Poignant Release as Queen of Country Sings Jolene in Welsh FEW songs in country music are more instantly recognisable than Jolene. Now, more than half a century after Dolly Parton first recorded it, the song has acquired an extraordinary new chapter — in Welsh. A new bilingual version of Jolene, featuring Welsh singer-songwriter Bronwen Lewis, […]
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Noel Pops Back to Cardiff
Popstars Reunited: Hear’Say and Liberty X Bring 25 Years of Nostalgia to Cardiff IF you remember rushing home to watch Popstars, buying Pure and Simple on CD single or trying to copy the choreography from Just a Little, there is a fair chance this one will make you feel your age. Hear’Say and Liberty X […]
Lots Occurin’ For Ruth
Ruth Jones Opens a New Chapter after Gavin & Stacey FOR many viewers, Ruth Jones will probably always be Nessa. The black bob, the leather waistcoat, the cigarette, the extraordinary stories and that unmistakable “what’s occurring?” helped make Gavin & Stacey one of the best-loved British comedies of its generation. But anyone wondering what Jones […]
Welsh Music Prize
Cardiff Hits the Right Note as Music City Festival Builds Towards Welsh Music Prize CARDIFF is spending October living up to its claim as a music city — and one of the biggest nights in the Welsh music calendar is now just hours away. The Cardiff Music City Festival is in full swing, bringing two […]
Anniversary WMC Concert
Katherine Jenkins Comes Home to Wales as She Celebrates 25 Years at the Top TWENTY-FIVE years after beginning the journey that would make her one of the world’s best-known classical crossover singers, Katherine Jenkins returns to Wales tonight for a special anniversary concert at Wales Millennium Centre. The Neath-born mezzo-soprano brings her 25 Year Anniversary […]