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John Cooper Clarke and many more announced for FOCUS Wales 2014 festival

mike — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 17:30:34 +0000

FOCUS Wales, now in its fourth year, presents an expanded music, comedy, and interactive programme for 2014.
The national showcase for music from Wales will also offer a two day programme of keynotes and discussions, and two days of stand-up comedy in Wrexham from the 23rd – 26th April.

New acts announced include Britain’s best loved and most important punk performance poet, JOHN COOPER CLARKE.

Alongside comedians GARY DELANEY (Mock The Week / Radio 4) and Red Dwarf’s NORMAN LOVETT.

Also announced:
ALL WE ARE – an exciting 3 piece from Liverpool providing psychedelic soul & RnB. They recently signed to Domino affiliate Double 6 and are supporting Warpaint on tour in 2014.
KEYS: They’ve had a string of critically acclaimed releases, garnering praise and support from Radio 1, 2 and 6Music.
KIZZY CRAWFORD: You may recognise her as the singer of Calon Lan from BBC 6 Nations adverts, Kizzy has developed an increasing sophistication to her song writing and performance, this is complimented by her soaring voice that boasts both range and charisma.
YR ODS: Pop/Alternative band originally from the Bangor/Llanberis/Llanfairpwll/Star areas of North Wales who will make you cry (of happiness). Plus HOUDINI DAX, CAMERA, HMS Morris + MORE.

FOCUS Wales 2014 takes place on the 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th April across various venues in Wrexham, North Wales.
Weekend Tickets are £30.00 available at www.focuswales.com/tickets

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Open Market exhibition and December at Un Deg Un

mike — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 16:03:10 +0000

With just £20 to spend on materials local artists from Wrexham and Chester have risen to the challenge to produce unique, original artworks to go on show to the public at Undegun.

The latest exhibition will feature work from members of the Chester Contemporary Artists group who have combined with local artists including studio holders and friends of Undegun.

Designed as a challenge to artists, the exhibition asks contributors to produce a new piece of work from a budget of just £20 spent on materials from Wrexham’s historic markets. The aim of ‘Open Market’ was to encourage the town’s creative community to engage with the town centre, specifically the town’s markets, and to produce original work to present to the public.

Artist Jo Marsh, who is also a studio holder at the art space, says:

“As a participating artist, Open Market has meant an opportunity for me to create new work which falls outside my usual practice. Through sourcing materials solely from Wrexham’s markets, I have been able to explore and interact with these places in a different and more personal way; The making process has been guided by what I have discovered on the stalls. Hopefully the exhibition will convey a symbolic message about our appreciation of not only the markets but Wrexham town as a whole – a place artists are gladly choosing to live and work.”

The exhibition will be the last one of the year at Undegun (formerly JJB sports on Regent Street) before it opens again next year. It launches on Friday 22 November at seven o’clock and will run until Thursday 12 December.

Between the exhibition launch and the end of the year we have plenty more in store.
The Wrexham Community Artists Network (Wrexham Cân) are meeting for the first time on Wednesday 27th of November. A creative network giving the participatory arts in Wrexham a voice, Wrexham Cân will offer community artists in all disciplines and at any stage of their career a space to share their experiences, reflect on their work and make connections. These gatherings will be run in partnership with Welsh National Opera and Arts Connection taking place on the last Wednesday of each month – except December.

On Saturday 30 November Urban XI returns. This platform for creative musicians and electronic artists to experiment, improvise and collaborate will run alongside a comic-book workshop hosted by local illustrator Heather Wilson.

The final date of Camera’s winter tour, which also saw the band play at Swn festival in Cardiff, is a special homecoming show at Undegun on Friday November 6. Support comes from Sparrowhawks and Baby Brave.

On Monday December 9, from 7-9 p.m. local student & writer Tim Humphreys-Jones and THIS Project will again be offering a warm welcome to local writers, poets, lyricists, beatboxers, performance artists, comedians, singers and story-tellers to Voicebox after a successful debut earlier this month.

The last day of activity at Undegun this year will be Saturday 14 December and there will be an indoor Christmas market and end of year show. Throughout the day local artists and crafters will be sharing their unique wares and offering you the opportunity to make some great purchases in time for Christmas. Anyone interested in holding a stall should email contact@thiproject. Then, once the stalls are cleared away the show begins. Run in partnership with Focus Wales, The Roseville Band, Doppelganger and Sparrowhawks make a great billing for the ‘Winter Mixer’.

Also, there’s a Craft & Chat group on every Thursday afternoon from 2.30 until 4.30 so come along to that if you can

For more information on these events visit www.thisproject.co.uk and for information on how to get involved or volunteer your time email contact@thisproject

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SWN Festival 2013

mike — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:23:31 +0000

This weekend sees the return of Swn festival in Cardiff. We’re making the trip dwn and am very much looking forward to it. A chance to see Seazoo is hard to turn down, we’re keen to see Heal the Last Stands‘ Swn debut and we’re hoping to hear some new noise from Camera who are currently working on a new EP to be out before the end of the year . Other bands from the North taking the trip down include Golden Fable, Beard of Wolves, We/Are/Animal, Catfish and the Bottlemen and Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog.

Sŵn have just released the schedule for this years festival, find out the rest of the line up here. Wristbands are still available and priced as follows:

4-Day Wristband: £65

Thursday Wristband: £17

Friday Wristband: £20

Saturday Wristband: £28

Sunday Wristband: £22

Tickets can be purchased via:

www.swnfest.com

www.TicketLineUK.com

www.seetickets.com

Spillers Records (Morgan Arcade, Cardiff)

Sŵn have also announced Swn Radio is up and running from today through to next Sunday 20th. It will feature the best coverage, live sessions, broadcasts from gigs, documentaries, interviews, guest presenters and audience participation, with a variety of music legends, Sŵn acts and radio aficionados.

Some of Swn’s favourite acts who will be taking to the airwaves include Gruff Rhys, Mr Scruff, Goldie Lookin Chain, Charlotte Church, Gulp, Wichita Records, Pete Fowler, Jonny Trunk, Kelly’s Records, Pete Paphides, Andrew Backhouse and Spillers Records as well as bilingual shows from Llwyd Owen, Llwybr Llaethog, Recordiau Lliwgar, Y Nyth, Cam O’r Tywyllwch and many more.

Sŵn Festival Radio will broadcast locally and globally via FM (87.7) and digital signals, allowing everyone to turn on, tune in and take part in the celebration. What’s more all the shows will be hosted afterwards on Mixcloud at mixcloud.com/swnradio.

Sŵn Festival wristband holders gain free priority access to all Sŵn Festival shows (with the exception of some ‘top-up’ shows), either across the whole festival from Thursday 17th – Sunday 20th October or on individual days. Entry to shows is not guaranteed and is subject to individual venue capacity. There will be a limited number of tickets on the door for each venue for that day priced between £5 – £10. Sŵn Festival is an 18+ event.

For all of the latest Sŵn Festival 2013 news see:

www.swnfest.com | @swnfestival | #swn2013 | facebook.com/swnfestival

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Camera announce winter tour dates

mike — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:25:15 +0000

Camera are currently recording a new EP, to be released in November. To support the record, the band have announced a number of gigs with support from two other Drum With Our Hands acts: Sparrowhawks and Baby Brave.

Sparrowhawks, have garnered much attention from BBC Radio Wales amongst others for their pristine harmonies and beautifully crafted songwriting. Their debut EP on Drum With Our Hands is currently being recorded and will be out in the new year.

Baby Brave have released one limited edition EP on Drum With Our Hands, which gathered much acclaim and quickly sold out. Since then the band have changed line-up and redefined their sound. This tour will see them playing their new songs for the first time before heading into the studio in December.

From Radiohead and Elbow, to Wilco and Woody Guthrie, Camera take influences from all genres of music and carve out a sound that is as powerful and epic as it is intimate and heartfelt. Teaming the classic, guitar driven indie rock of Camera with the lo-fi pop of Baby Brave and the soaring folk harmonies of Sparrowhawks these three bands will complement each other perfectly and these shows are set to be something very special indeed.

October 17th Kraak Art Space, Manchester

October 19th Swn Festival, Cardiff (Camera only)

November 14th Lomax – Liverpool

November 15th Compass – Chester

November 17th Castle Hotel – Manchester

November 28th Gwdihw – Cardiff (Camera and Sparrowhawks only)

And with pleasure we’re hosting the final leg at Un Deg Un on the 6th of December

To whet your appetite hit the following links:

Drum With Our Hands website

Drum With Our Hands on Facebook

Drum With Our Hands bandcamp

Camera’s official website

Camera on bandcamp

Camera on twitter

Camera on Facebook

Sparrowhawks on bandcamp

Baby Brave on bandcamp

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St Giles Sessions

mike — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:37:02 +0000

Huge thanks to Wrexham Film and Photography Collective for sharing these videos with us because now we can share them with you!
In December the DIY record label Drum With Our Hands showcased some of their bands in St. Giles’ Parish Church.

Opening up was acoustic singer/songwriter James MacGregor

Followed by experimental poetry & music hybrid DRKMTR

Orient Machine played an uncharacteristic acoustic set retaining the dynamism you would expect from the rock trio

Baby Brave & the Love Bites romped through a short set of shimmering indie-pop

Leaving Camera to shepherd their fans through the valley of heartfelt, powerful indie-rock.

Here’s a little overview of the night, thanks again to Wrexham Film & Photography Collective

More opportunities to see live music in this fantastic environment is on the horizon. Sessions continue during this years Focus Wales Festival.

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