Merthyr, Music and Merch!
With Christmas just around the corner, we thought it was time to remind you about the TIWN online shop - perfect music-themed gifts for your loved one - don’t see what you’re after? Drop us an email and we can custom a piece just for you!
Unfortunately, Rory Challenger had to pull out of his gig at Bourton’s on Friday, however, do not fret as next up we have Catherine Elms on November 3rd!
This Friday you can find us at Merthyr’s hippest new venue, The Scala, with the mind-blowing line-up of Gareth Lewis, Tim Manning & Frankie Wesson! Smoking…
Then, the following day, in Llanelli at The Second 45 ex-Rumblestrutter Jonathan Nicholas is joined by the legendary harmonica player Ted Crook for an intimate live session from 3pm.
Have you caught up with the latest shows on the Welsh Connections Mixcloud page? We’ve just scored our 22nd global No.1 show of 2023 with Mike’s interview with Prog-rock goddess Hayley Griffiths and Craig continues to pull in over 200k listeners worldwide with his Playlist show which highlights the best of the latest releases from Wales. This week sees fast-rising UK country star, Preston D Barnes, taking time out to chat with Mike about his new single and plans for 2024 - including a return to Nashville to record, write and perform.
The Celynen Film Festival is seeing entries from all over the world but there’s room for plenty more - we need to keep the judges busy. Have you seen the judges announced so far? What a motley crew - but apparently the standard is about to be raised (watch this space)
Don’t forget music videos can be entered!
Remember to listen out for the latest releases on your favourite stations around the world from Gareth Lewis, Ronda Ray, Rory Challenger, Frankie Wesson, Revolution Rabbit Deluxe, Kaysha Louvain, Katielou & Caitlin Lavagna. A massive thank you to all the stations that support indie artists - you guys are the best!
Kaysha, Mike and Craig x x x
