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Wigwam are a Welsh indie rock band from Cardiff. Originally forming at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr in order to play one concert, they composed a musical for the 2018 Cardiff National Eisteddfod. They released their debut album, Coelcerth, in 2018, along with a follow-up single in 2019. After a four-year absence, they released three singles in ...
The four-member band was formed in 2014. [1] The main singer, Elidyr Glyn, won the Alun Sbardun Huws trophy in the Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 2016 for composing the song Curiad Y Dydd . [ 2 ] Glyn is also known for winning Cân i Gymru ("Song for Wales") in 2019, with the song Fel Hyn 'Da Ni Fod .
Gwilym (transl. William) are a Welsh-language pop rock group from Anglesey and Caernarfon. The band consists of members Ifan Pritchard, Llyr Jones, Llew Glyn, Rhys Grail, and Carwyn Williams. The group was founded in 2017. [1]
On 18 October 2019 their debut album Primrose Path was released and opened on position 100 in the official UK Albums Chart. [19] Loudwire named it one of the 50 best rock albums of 2019. [ 20 ] Following the release, the band went on a UK headliner tour beginning on 27 October 2019 in Glasgow and went on to support Being as an Ocean on their ...
In 2019 the band were featured on BBC Radio 4's "Art of Now: Cymru Rising" programme which highlighted the growth of Welsh language artists, dubbed Cool Cymru 2.0. [ 10 ] The band are recording their first album following the success of their digital releases, and are also planning international performances. [ 4 ]
Ceri Rhys Matthews – a multi-instrumentalist, plays the pibgorn or Welsh bagpipes, wooden flute, and others Fernhill – a folk band, that features Ceri Rhys Matthews and often employs the pibgorn Carreg Lafar – a traditional Welsh folk group, featuring Antwn Owen Hicks, Linda Owen Jones, Rhian Evan Jones, James Rourke and Danny Kilbride
The band will perform in January 2020 at Rockaway Beach festival, alongside The Jesus and Mary Chain and Fontaines DC, in Bognor Regis. [32] In November 2019, the band were announced as winners of the Welsh Music Prize for Melyn. [33] In June 2022, Adwaith performed at the historic Glastonbury Festival on the BBC introducing stage. [34]
Stereophonics are a Welsh rock band formed in 1992 in the village of Cwmaman in the Cynon Valley.The band consists of Kelly Jones (lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboards), Richard Jones (no relation to Kelly; bass guitar, harmonica, backing vocals), Adam Zindani (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Jamie Morrison (drums, percussion) and touring member Tony Kirkham (keyboards).