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Prosiect Porthi Pawb

Here’s the story and people behind the Porthi Pawb project that has been distributing food to the elderly and vulnerable in Caernarfon during the pandemic.

Digwyddiadau Digidol 1 : Sgwrs ac Arddangosfa Coginio efo Matt Guy

Ifan Tudur, a member of the Caernarfon Food Festival’s organizing committee, talks to chef Matt Guy over Zoom in the first of our series of digital events.
Matt, one of the chefs at our first festival, prepares Asian Beef, Koftas, Ragu and BBQ glazed beef using Welsh Luing Beef.

Ragu Eidion Luing gan Matt Guy

This video show the steps that Matt took earlier to prepare the Welsh Luing Ragu – the full recipe is on our webiste: www.gwylfwydcaernarfon.cymru

The Learned Society of Wales

The Learned Society of Wales is the national academy for arts and sciences.
Our Fellowship brings together experts from across all academic fields and beyond. We use this collective knowledge to promote research, inspire learning, and provide independent policy advice.

Learn more about our work HERE.

Trwy Brism Iaith | Through the language prism

Wales must not waste the political and cultural advantages of its bilingualism; a language festival and conference will hear later this month. This virtual international symposium will explore how Wales can make the most of its unique language heritage. It will consider how Wales can meet its wellbeing goals to create a vibrant culture and […]

Gŵyl Nantiaith: Caffi Meinir

These are the ingredients you’ll need to follow along with Laurent from Caffi Meinir’s cooking: The session will be available on AM at 1pm on 31 October as part of Gŵyl NantIaith: www.amam.cymru/gwylnantiaith This session will be suitable for learners broadcast with subtitles. Dyma’r cynhwysion ar gyfer y rysáit i wneud digon i ddau: 800G […]

Eyelet – Islet (Fire Records)

Eyelet is the third album from free-spirited trio Islet, recorded at home in the rural hills of Powys. With themes of death and rebirth presented in pysch pop, Eyelet is a glimpse into the colourful world of Islet.

Valley Boy – Luke RV (Valley Boy Records)

Luke RV is an up and coming alternative hip hop artist, singer and songwriter from Neath Port Talbot. Luke’s music is about everything from mental health to drug use. He burst onto the local underground scene in Cardiff with his debut single ‘Lost’ in 2018 which has amassed over 14,000 views on YouTube.

Ofni – Cotton Wolf (Bubblewrap)

Cotton Wolf is the collective moniker of Welsh ‘Super Producer’ Llion Robertson and classically trained composer Seb Goldfinch. Ofni (Welsh for fear) is the pair’s second release and their second Welsh Music Prize nomination. The new tracks showcase a bolder production with faster tempos and purer electronic sounds, alongside their trademark hypnotic, abstract and melodic […]

Pang! – Gruff Rhys (Rough Trade)

Gruff Rhys is back with his sixth album Pang!, 14 years after his first solo album. Recorded over 18 months, Pang! features musicians from across the globe, with Gruff’s Welsh language lyrics, bass from South African electronic artist Muzi and drums by Welsh-American Kliph Scurlock.

Sbwriel Gwyn – Los Blancos (Recordiau Libertino Records)

Los Blancos’ much talked about debut album is a proudly Welsh album that conveys the band’s recent experiences from heartache, rural isolation, friendship and alcohol to a love song to a dog. Sbwriel Gwyn is Welsh for ‘white trash’ which is how the band affectionately refer to one another.

Iaith Y Nefoedd – Yr Ods (Lwcus T)

The third album from Cardiff five-piece Yr Ods is a multi-medium, Welsh-language concept album created in partnership with Welsh author, Llwyd Owen. Iaith Y Nefoedd means ‘tongue of heaven’ and the album creates a Welsh world inspired by real life cults such as Heaven’s Gate and Jonestown. The band stays true to their pop melodies, […]

Lowri Evans

3 albums from Lowri Evans’ catalogue available on digital platforms for the first time!

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Chaos Wonderland – Colorama (Banana & Louie Records)

Chaos Wonderland is the seventh full-length album from Colorama, who deliver timeless, classic, expansive pop. The album reflects on the beauty and the chaos of the world that frontman Carwyn Ellis observed while touring with the Pretenders. When the world stood still in 2020, Carwyn and producer Shawn Lee regrouped to complete Chaos Wonderland which […]

Mai – Georgia Ruth (Bubblewrap)

Everything about this previous Welsh Music Prize winner’s latest album Mai is magical. From the location it was recorded in Aberystwyth’s iconic Joseph Parry Hall, to the themes of new motherhood and the search for virtual, this album is quintessentially Georgia Ruth.

A Vision In The Dark – Kidsmoke (Recordiau Libertino Records)

A Vision In The Dark is the debut album of Wrexham’s shimmering indie-pop quartet, Kidsmoke, encapsulating the feeling of summer, but with a new and distinctive twist. Having already been featured on Netflix hit series ‘Black Mirror’, this first album release has been highly anticipated.

Mirores – Ani Glass (Recordiau Neb)

Ani Glass is the persona of Cardiff-based electronic pop musician, producer and artist, Ani Saunders. Singing in her native languages of Welsh and Cornish as well as English, Mirores is Ani’s self-produced debut album which was awarded Welsh Language Album of the Year at the 2020 National Eisteddfod.

Steel Zakuski – Don Leisure (Group Bracil)

Beatmaker and instrumentalist Don Leisure is a familiar name in the world of beat driven, post-hip hop, electronic based music. Steel Zakuski is a delicate collage of musical moments and samples from a discovered series of rock, pop, rare groove and disco records from the U.S.S.R, predominately recorded in the late 70s and early 80s.

Zone Rouge – Right Hand Left Hand (Bubblewrap Records)

Post-rock duo Right Hand Left Hand are back with their third album and a second Welsh Music Prize nomination. ‘Zone Rogue’ tells the story of humanity’s contempt for the earth, air and people, with each of its 11 tracks referring to a location on earth where something bad has happened.

Al Lewis Music

Al Lewis is a bilingual singer/songwriter originally from North Wales now based in Cardiff. Al has so far released a total of 7 albums, his solo debut English language album ‘In the Wake’ was nominated for the inaugural Welsh Music Prize and his Welsh language albums have all spent multiple weeks at #1 on the […]

WOMEX 2020: Cerddoriaeth, Ieithoedd Brodorol, Argyfyngau Byd-eang a Fi | Music, Indigenous Languages, Global Emergencies and Me

In a discussion chaired by Songlines Editor Jo Frost, ShoShona Kish of Digging Roots (Canada) Lisa Jên of 9Bach (Wales), Gareth Bonello The Gentle Good (Wales), Brìghde Chaimbeul (Scotland) talk about colonisation, climate change, music and indigenous languages in the context of Covid-19, and look ahead to UNESCO International Decade of Indigenous Languages. Produced by Neuadd Ogwen  and in association […]

WOMEX 2020: N’famady Kouyaté

N’famady Kouyaté is a young master musician from Guinea, based in the Wales. N’famady’s primary instrument is the balafon – a traditional wooden xylophone, sacred to West African culture. N’famady plays as a solo artist and with a full band as The Successors of the Mandingue –his arrangements are a fusion of Mandingue African and […]

Shwmae, Su’mae! : O Tafwyl 2020

Tafwyl is Cardiff’s annual celebration of Welsh language arts and culture. The festival is organised by Menter Caerdydd; a charity who promote and extend the social use of the Welsh language in Cardiff.