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The Band Don’t Give Y Ffug

This is a great song by a Pembrokeshire band called Y Ffug. The title, ‘Cariad Dosbarth Canol Cymru’ translates as ‘Love Middle-Class Wales’ and the song’s having a pop at …

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Uncle Nev’s Swansea Fun Factory

That Nev Wilshire, eh. What a cracking bloke. Total legend. Because if you’re going to do a soul-sapping, low-paid job for an odious boss – it’s important to have a …

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Neon Neon – Hoops With Fidel

Live performance by Gruff Rhys and Neon Neon of Hoops With Fidel. This was part of Praxis Makes Perfect; the story of left wing activist and publisher Giangiacomo Feltrinelli.

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Short & Curlies – Nun Rain

Nice bit of oddness by a collective of Welsh creative types, calling themselves Short & Curlies. This includes Euros Childs, Robin Edwards (R.Seiliog), Stephen Black (Sweet Baboo), Laura J Martin …

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Sweet Baboo – If I Died…

Sweet Baboo is Bethesda born and Colwyn Bay bred, Stephen Black. He does stuff in both Welsh and English. This is from the album, Ships. More about him here Sweet …

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Carwyn James – Stanochek

Film from 1973 of Welsh rugby coach Carwyn James singing a Russian folk song. Two years before, he had led the British Lions to their only ever series win against …

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The Green Green Grass of Drone

Wales has been living on its industrial past for too long. All this talk about miners and working class struggle and blah, blah, blah – it needs to stop. In …

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Neon Neon – Hammer & Sickle

Ach, nothing to get excited about here. It’s just Gruff Rhys and Neon Neon doing another one of them multimedia concept albums which tell the story of a left-wing Italian …

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The Llandrillo Camel Ripper

What is it with the people of Llandrillo – why do they hate camels so much? Because if you’re a camel and you’re thinking of touring north Wales, this village, …

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Cardiff City: Everything Must Go

It’s party time in Cardiff town!!! The gates to the Premiership have finally swung open and happy fans are skipping through into their shiny new soccer entertainment world. It’s a …