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Sister Envy's new single 'Tide' a sprawling psych and grunge tinged anthem & Debut appearance at Focus Wales
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This Day in Welsh History - April 23rd

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On this day 1927, Cardiff City won the FA Cup at Wembley Stadium against Arsenal. It was the first and only time...

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Watch: Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor singing in Welsh on US TV

As far as we can be sure, Elizabeth Taylor did not speak Welsh fluently. But one thing we do know is that thanks to...
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The awe-inspiring images of 'magical' sunrise on Yr Wyddfa

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Wrecsam National Eisteddfod Proclamation Ceremony to be held this weekend

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Former Victorian asylum set for new lease of life

Richard Youle Local Democracy Reporter A sprawling former Victorian asylum has new owners who want to convert it into...
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The Alarm add extra dates ahead of their USA Tour 2024

Tickets available for shows across the USA with extra dates being added for June/July.
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This Day in Welsh History - April 22nd

22nd April

Welsh connections to Star Wars * Richard Marquand, director of "Return of the Jedi" was born 22nd April 1938 in...

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Learn to sing Calon Lân with Welsh language learning app

Stephen Price Welsh language learning app innovators, SaySomethinginWelsh have created a free mini course to help...
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Plaid Cymru MS ‘disappointed' at Westminster’s refusal to grant St David’s Day Bank Holiday

A Plaid Cymru MS has criticised a “dismissive” response from Westminster to his request for an extra Bank Holiday for...
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New trains launched on Ebbw Vale line

Brand new trains have been launched on the Ebbw Vale line today (Monday 22 April) offering customers a more...
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Sister Envy's new single 'Tide' a sprawling psych and grunge tinged anthem & Debut appearance at Focus Wales

Ceri Shaw - @ceri-shaw
23 Apr 2024

Sister Envy · Tide Sister Envy return with their awesome second single ‘Tide’ on the 10th of May. The follow up to their warmly received debut single ‘ Mourning Sickness’ , the cinematic psychedelia of ‘Tide’ , grows from enveloping heart on the sleeve melodies, decorated in a carousel of psych tinged guitars into a sprawling epic anthem. ‘I’ll be the one to saves you’ promises Joliffe in a track that’s woozy, romantic, mysterious yet with a sting in the tail. Gradually swelling into a fuzz laden chorus that has elements of the shoegaze anthems of Ride. Verve or...

Grave Mistake by Phil 'Boz' Evans

Ceri Shaw - @philip-evans
22 Apr 2024

Tony Robinson looked nervously at the television camera. This was a first even for the ‘Time Team’ and its archaeologists. The deep scan of the Norman crypt at Morlais Castle in Merthyr Tydfil had revealed a hollow chamber behind the inner walls and the readings for metal possible gold and silver were going off the scale. Tony genuinely believed they had discovered a treasure hoard possibly confiscated from local Celtic chieftains in the 13th Century. He felt giddy at the prospect of being as famous as Howard Carter, who had discovered the unopened the burial chamber of King...

'Yn y Tŷ Hwn' by Sian Northey now published as 'This House'

Ceri Shaw - @ceri-shaw
21 Apr 2024

THIS HOUSE by Sian Northey Translated from Welsh by Susan Walton Published by 3TimesRebel Press Plastic-free paperback with French flaps & Wibalin® endpapers Pages: 190 ISBN 978-1-7391287-9-1 Price £12.99 / e-book £6.99 Our first translation from Welsh comes out this March. The fair trade independent publisher 3TimesRebel Press is excited to announce the publication of This House . It is the sixth fiction title in our groundbreaking and debate-sparking catalogue of works in translation written...

Deaf On The Nile by Phil 'Boz' Evans

Ceri Shaw - @philip-evans
21 Apr 2024

Cast of Characters Miss Arly Marble- a Septegenarian Tea- Total Lady from Yorkshire England (drinksYorkshire Tea)- deaf as a post – avaricious reader who mishears everything. (Glenys)Mrs Eira Ray- an Irish Nationalist Poet who is on the Cruise to Map the Tombs & Pyramids. (Abbie)Mrs Jane Dough - a retired Dental Nurse with an OCD complex and a limp. (Alison)Doctor De’ath- A Doctor who switches accents at Will.- (Curtis)Phil Le Delphia- A lawyer who specialises in Wills etc. (Jack)Mr Rhodes Drage- an Oxford Professor who has anger management issues....

Worldcub's new album 'Back To The Beginning' out 17th of May, a trippy jaunt through past lives and memory

Ceri Shaw - @ceri-shaw
9 Apr 2024

Worldcub release their new album ‘Back to the Beginning’ is out 17th of May. New single 'One Small Mistake' out on the 12th of April. Worldcub invites you on a jaunt through past lives and memory with their brand new concept album 'Back To The Beginning' a carefully crafted collection of tracks containing sharp hooks, joyous West Coast pleasure trips and contemplative stop-offs along the way. Beguiling lead single and title track rumbles through time and space, that opens up new worlds on the arms of a kraut rock groove. spacey guitar licks, splashes of keyboards,...

3 Periods of Prehistoric Wales That Gave Us Mysterious Ruins

Jaime Conrad - @jaime-conrad
4 Apr 2024

The era we refer to as “prehistoric Wales” comprises three periods: the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age. What makes these ages prehistoric? They are the periods of human history that transpired before written records of events. For Wales, this is anything before 48 AD when the Romans invaded. In terms of human occupation and settlement, prehistoric Wales covers the years from about 228,000 BC to 48 AD, when the Romans began their military campaign against the Welsh tribes. The timeline is based on the earliest human remains discovered in Wales, which date to 230,000 years ago—those...

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Siula new single 'Lucid Love' out now via Libertino

Ceri Shaw - @ceri-shaw
29 Mar 2024

SENGL NEWYDD SIULA, 'LUCID LOVE', ALLAN NAWR AR LIBERTINO Mae Siula, prosiect newydd Llion Robertson ac Iqra Malik, yn plethu pop-sinematig gydag alawon meddal ac mae'u trac diweddaraf, 'Lucid Love', yn gwneud union hynny mewn modd cwbl hudolus. Yn gerddorol, mae 'Lucid Love' yn gweu alawon chwerw-felys gydag hooks hypnotig, tra bod y curiadau cyson yn cydio'n hiraethus a'n efelychu arddull artistiaid fel y Cocteau Twins a Yazoo. Eglura Iqra: “Mae’r gân yn daith sy’n dangos cyfnodau o gariad a chaethiwed i rywbeth/rhywun, er eich bod yn gwybod nad ydynt yn dda i chi. Mae'n...

SYBS release new 'Canned Laughter' single via Libertino Sengl Newydd SYBS 'Canned Laughter' Allan Nawr ar Libertino

Ceri Shaw - @ceri-shaw
29 Mar 2024

SENGL NEWYDD SYBS, 'CANNED LAUGHTER', ALLAN NAWR AR LIBERTINO ‘Canned laughter’ yw’r gân gyntaf a ysgrifennwyd ar y cyd rhwng gitarydd SYBS, Kieran Macdonald-Brown, a’r canwr/gitarydd, Osian Llŷr. Mae'n nodi sengl ddwyieithog cyntaf y band a hefyd yn ein cymryd yn gam yn agosach at albwm cyntaf SYBS, fydd allan cyn diwedd y flwyddyn. Yn drac sydd â dylanwadau sy'n ymestyn o bossa nova i pync, mae 'Canned Laughter' yn dwyn ysbrydoliaeth gan bobl fel Mark E Smith (The Fall) a Dave Datblygu. Eglura Kieran: "Yn y bôn, 'Canned Chwerthin' ydy fi'n trio 'sgwennu cân SYBS ar ôl cael...

3 Reasons Ancient Woodland Wales Is More Valuable Than Ever

Jaime Conrad - @jaime-conrad
28 Mar 2024

Why is ancient woodland Wales so rare and valuable? Forests with trees dating back to at least the year 1600 cover only about 2 – 2.5% of the United Kingdom. However, these woods are the most biodiverse habitats in the country, are home to native Welsh broadleaf trees, and contribute to the environment in unique ways. Why are areas designated “ancient woodland Wales” special? These forests, which date back at least 400 years, are the most complex environment in Great Britain. They protect wildlife, help the environment through soil and air quality, and preserve another piece of Wales’...

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Silent Forum New Album 'Domestic Majestic' Out Now via Libertino

Ceri Shaw - @ceri-shaw
24 Feb 2024

With tongue-in-cheek humour throughout, the themes of ‘Domestic Majestic’ revolve around self-care in the face of the difficult and mundane early-2020s. Here’s the Email is the band at its angriest and mostdestructive - presenting the perspective of the disgruntled office worker, now working from home, juxtaposing corporate life lyrics with jagged post-punk chaos. “Here’s the email / Hope you are safe and well / Hope your family’s well.” Indie number Me but not Tired captures recurring thoughts that can plague our minds as we try to sleep (lyrics appropriately written...

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THE ‘DEFINITIVE’ BOOK ON TRYWERYN CHALLENGES ‘LEGENDS’ AND DEEPLY HELD OPINIONS ON THE DROWNING OF THE WELSH VALLEY

Ceri Shaw - @ceri-shaw
6 Jul 2023

BUY IT HERE 'Tryweryn: A New Dawn?' Whatever the complexities surrounding the flooding of Cwm Tryweryn, the construction of Llyn Celyn is widely regarded as a decisive event in Welsh history. The story resonates with Welsh people like no other, and at last, after twenty years of research, author Wyn Thomas has written a detailed study of the story published by Y Lolfa, and questions many widely held views. Two aspects of the Tryweryn story have attracted particular attention and comment in Wales: what is deemed to be Liverpool’s dubious justification for flooding Cwm...

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Attic Theatre Film Festival - An Interview With Glenn Ibbitson

Ceri Shaw - @ceri-shaw
24 Jun 2023

Attic Theatre International Film Festival 2023 Photos: 12 AmeriCymru: Hi Glenn and many thanks for agreeing to this interview. Care to introduce the Attic Film Festival for our readers? Glenn: The inaugural Attic Theatre International Film Festival is organised by the Attic Theatre, a group of artists, actors, writers, film-makers and technicians based in Newcastle Emlyn, West Wales, who are captivated by the medium of film. Our designated event team for ATIFF are; Carole King: an artist, bookbinder and printmaker -and the reluctant leading lady in...

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'Welsh Pioneers of the Skies, Elsa Spencer' by David Dell

AmeriCymru - @americymru
20 Nov 2015

MORE PHOTOS OF ELSA SPENCER HERE Many thanks to guest blogger David Dell for the article below about his aunt Elsa Spencer, "The Worlds' Premiere Parachutist" and for the superb pictures which are from plate photographs and have never been published before. You can buy David's latest book here:- Jack Swan: The Time Travel Disasters dgdfg Cardiff, August 1919. Elsa Spencer getting ready to ascend from Sophia Gardens. Ernest Thompson Willows had the title "The Father of British Airships" and Elsa Spencer, enjoyed the title "The Worlds'...

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Remember, Remember The 4th of November! - Welsh American Chartist John Rees in California

Ceri Shaw - @ceri-shaw
3 Nov 2008

On my return trip from the West Coast Eisteddfod in L.A. in 2011 I was able to break my journey in Hornbrook, CA and take some pictures of John Rees's grave and final resting place. Given that we know he was a stonemason in his youth, did he perhaps make it himself? Certainly it is one of the finest and best preserved monuments in the cemetary. John Rees ( aka Jack the Fifer ) is topical because today ( Nov 4th ) is the anniversary of the ill-fated Chartist march on Newport in which he played a leading role.. The debate as to whether violence can be a legitimate...

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