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Georgia Ruth – Driving Dreams

Driving Dreams, the new single by Georgia Ruth – out now!

Taken from the forthcoming album – Cool Head – released by Bubblewrap Collective on June 21st 2024

Cyn Cwsg – Asgwrn Newydd

Fideo wedi’i saethu yn Queen Street, Caerdydd.

Cyfarwyddo, cynhyrchu a golygu: Aled Victor
Mwddrwgs cynorthwyol: Twm Ebbsworth a Carwyn Selway

Rhan o gronfa fideos Pyst x Lŵp S4C | Part of Pyst x Lŵp S4C music video grant

UNTRO

PYST is delighted to announce UNTRO, a system that will support new Welsh artists to release their first single and create promotional opportunities for those singles. Forming a partnership between PYST, Creative Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, Lŵp/S4C and Klust, UNTRO is launched to represent, coordinate and promote tracks from new artists from Wales, providing them […]

Son of Chamber Symphony: UPROAR

UPROAR – Wales’ New Music Ensemble returns with its latest project for 17 musicians, championing some of the most exciting voices in Welsh classical music today alongside multi-award-winning international composers.

UNTRO

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Releasing the first singles of artists from Wales.   Partnership between PYST x Lŵp x Radio Cymru x Klust x Creative Wales.

Rufus Mufasa

Artist of the Month is a feature where we put the spotlight on the incredible work of one of our members.

Our Artist of the Month for March is Rufus Mufasa, a pioneering participatory artist, literary activist, poet, rapper, singer songwriter, theatre maker, and last but not least, Mother.

From Barbican Fellow to the first Future Generations Act Poet in Residence, Rufus also works internationally, securing literary residencies from Hay Literature Festival to Sweden, Finland, Indonesian, and Zimbabwe, but always returns to People Speak Up in Llanelli, Wales, promoting hip hop education, performance poetry and intergenerational development, and was appointed their Poet on Prescription 2021. A Hull ’19 artist in conjunction with BBC Contains Strong Language, Flashbacks and Flowers is her debut collection, published by Indigo Dreams, awarded for their innovation in publishing and Rufus won the International Poetry Award 2022 for this. Rufus’ work explores motherhood, the spirituality of ancestry, class, climate chaos, transgenerational trauma, the divine & the domestic, feminism & faith.

Green Man 2024

Tickets sold out.

15th – 18th August 2024 

Get to know the line up here!

FOCUS Wales 2024

FOCUS Wales is back and will take place over 9-11 May 2024 in Wrexham!

Get your tickets here!

Eden – Siwgr

Eden – the legendary Welsh girl group are releasing their second single of the year ‘Siwgr’.

Following the success of ‘Caredig’ last month (the video being watched over 40,000 times within the first 24 hours) the band are ready to unleash their next banger in the form of a bluesy Princey pop tune penned by Yws Gwynedd, Rich James Roberts and Ifan Siôn Davies.

Non, Emma and Rachael, who all turn 50 this year, are proud to be demolishing stereotypes and pushing boundaries of what’s possible in the Welsh language music scene.

Although they formed over 30 years ago, it looks like 2024 will be their busiest year to date, with more exciting music to come – watch this space.

Sesiwn Fawr Dolgellau 2024

Sesiwn Fawr Dolgellau –  First wave of #SFD24 artists announced

 18-21.07.24 – Dolgellau, Gwynedd

Tickets on sale 1 March here


More information soon

UNTRO

Announcing a system to support new Welsh artists

Los Blancos – Mas Adrian Mas

Dyma Mas Adrian Mas, oddi ar albwm newydd Los Blancos – Llond Llaw

Cyfarwyddwr: Owain Jones
Cyfarwyddwr Ffotograffiaeth: Gareth Bull
Cynorthwyydd Camera: Maisy Williams
Golygu: Pixy Jones
Cynhyrchu: Ynyr Morgan Ifan, Owain Jones & Catrin Morris

GIG KLUST 04

Next stop, CDF — Delighted to announce that Paradise Garden will be home for our next showcase on Sunday 11th February, celebrating the launch of our second zine with a stacked line-up featuring Dafydd Owain, Gillie, Cyn Cwsg, Lila Zing + Keyala.


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CWRW

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CWRW, formerly known as The Parrot, is a creative hub in Carmarthen, Wales that was established in 2019. Its mission is to support and foster emerging talent from the local community. Hosting a diverse range of events, from spoken word and comedy to live music, CWRW has provided a stage for numerous renowned artists. It […]

gwilym. – ti ar dy ora’ pan ti’n canu

Actorion
Gwern Phillips
Elis Pari

Cynhyrchu, Cyfarwyddo a Golygu
Elis Derbyshire

Ymchwilydd a Cydlynydd
Buddug Roberts

DOP a Grade
Dafydd Huws

Uwch Gynhyrchydd
Aled Wyn Jones

Rheoli Cynhyrchiad
Iona Rhys

Gyda diolch i
Pontio Bangor
Lowri Watcyn Roberts a Kenny Lee Roberts

Chris Tally Evans

Happy New Year to everyone from team DAC! To kick off the year we are thrilled to be restarting Artist of the Month, where we put a spotlight on the brilliant work of one of our members.

Artist of the Month for January will be the actor and musician Chris Tally Evans.

‘My album, Cooking Blind, is now streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and about another 147 other platforms I’ve never heard of. The album deals with issues of disability, mental health, loss and love. A recording project with Clovis Phillips, a seriously talented multi-instrumentalist with a studio just up the road from me in rural Mid Wales. All songs on the album, Cooking Blind, were written by me, some indeed forty years in the making.’

If you are a DAC member and would like to take part in Artist of the Month get in touch with your Arts Officer. Information about how to become a member can be found here.

Gareth Churchill – Trepanator

Trepanator (2023), for soprano and oboe. Developed in association with Wellcome Collection. Commissioned by Disability Arts Cymru and Cymru Fenis 10, Arts Council of Wales. Performed by Joanne Roughton-Arnold (soprano) and Vicky Richmond (oboe).

Adlais 2 Live

Adlais will sing from the hills with a female- fronted line-up in The Foundry, Brecon on March 2nd 2024 at 19.00. The Adlais team are excited to deliver what will be a Saturday night to remember, with pop-infused thrills from Macy, Ivor Woods and Elin Grace. 

TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE 

GIG KLUST 03

Delighted to announce that Klust’s third showcase event will take place at the Victoria Dalston in London on 01 December, with Gwilym, Sywel Nyw, Talulah + DJ PalmerViolet supplying the goods. Tickets on sale now!

Carwyn Ellis a Colorama – Llythr Y Glowr

Filmed by On Par Productions at The Gate Arts Centre, Cardiff.

‘Llythr Y Glowr’ (‘The Miner’s Letter’) is a Welsh language translation of the Colorama song ‘In Your Memory’, which featured originally on their Some Things Just Take Time album in 2017. The welsh version saw only a very limited release at the time (only via YouTube and Bandcamp!) but has become something of a favourite with the DJs and listeners of BBC Radio Cymru over the years since then. The song itself takes the form of a final letter written by a miner trapped underground, addressed to his sweetheart whom he implores to carry on with her life and be strong, but to never forget him.

Bitw – Old Hands

Bitw – Old Hands
from the album ‘Rehearse’ released 1.12.2023
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Diolch i Gwion Llewelyn, Alex Morrison, George Amor, Mari Morgan & Lowri Ifor

Camera: Daf Hughes
Hat: H. Hawkline

Adwaith – Addo

Dyma’r fideo i sengl newydd Adwaith – ADDO – sydd allan heddiw.

Yn dilyn rhyddhau ‘Bato Mato’, ail albwm Adwaith aeth ymlaen i ennill y Wobr Gerddoriaeth Gymreig 2022, roedd y band o Gaerfyrddin yn awyddus i ddychwelyd i natur amrwd eu sain gynnar. Mae ‘Addo’, sef cipolwg cyntaf o drydydd albwm y band fydd allan flwyddyn nesaf, yn gweld Adwaith yn mynd yn ôl i’w gwreiddiau gyda thrac agored, adeiladol a llac.

Yn dwyn ysbrydoliaeth gan artistiaid fel Juliana Hatfield a Hole, daeth ‘Addo’ at ei gilydd yn Black Bay Studios yn yr Hebrides, Yr Alban – gyda neb llai na James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers) yn chwarae gitâr ar y trac. Er bod y sengl wedi’i ddylanwadu gan felodïau disglair Breeders a Liz Phair, yn delynegol, ‘Addo’ yw un o ganeuon tywyllaf y triawd hyd yma. Eglura’r band: “Mae ‘Addo’ yn ymwneud â pherthnasau sy’n eich blino chi. Mae’n ymwneud â gofalu am rywun sy’n hunanddinistriol lle nad yw’n poeni amdanyn nhw ei hunain, a sut mae hynny’n cael effaith ar eich barn chi am y byd a’r bobl o’ch cwmpas.”

Cynhyrchydd Fideo / Video Producer : Aled Wyn Jones
Director of Photography & Editing: Ren Faulkner
Camera: Siôn Gwyn

Angel Hotel – Oumuamua

Mae’r retro-rockers Caerdydd ‘Angel Hotel’ yn ôl gyda cân heintus arall sy’n siŵr o fynd yn sownd yn eich pen. Eu trac newydd ‘Oumuamua’ sy’n cael ei ganu’n gyfan gwbl yn Gymraeg, yw’r trac diweddaraf i arddangos eu gallu dwyieithog naturiol. Wedi’i disgrifio fel “teyrnged chwareus, tafod-mewn-boch i’r gwrthrych gofod dirgel”, mae’r gân yn cyfuno alawon a synths unigryw Angel Hotel gyda chwarae ar eiriau clyfar.

Meddai’r canwr Siôn, “Cawsom hwyl fawr yn ysgrifennu a recordio cân am aliens, rydym wrth ein bodd yn meddwl beth allai fod allan yna, gan obeithio o bryd i’w gilydd nad ydym ar ein pennau ein hunain. Ac roedd y fideo yn hwyl i’w saethu o amgylch ein tref genedigol. Allwn ni ddim aros i bawb glywed ein hantur cosmig Gymraeg.”

Ar ôl cynnydd cyson gyda senglau fel ‘Key Largo’ a ‘Bump’, mae Angel Hotel yn parhau i gyflwyno “tiwn ar ôl tiwn a dim arwyddion o stopio” (Nation.Cymru). Gyda sylw gan cyson gan raglenni radio BBC, premières fideo S4C, a’u dawn ar gyfer pop chwaethus, mae’r diweddaraf gan Angel Hotel allan o’r byd!

Fideo gan Rhys Davies.

Adlais

Echoing the best new sounds from Wales.

Adlais, presented by Connor Morgans, is a brand supporting Welsh musicians through live events, playlisting and more.

Gillie – Toddi

Filmed & Edited by Finlay O’Hara and Directed by Gillie Rowland