoncies are an eclectic collection of musicians coming together to record the album “How’s your mother . . . . father still working?“, which is available in record shops now, or via their website www.theshamoncies.co.uk. All the songs on the […]

Pembrokeshire Jazz n Blues Festival 2007
Friday August 24th - Sunday 26th
The Pembrokeshire Jazz n Blues Festival 2007 takes place in and around Fishguard, Pembrokeshire - an extremely picturesque town in one of the UK’s most breathtakingly beautiful counties and the only coastal National Park area in the country.
This year the festival is being held over […]

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