Meet The Band: Restorations

After a whirlwind winter and spring full of touring in the United States, Philadelphia’s Restorations will finally make their way back across the pond for a headlining summer run throughout the UK including a date on July 11 at Cardiff’s Moon Club with Crazy Arm and Sam Russo for support. . A marriage of bigContinue reading “Meet The Band: Restorations”

Meet The Band: Danny and The Champions Of The World

Before hitting the festival circuit over the summer, Danny and The Champions Of The World have added a final Welsh live date on July 3 in St Donat’s Arts Centre (Atlantic College) at Llantwit Major. The country soul sextet released their fifth studio album, What Kind Of Love, via Loose Recordings, in June and areContinue reading “Meet The Band: Danny and The Champions Of The World”

Meet The Band: Andrew Jackson Jihad

Phoenix Arizona band Andrew Jackson Jihad are currently touring the UK vast and wide, alongside friends and former tour mates Hard Girls. “Musically it’s a pastiche of American country and folk,” says singer-songwriter and former AJJ tour mate Frank Turner of the five-piece from Phoenix, AZ,”with a hefty dash of fifties Spector-esque pop and Beach Boy melody thrownContinue reading “Meet The Band: Andrew Jackson Jihad”

Rocking On With Rox Vox Star Katie Paine

Hi-Energy show Rox Vox comes to Blackwood Miners Institute tonight. Featuring some of the strongest male and female rock voices performing in the UK today, together with an amazing band, the show will deliver earthy solos, immense harmonies and virtuoso musicianship. Including classics by Queen, Led Zeppelin, Survivor, Guns & Roses, Status Quo and TheContinue reading “Rocking On With Rox Vox Star Katie Paine”

Meet The Band: The Cadbury Sisters

Alternative pop trio The Cadbury Sisters will release their new single Get This Feeling/Drifting on June 22. The three sisters who hail from Gloucestershire released their first EP Close, a year ago. Get This Feeling/Drifting is an exciting departure from the melancholic vocal tones of their first release. Big and adventurous, yet classically alternative the CadburyContinue reading “Meet The Band: The Cadbury Sisters”

Boom Boom – Basil Brush Returns To Wales With Newport Riverfront Show!

Andy Howells, a lifelong fan of Basil, recently got a chance to put questions to the cunning Brush.

Gemma Hayes Discusses Her New Album and Touring

Following the release of her new single Palomino boundary pushing Irish singer-songwriter Gemma Hayes is to commence a tour of UK & Ireland, kicking off at The Globe, Cardiff on May 14. The nine date run will see the maverick alt-folk musician air tracks from her acclaimed 2015 album Bones + Longing at the shows.Continue reading “Gemma Hayes Discusses Her New Album and Touring”

Meet The Band: The Last Of Us

The Last of Us formed in early 2013 mixing hard rock and melodic tones which gave a nod to the forefathers of 70’s and 80’s rock and roll quickly gaining them a large following in their native county of Northamptonshire. This along with their wild and energetic stage presence quickly catapulted them to the topContinue reading “Meet The Band: The Last Of Us”

Meet Nina Jones

At just 17 years old, Nina Jones is an extremely talented teenage vocalist with a big future ahead of her. Based in Newport, South Wales, her new single is the kind of accessible hit that can go a long way to establishing a new name in the music industry. Never Let You Go has potential popContinue reading “Meet Nina Jones”

Hitmaker Albert Hammond Discusses His Songbook

Albert Hammond has been writing and co-writing hit songs for over forty years; among them The Hollies’  The Air That I Breathe; Leo Sayer’s When I Need You;  Whitney Houston’s One Moment In Time and Aswad’s  Don’t Turn Around. Albert recently went back in to the studio to record a new 4 track EP whichContinue reading “Hitmaker Albert Hammond Discusses His Songbook”