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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, 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
KLEP015

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

Gai Toms – CARU OK (Hysbyseb)

Noson yng nghwmni Gai Toms a’r atoms.

Set 1 – Caneuon Coll y clo. Gonestrwydd, galar, goroesi.
Set 2 – Gai Toms a’r atoms – BAIAIA!
(+ ambell glasur)

10/11/23 Neuadd Dwyfor, Pwllheli

24 /11/23 Galeri, Caernarfon


Ers y clo mawr, mae Gai Toms wedi bod yn gynhyrchiol iawn, ac wedi cyfansoddi digon o ddeunydd ar gyfer sawl albwm. Eleni, rhyddhawyd ‘Baiaia!’ (Gorffennaf 28 / Recordiau Sain), albwm 10 cân egnïol. Perfformiwyd cyfres o gigs llwyddiannus, a llawn, yn y Steddfod ym Moduan, ac yn edrych ymlaen i gigio mwy. Ydi, mae Baiaia! wedi gweld golau dydd, ond mae’r gweddill dan glo, tan rwan.

Collod Gai Toms ei fam, Gwenda, ym mis Ebrill 2020. Cafwyd angladd gyda 10 o fobl, a hynny oherwydd rheolau’r clo. Yn gyfansoddwr o fri, caeodd Gai ei hun yn ei stiwidio i ymateb yn greadigol i’r golled, a hynny mewn cyfnod dyrys dros ben.

Mae CARU OK yn daith teimladwy o onestrwydd a galar, i ryddid a phosotifrwydd ‘Baiaia!’

Dewch i brofi, dewch i gydymdeimlo, dewch i rannu, dewch i symud ymlaen, dewch i….
CARU OK!

Rogue Jones – Babette

Fideo gan / Video by : Nico Dafydd

Perfformwyr / Performers :
Bethan Mai
Steffan Ebsworth
Keziah O’Hare
Lee Weston-Zygadlo
Barry Waters
Ynyr Morgan Ifan

FORTÉ PROJECT 2023-24 APPLICATIONS OPEN NOW!

APPLICATIONS TO FORTÉ PROJECT ARE NOW OPEN! Do you create original music in Wales?  Are you aged between 16-28?  Are you looking to develop as an artist?  Then we want to hear from you! Head to our bio link to apply to be part of the next cohort of Forté artists

POP PETH DAU 1993

Historical music video releases up in KINO ANKST. Rescued from the dusty stockroom to celebrate Ankst’s 35th birthday!
We are proud to announce the appearance of high quality digital copies of the following Ankst video conps on Kino Ankst (all released initially on VHS) 

POPETH 1992
POP PETH DAU 1993

POPETH 1992

Historical music video releases up in KINO ANKST. Rescued from the dusty stockroom to celebrate Ankst’s 35th birthday!
We are proud to announce the appearance of high quality digital copies of the following Ankst video conps on Kino Ankst (all released initially on VHS)

POPETH 1992

POP PETH DAU 1993

Bendigaydfran – Pwy Sy’n Crio Nawr

Dyma sengl gyntaf unigol yr artist ‘euro pop’, ac mae’n gosod sylfaen i Lewis Owen i roi adenydd i Bendigaydfran. Cafodd Côsh eu cyflwyno i’r artist sy’n byw yng Nghaerdydd, wrth ryddhau ei ‘colab’ gyda Popeth, prosiect pop Cymraeg Ynyr Roberts gynt o Brigyn. Pleser wedyn oedd cael gwybod bod Bendigaydfran yn brosiect oedd am barhau gyda’r sengl ‘Pwy Sy’n Crio Nawr?’. Mae Lewis eisoes wedi bod yn llygaid y cyhoedd yn y blynyddoedd diwethaf wrth fynd yn feiral ambell waith ar TikTok, ond bellach mae’n gobeithio i’r gerddoriaeth bwysig y mae’n rhyddhau cyrraedd yr un uchelfannau.

Dywedodd Lewis, “Rydw i wedi cael digon o ddynion afiach sy’n rheoli fy mywyd fy hun! Dyna yw neges Pwy Sy’n Crio Nawr – y pŵer rydych chi’n ail-ddarganfod ynoch chi’ch hun ar ôl bod mewn perthynas gwenwynig. Mae hon yn gân ddawns gyda thempo cyflym a bass dwfn, gorfoleddus ac ecstatig yn ei naws fel noson llawn tân a chyffro pur. Mae yna fwlch ym myd cerddoriaeth Gymraeg am gerddoriaeth ddawns, clwb, cwiyr a dyma gân sy’n dathlu hwnna i gyd – dyma ni’n dathlu ein hunaniaeth a’r nerth sydd ynom ni oll.”