The Guardian

I judged this year’s Welsh music prize – and Don Leisure’s winning album sums up the nation’s eclectic spirit

Desert blues, transcendental electronica and a concept album about a mill powered by music­ – this year’s shortlisted albums were stunningly diverse, none more so than the crate-digging on the ...
The Guardian

‘The Welsh language has been aggressively oppressed’: Tristwch y Fenywod, the gothic trio communing with a mystical Wales

Inspired by the ‘enchanted, sapphic feeling’ of the coast and with bat sounds for drums, this Wales-obsessed band sound like no one else. They explain how queerness, neurodivergence and ...
The Fader

The FADER Interview: Overmono on why they prefer sampling vocals to recording them

Tom and Ed Russell (Overmono) are this week’s guests on The FADER Interview podcast. The Welsh electronic duo joined The FADER’s Arielle Lana LeJarde last week in advance of their first studio album, ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Late Late Show’ Co-Producers, ‘Trainspotting’ Author Irvine Welsh Creating ’80s Dance Music TV Series

'Ibiza87,' backed by Sony, will chronicle the rise of the acid house music scene in the late '80s, with DJs including Paul Oakenfold attached. By Alex Ritman U.K. Correspondent With the Trainspotting ...

Phyllis Kinney, American soprano who saved traditional Welsh songs from oblivion

Phyllis Kinney, who has died aged 103, was an American soprano who fell in love with Wales, becoming a leading collector, ...