<![CDATA[Adam’s Substack]]>https://adamwalton.substack.comhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WDAO!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F79def248-82ff-47a0-bc15-9051b0bc10a9_144x144.pngAdam’s Substackhttps://adamwalton.substack.comSubstackWed, 02 Sep 2026 12:10:01 GMT<![CDATA[Show #2730: Green Man Festival 2026 Special... Cate Le Bon live; Mwsog live; Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn live; The Tubs - Behind The Track]]>https://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2730-green-man-festival-2026https://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2730-green-man-festival-2026Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:43:50 GMT

You can hear this week’s celebration of new music from Wales here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0030ttb

Please subscribe to the programme via the BBC Sounds app, and then the programme will automatically download so that you can listen at your convenience, wherever you like (via Smartphone / portable devices etc):

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THIS WEEK’S SHOW:

  • Your pass to some of the highlights from this year’s Green Man festival including... Cate Le Bon’s magnificent set from the Mountain Stage, in full.

  • Mwsog’s breakout performance from the Walled Garden (one of the most talked about gigs of the weekend.)

  • Live recordings from Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn + I talk to them about their freeform, and brilliantly idiosyncratic, music.

  • Owen from The Tubs tells us about one of the songs of the weekend, ‘Stoop To Me’, in Behind The Track.

  • Thank you / diolch BBC Horizons / Gorwelion for arranging, recording and mixing the live music.

  • And the deepest thanks to everyone at Green Man for all the joy, the inspirational music, communion, help and priceless memories they’ve brought us. Yet again 💚❤️💚

    SMARTSPEAKER: to listen to the show, ask your smartspeaker to ask BBC to play BBC Introducing With Adam Walton.

STILL AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO:

More information about BBC Sounds here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds

COMING UP ON THE PROGRAMME:.

  • 29th August - Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn live from Green Man ’26 pt. II.

Please do send new music excellence to me via the BBC Introducing Uploader or as a download link to my BBC email address. You'll work it out. It has a dot between my first name and my last name.

Keep on trucking x

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST:

Pictish Trail - ‘Another Way (R. Seiliog remix)’
Eigg, Scotland / Welsh remixers
http://pictishtrail.co.uk

Gwen - ‘Achub Yr Iaith’
Carmarthen (Caerfyrddin)
http://www.instagram.com/gwenmusic.gwenmusic/

MWSOG LIVE FROM GREEN MAN 2026

MWSOG - ‘Chwyldro (Horizons live at Green Man 2026)’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/mwsog.cymru

MWSOG - ‘Cân Y Crwtyn Gwartheg (Horizons live at Green Man 2026)’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/mwsog.cymru

MWSOG - ‘Llef Hir (Horizons live at Green Man 2026)’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/mwsog.cymru

MWSOG - ‘Golau Ar Y Môr (Horizons live at Green Man 2026)’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/mwsog.cymru

MWSOG - ‘Cwmgrach (Horizons live at Green Man 2026)’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/mwsog.cymru

MWSOG - ‘Pwy Wyt Ti? (Horizons live at Green Man 2026)’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/mwsog.cymru

MWSOG - ‘Fez Noz (Horizons live at Green Man 2026)’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/mwsog.cymru

MWSOG - ‘Goddodin (Horizons live at Green Man 2026)’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/mwsog.cymru

MWSOG - ‘Interview With Mari Mathias About Green Man 2026’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/mwsog.cymru

INTERVIEW WITH MARI MATHIAS (MWSOG) AT GREEN MAN 2026

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SageTodz - ‘JUMPY’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Penygroes
http://www.instagram.com/Manliketodz

BEHIND THE TRACK: THE TUBS (Owen) ’Stoop To Me’

Tubs, The - ‘Stoop To Me’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)

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Tokomololo - ‘Heb Miwsig ft. Mared & Sage Todz’
Ynys Môn
http://instagram.com/tokomololomusic

TAI HAF HEB DRIGOLYN LIVE FROM GREEN MAN 2026

Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn - ‘Siwgr (Horizons live at Green Man 2026)’
Llangefni / Machynlleth
http://taihafhebdrigolyn.bandcamp.com/

Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn - ‘Gapelwrs (Horizons live at Green Man 2026)’
Llangefni / Machynlleth
http://taihafhebdrigolyn.bandcamp.com/

Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn - ‘Cân Gan Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn (Horizons live at Green Man 2026)’
Llangefni / Machynlleth
http://taihafhebdrigolyn.bandcamp.com/

Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn - ‘Once I Was An Eel (Horizons live at Green Man 2026)’
Llangefni / Machynlleth
http://taihafhebdrigolyn.bandcamp.com/

INTERVIEW WITH TAI HAF HEB DRIGOLYN AT GREEN MAN 2026

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Dogs, The - ‘I Didn’t Ask’
Wales (Cymru)

Casual Smart - ‘she’s my love’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/casualsmartband

CATE LE BON LIVE FROM GREEN MAN 2026

Cate Le Bon - ‘Jerome (Horizons live at Green Man 2026)’
Castell Newydd Emlyn
http://catelebon.com

Cate Le Bon - ‘Love Unrehearsed (Horizons live at Green Man 2026)’
Castell Newydd Emlyn
http://catelebon.com

Cate Le Bon - ‘Moderation (Horizons live at Green Man 2026)’
Castell Newydd Emlyn
http://catelebon.com

Cate Le Bon - ‘Mothers of Riches (Horizons live at Green Man 2026)’
Castell Newydd Emlyn
http://catelebon.com

Cate Le Bon - ‘Is It Worth It? (Happy Birthday) (Horizons live at Green Man 2026)’
Castell Newydd Emlyn
http://catelebon.com

Cate Le Bon - ‘About Time (Horizons live at Green Man 2026)’
Castell Newydd Emlyn
http://catelebon.com

Cate Le Bon - ‘Mother’s Mother’s Magazines (Horizons live at Green Man 2026)’
Castell Newydd Emlyn
http://catelebon.com

Cate Le Bon - ‘Verbahaemiopia (Horizons live at Green Man 2026)’
Castell Newydd Emlyn
http://catelebon.com

Cate Le Bon - ‘Ride (Horizons live at Green Man 2026)’
Castell Newydd Emlyn
http://catelebon.com

Cate Le Bon - ‘Heaven Is No Feeling (Horizons live at Green Man 2026)’
Castell Newydd Emlyn
http://catelebon.com

Cate Le Bon - ‘Home To You (Horizons live at Green Man 2026)’
Castell Newydd Emlyn
http://catelebon.comCate Le Bon - ‘I Know What’s Nice’
Castell Newydd Emlyn
http://catelebon.com

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Beta Band, The - ‘Dry The Rain’
St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
http://www.thebetaband.com

SHOW STATS:

1102 diff songs / 1295 Total. 655 Artists in 33 shows since 1st, Jan ‘26 (~Songs per:39, Unique artists per:20) Welsh:92% Cymraeg:18% (feat. lyrics in Welsh); Source: Uploader:29%, Direct:13%, Bought:22%, Plugger:26%, Commission:9%

SINCE Jan 1st 2011

21759 diff songs/ 32097 Total. 7011 Artists in 804 shows since 1st, Jan ‘11 (~Songs per:40, Unique artists per:9) Welsh:96%

UPDATED Comprehensive Session / Interview List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w-rIPj0l0QhUcbEm08PUPLUWh-416mwlteG_8wpNWtQ/edit?usp=sharing

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Diolch o galon,

Adam Walton

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]]><![CDATA[Show #2728: The Anchoress 'As We Once Were' interview ...]]>https://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2728-the-anchoress-as-we-oncehttps://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2728-the-anchoress-as-we-onceMon, 10 Aug 2026 13:19:41 GMT

You can hear this week’s celebration of new music from Wales here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002zz4v

Please subscribe to the programme via the BBC Sounds app, and then the programme will automatically download so that you can listen at your convenience, wherever you like (via Smartphone / portable devices etc):

Feel free to share the link below:

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THIS WEEK’S SHOW:

  • The Anchoress talks about her fascinating and brilliant new album ‘As We Once Were’.

  • A hazy, hip hop and jazz-infused Triple Decker Tune Burger.

  • And there is great new music from all over Wales and across the sonic spectrum...

    SMARTSPEAKER: to listen to the show, ask your smartspeaker to ask BBC to play BBC Introducing With Adam Walton.

STILL AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO:

  • 01.08.08 The Darling Buds talk about their ace new album. National Eisteddfod ‘Dim Amser’ tracks. Behind The Track - Bau Cat ‘Traposphere’. 7000th different artists since 2011. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002zpvs

  • 25.07.26 Mercury Prize-shortlisted Neath pianist Joe Webb talks about his new album ‘Neath Beat’ & compiles a playlist of influences. Mace the Great and Awdl live tracks. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002z4gt

  • 18.07.26 Loyd talks about his album ‘Fresh Meat’. Gwen introduces us to her remarkable debut solo single ‘Achub Yr Iaith’. All 4 artists on R*E*P*E*A*T Records ‘Splat Attack E.P.’ introduce themselves and their music. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002z4gt

  • 11.07.26 Many Happy Returns - Adam Walton’s Summer Compilation Tape. Penblwydd Hapus Portmeirion (shorter show) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002ytb9

More information about BBC Sounds here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds

COMING UP ON THE PROGRAMME:.

  • 15th August - Adjua interview. Behind The Track: Mwsog ‘Llef Hir’.

  • 22nd August - Molly Palmer sits in.

Please do send new music excellence to me via the BBC Introducing Uploader or as a download link to my BBC email address. You'll work it out. It has a dot between my first name and my last name.

Keep on trucking x

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST:

Aisha Vaughan - ‘The Water (Sasha Remix)’
Mumbles (Mwmbwls) / Sandycroft

Haast - ‘National Razor’
Cwmbrân / Ebbw Vale (Glynebwy) / Newport (Casnewydd) / Cardiff (Caeerdydd)

Tubs, The - ‘Stoop To Me’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)

NaNaz, The - ‘60 Lies’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://www.instagram.com/thenanazband

Tonnau - ‘Absennol’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/tonnauband/

Monet - ‘Up to the Downs’
Swansea (Abertawe)

Why Horses? - ‘Yr Big Day’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/whyhorses_

Wow! Scenario, The - ‘Zacuti!’
Kettering / Radnorshire (Sir Faesyfed)
http://www.instagram.com/temps__music/

mclusky - ‘Rice Is Nice’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)

Overmono - ‘Lockup’
Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy)
http://overmono.bandcamp.com

Meg Uppington + Don The Prod - ‘Let You Go’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/meguppingtonmusic

C E L A V I - ‘AR DY LINIAU (ON YOUR KNEES)’
Bangor / Bethel / Blaenau Ffestiniog
http://WEARECELAVI.COM

Railcard - ‘Two Steps At A Time’
Aberystwyth
http://railcardband.bandcamp.com

Sold for Parts (Cymru) - ‘Charity Shop’
Swansea (Abertawe)
http://instagram.com/soldforpartsband

HMS Morris - ‘Glue’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Saint Asaph (Llanelwy) / Llandovery / PenyBont Fawr / Crymych
http://hmsmorrisband.bandcamp.com

Chwalaw - ‘Y Goriad ft. Oud Resists & Cerys Hafana’
Machynlleth / Pwllheli

SageTodz - ‘FIGHT!’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Penygroes
http://www.instagram.com/Manliketodz

Scene, The - ‘High In The Sunshine’
Wrexham (Wrecsam)
http://facebook.com/thescenewxm

Black Hole Of Joy - ‘Perfect Weirdo’
Swansea (Abertawe)
http://www.facebook.com/blackholeofjoy

JIM - ‘My Dreams Are Strange’
Colwyn Bay (Bae Colwyn)
http://jim-uk.bandcamp.com

Ben Ellis - ‘Animal’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.benellis.co.uk/

Rona Mac - ‘September’
St Davids (Tyddewi)
http://ronamacmusic.com

DelayDream - ‘Guiding Light’
Abergavenny (Y Fenni)
http://www.instagram.com/delay_dream

Hairdye - ‘Sick’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://linktr.ee/hairdye.band

TRIPLE DECKER TUNEBURGER

Adjua - ‘Can’t Lose [E.P version]’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/adjuasings_

Rufus Mufasa - ‘Tu Allan Tu Mewn’
Ammanford (Rhydaman) / Pontypridd

Kizzy Crawford - ‘Radiant Blues’
Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful)
http://kizzyofficial.com

THE ANCHORESS - ‘As We Once Were’ interview

Anchoress, The - ‘Throw Over Your Man ft. James Dean Bradfield [album]’
Glynneath (Glyn-nedd)

Anchoress, The - ‘As We Once Were’
Glynneath (Glyn-nedd)

Anchoress, The - ‘Stop The World’
Glynneath (Glyn-nedd)

Anchoress, The - ‘Hand To The Tide’
Glynneath (Glyn-nedd)

Anchoress, The - ‘She Knows Her Place’
Glynneath (Glyn-nedd)

Martyrs - ‘The Long Goodbye’
Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful)
http://martyrsuk.bandcamp.com/

Daniel Mark Williams - ‘A Small Time Offering’
Ynysybwl

Freyja Elsy - ‘Another Life’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://linktr.ee/freyjaelsy

MAP:

SHOW STATS:

1050 diff songs/ 1226 Total. 641 Artists in 31 shows since 1st, Jan ‘26 (~Songs per:40, Unique artists per:21) Welsh:91% Cymraeg:17% (feat. lyrics in Welsh); Source: Uploader:29%, Direct:12%, Bought:23%, Plugger:26%, Commission:8%

SINCE Jan 1st 2011

21709 diff songs/ 32028 Total. 7006 Artists in 802 shows since 1st, Jan ‘11 (~Songs per:40, Unique artists per:9) Welsh:96%

UPDATED Comprehensive Session / Interview List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w-rIPj0l0QhUcbEm08PUPLUWh-416mwlteG_8wpNWtQ/edit?usp=sharing

Subscribe to my Substack: https://adamwalton.substack.com

Diolch o galon,

Adam Walton

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]]><![CDATA[Show #2727: The Darling Buds interview; Bau Cat; 7000th Artist!! ...]]>https://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2727-the-darling-buds-interviewhttps://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2727-the-darling-buds-interviewMon, 03 Aug 2026 10:01:00 GMT

You can hear this week’s celebration of new music from Wales here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002zpvs

Please subscribe to the programme via the BBC Sounds app, and then the programme will automatically download so that you can listen at your convenience, wherever you like (via Smartphone / portable devices etc):

Feel free to share the link below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002zpvs

THIS WEEK’S SHOW:

  • Newport indie legends, The Darling Buds, talk about their ace new album ‘Same Sun / Same Sky’.

  • We celebrate the National Eisteddfod starting today in Llantwd, Sir Benfro by playing the whole of the brilliant Ail Symudiad tribute album ‘Dim Amser’, featuring a who’s who of amazing Welsh artists.

  • I play the 7000th different artist I’ve played on the show since Jan 2011. BUT WHO WILL IT BE...?

  • Behind The Track tells the story of Bau Cat’s ‘Traposphere’.

  • A super intense beat-addled Triple Decker Tune Burger.

  • And there is great new music from all over Wales and across the sonic spectrum...

    SMARTSPEAKER: to listen to the show, ask your smartspeaker to ask BBC to play BBC Introducing With Adam Walton.

STILL AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO:

  • 25.07.26 Mercury Prize-shortlisted Neath pianist Joe Webb talks about his new album ‘Neath Beat’ & compiles a playlist of influences. Mace the Great and Awdl live tracks. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002z4gt

  • 18.07.26 Loyd talks about his album ‘Fresh Meat’. Gwen introduces us to her remarkable debut solo single ‘Achub Yr Iaith’. All 4 artists on R*E*P*E*A*T Records ‘Splat Attack E.P.’ introduce themselves and their music. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002z4gt

  • 11.07.26 Many Happy Returns - Adam Walton’s Summer Compilation Tape. Penblwydd Hapus Portmeirion (shorter show) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002ytb9

More information about BBC Sounds here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds

COMING UP ON THE PROGRAMME:.

  • 8th August - The Anchoress interview.

  • 15th August - Adjua interview.

Please do send new music excellence to me via the BBC Introducing Uploader or as a download link to my BBC email address. You'll work it out. It has a dot between my first name and my last name.

Keep on trucking x

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST:

Shamoniks vs Mali Hâf - ‘NAWDDOGLYD’
Nefyn / Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/shamoniks

James Kennedy & The Underdogs - ‘Revolution ft. Benji Webbe’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://instagram.com/andtheunderdogs

Ail Symudiad - ‘Symud Trwy’r Haf’
Cardigan (Aberteifi)
http://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ail_Symudiad

Lafant - ‘Castell Aberteifi’
Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro)

Tubs, The - ‘Stoop To Me’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://thetubs.bandcamp.com

MissFaithee - ‘It’s All I Need’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://facebook.com/MissFaithee

Allergies, The - ‘Resistance ft. Knytro’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://theallergies.bandcamp.com

Datblygu - ‘Dyn y Wawr’
Cardigan (Aberteifi)
https://datblygu.bandcamp.com

Martha Elen - ‘Symud Trwy’r Haf’
Y Felinheli
http://instagram.com/martha.elen

Los Blancos - ‘Bwyta’n Broffesiynol’
Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin)
http://facebook.com/Losblancosband

Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn - ‘Lliw Llawenydd’
Llangefni / Machynlleth
http://taihafhebdrigolyn.bandcamp.com/

Airflo - ‘Mend’
Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin) / Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Newport (Casnewydd)
http://facebook.com/airfloband

TRIPLE DECKER TUNE BURGER

Yakkie - ‘Lean Out’
Newport (Casnewydd) / London (Lundain)
http://yakkie.bandcamp.com

DFlexXx - ‘DLM (FARRA JUNGLE REMIX)’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/dflexofficial

Spit Hood - ‘Doll’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Caerphilly (Caerffili) / Newport (Casnewydd) / Swansea (Abertawe)
http://instagram.com/spit_hood

7000th ARTIST SINCE 2011!

Tonnau - ‘Absennol’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/tonnauband/

EYE - ‘Open Sea’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Wrexham (Wrecsam)
http://eye-uk.bandcamp.com

Pys Melyn - ‘Nos Lun o Flaen y Llun’
Pen Llyn

Dewin - ‘Ffarwel Bwci Bo’
Preseli
http://www.instagram.com/dewinband/

Gwen - ‘Analysis ar Unwaith’
Carmarthen (Caerfyrddin)
http://www.instagram.com/gwenmusic.gwenmusic/

Harrows - ‘Little Lonely Hours’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/harrowstheband

Anchoress, The - ‘Hand To The Tide’
Glynneath (Glyn-nedd)

Adjua - ‘Oh God’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/adjuasings_

Gwenno Morgan - ‘cregyn gleision’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Bangor

BEHIND THE TRACK - BAU CAT ‘TRAPOSPHERE’

Bau Cat - ‘Traposphere’
Prestatyn
http://www.instagram.com/bau__cat/

HMS Morris - ‘Nos Lun o Flaen y Llun’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Saint Asaph (Llanelwy) / Llandovery / PenyBont Fawr / Crymych
http://hmsmorrisband.bandcamp.com

Gwenno - ‘Sefyll ar y Sgwar’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://gwenno.info

Breichiau Hir - ‘Beth Yw Hyn’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)

LILIM - ‘Wrong’
Green Field (Maes-Glas)
http://www.instagram.com/lilim_official

Hunzz - ‘Slay’
Abergele
http://facebook.com/people/Hunzz/100076154027351/

THE DARLING BUDS ’SAME SUN / SAME SKY’ INTERVIEW

Darling Buds, The - ‘Hey Saint Jude’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://www.facebook.com/TheDarlingBudsOfficial/

Darling Buds, The - ‘Pretenders’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://www.facebook.com/TheDarlingBudsOfficial/

Darling Buds, The - ‘Giddy in a Good Way’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://www.facebook.com/TheDarlingBudsOfficial/

Darling Buds, The - ‘Leaving the Scene’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://www.facebook.com/TheDarlingBudsOfficial/

Baby Brave - ‘Spiralling’ (Radio Edit)’
Wrexham (Wrecsam)
http://www.instagram.com/babybraveyeah

Rogue Jones - ‘Fflat 123’
Cwm Gwendraeth
http://roguejones.bandcamp.com

Cyn Cwsg - ‘Cymry Am Ddiwrnod ft. Lleucu Non’
Y Gogledd
http://facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555752064160

Chwaer Fawr - ‘Anifeiliaid’
Caernarfon
http://www.instagram.com/chwaerfawr

Paisley Jones - ‘While I Cry’
Llangollen
http://linktr.ee/paisleyjones23

MAP:

SHOW STATS:

1021 diff songs/ 1190 Total. 626 Artists in 30 shows since 1st, Jan ‘26 (~Songs per:40, Unique artists per:21) Welsh:91% Cymraeg:17% (feat. lyrics in Welsh); Source: Uploader:29%, Direct:12%, Bought:23%, Plugger:27%, Commission:8%

SINCE Jan 1st 2011

21681 diff songs/ 31992 Total. 7001 Artists in 801 shows since 1st, Jan ‘11 (~Songs per:40, Unique artists per:9) Welsh:96%

UPDATED Comprehensive Session / Interview List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w-rIPj0l0QhUcbEm08PUPLUWh-416mwlteG_8wpNWtQ/edit?usp=sharing

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Diolch o galon,

Adam Walton

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]]><![CDATA[Show #2726: Joe Webb 'Neath Beat' interview & playlist...]]>https://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2726-joe-webb-neath-beat-interviewhttps://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2726-joe-webb-neath-beat-interviewSun, 26 Jul 2026 17:36:16 GMT

You can hear this week’s celebration of new music from Wales here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002zd19

Please subscribe to the programme via the BBC Sounds app, and then the programme will automatically download so that you can listen at your convenience, wherever you like (via Smartphone / portable devices etc):

Feel free to share the link below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002zd19

THIS WEEK’S SHOW:

  • Mercury-shortlisted Welsh pianist Joe Webb talks about his brilliant new album ‘Neath Beat’.

  • Joe curates a playlist of some of his inspirations (jazz musicians from 1940’s through to now.)

  • + live recordings from Mace the Great at Aleighcia Scott’s Live At Your Local in Newport a couple of weeks ago, and something from a great new duo called Awdl, from the Royal Welsh in Builth Wells this last week.

  • And there is great new music from all over Wales and across the sonic spectrum...

    SMARTSPEAKER: to listen to the show, ask your smartspeaker to ask BBC to play BBC Introducing With Adam Walton.

STILL AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO:

More information about BBC Sounds here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds

COMING UP ON THE PROGRAMME:.

  • 1st August - The Darling Buds interview.

  • 8th August - The Anchoress interview.

Please do send new music excellence to me via the BBC Introducing Uploader or as a download link to my BBC email address. You'll work it out. It has a dot between my first name and my last name.

Keep on trucking x

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST:

Osgled - ‘Fel Y Mae’
Machynlleth
http://www.instagram.com/osgled_

Gwen - ‘Achub Yr Iaith’
Carmarthen (Caerfyrddin)
http://www.instagram.com/gwenmusic.gwenmusic/

Stuntface - ‘Nobody gets out alive’
Wrexham (Wrecsam)
http://stuntface.com

Casey - ‘Bloom’
Newport (Casnewydd)

Those Holy - ‘New Skin’
Liverpool (Lerpwl) / Penyffordd
http://www.instagram.com/thoseholy

Datblygu - ‘CLYCHAU UFFERN’
Cardigan (Aberteifi)
http://ankstmusik.bandcamp.com

Georgia Ruth - ‘Blodau’r Flwyddyn’
Aberystwyth
http://georgiaruth.co.uk

Douvelle19 - ‘No Tomorrow’
Newport (Casnewydd) / London (Lundain)

LIVE FROM BBC RADIO WALES...

Mace The Great - ‘Annaliese Keeting (Radio Wales Live Session Live at Your Local Jul 26)’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.macethegreat.com/

Dicky Continental - ‘Hostile Environment ft. Tia Zakura’
Swansea (Abertawe)

Beam Noir - ‘BLEACH’
Manchester (Manceinion) / Lampeter
http://www.instagram.com/beamnoir

Acacia - ‘Danny’s War’
Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful)
http://www.instagram.com/acaciabanduk/

Paisley Jones - ‘While I Cry’
Llangollen
http://linktr.ee/paisleyjones23

Bloodslugs - ‘Aspects of a Failed Addiction’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://facebook.com/bloodslugs

Foel - ‘Rhewlif (mics wedi toddi)’
Llandudno Junction (Cyffordd Llandudno)

Efan Electro - ‘Cofiwch’
Llanllechid
http://www.instagram.com/efanelectro

Honddu - ‘My way Home’
Brecon (Aberhonddu)
http://www.instagram.com/honddu__

Aderyn - ‘Please’
Sennybridge (Pontsenni)
http://aderynmusic.bandcamp.com

Curiad - ‘Bore’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/curiadband/

LIVE FROM HORIZONS / GORWELION...

Awdl - ‘Pair Dadeni (Sioe Frenhinol Gorwelion 2026)’
South Wales (De Cymru)
http://www.instagram.com/yrawdl/

TRIPLE DECKER TUNE BURGER

Bau Cat - ‘Traposphere’
Prestatyn
http://www.instagram.com/bau__cat/

Tubs, The - ‘Stoop To Me’
Cardiff / Caerdydd

Teenage Fanclub - ‘Day in The Sun’
Glasgow
http://teenagefanclub.com

JOE WEBB ‘NEATH BEAT’ INTERVIEW

Joe Webb - ‘Goalmouth Scramble’, ‘KDB’, ‘Like Sach’, ‘Dyna-Mi-Tee’, ‘Myfanwy’
Neath (Castell-Nedd)
http://joewebb5.bandcamp.com

JOE WEBB’S PLAYLIST OF INSPIRATIONS

Art Tatum - ‘Tiger Rag’
Toledo, Ohio, USA

Fats Waller - ‘Truckin’‘
New York City, New York, USA

Oscar Peterson Trio - ‘Sunday (Live)’
Montréal, Québec, Canada

Ramsey Lewis Trio - ‘The “In” Crowd (Live at the Bohemian Caverns, Washington)’
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Ahmad Jamal Trio - ‘Stompin’ at the Savoy (Live at the Spotlite Club, Washington)’
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Blossom Dearie - ‘I Won’t Dance’
East Durham, New York, USA

Albert Ammons & Meade “Lux” Lewis - ‘J.J. Boogie’
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Count Basie Orchestra - ‘The Kid From Red Bank’
Red Bank, New Jersey, USA

Larry Goldings - ‘Sticky Mack’
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Brad Mehldau, Mario Rossy, Jorge Rossy - ‘Anthropology’
Jacksonville, Florida, USA; Barcelona, Spain

Duke Ellington - ‘Reflections in D’
Washington, USA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Ellington

MAP:

SHOW STATS:

989 diff songs/ 1150 Total. 609 Artists in 29 shows since 1st, Jan ‘26 (~Songs per:40, Unique artists per:21) Welsh:91% Cymraeg:17% (feat. lyrics in Welsh); Source: Uploader:30%, Direct:12%, Bought:23%, Plugger:26%, Commission:8%

SINCE Jan 1st 2011

21650 diff songs/ 31952 Total. 6996 Artists in 800 shows since 1st, Jan ‘11 (~Songs per:40, Unique artists per:9) Welsh:96%

UPDATED Comprehensive Session / Interview List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w-rIPj0l0QhUcbEm08PUPLUWh-416mwlteG_8wpNWtQ/edit?usp=sharing

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]]><![CDATA[Show #2725: Loyd interview; Gwen chat; Splat Attack! EP special...]]>https://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2725-loyd-interview-gwen-chathttps://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2725-loyd-interview-gwen-chatWed, 22 Jul 2026 09:44:36 GMT

You can hear this week’s celebration of new music from Wales here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002z4gt

Please subscribe to the programme via the BBC Sounds app, and then the programme will automatically download so that you can listen at your convenience, wherever you like (via Smartphone / portable devices etc):

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THIS WEEK’S SHOW:

  • Loyd talks about his defiant and magnificent electro pop album ‘Fresh Meat’.

  • Gwen introduces us to her remarkable debut solo single ‘Achub Yr Iaith’.

  • All 4 artists on R*E*P*E*A*T Records ‘Splat Attack E.P.’ introduce themselves and their music.

  • A world exclusive 🌍 first play for Bau Cat’s new single.

  • Molly Palmer comes in to share her Must Add this week.

  • And there is great new music from all over Wales and across the sonic spectrum...

    SMARTSPEAKER: to listen to the show, ask your smartspeaker to ask BBC to play BBC Introducing With Adam Walton.

STILL AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO:

More information about BBC Sounds here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds

COMING UP ON THE PROGRAMME:.

  • 25th July - Joe Webb ‘Neath Beat’ interview and playlist of inspirations.

  • 1st August - The Darling Buds interview.

  • 8th August - The Anchoress interview.

Please do send new music excellence to me via the BBC Introducing Uploader or as a download link to my BBC email address. You'll work it out. It has a dot between my first name and my last name.

Keep on trucking x

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST:

MWSOG - ‘Gododdin’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/mwsog.cymru

Tubs, The - ‘Who’s Gonna Love You Now?’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)

Darling Buds, The - ‘Hey Saint Jude’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://www.facebook.com/TheDarlingBudsOfficial/

Nia Wyn - ‘I Wish It Would Rain’
Llandudno

TRIPLE DECKER TUNE BURGER

Allergies, The - ‘Leave Me Alone (feat. Aziza Jaye)’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)

Man Up A Tree - ‘Get Working ft. Natty D’
Llanllawddog
http://instagram.com/manupatreednb

Quartz - ‘Mute Reflex’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)

Hot Springs - ‘Dig’
Manchester (Manceinion) / Swansea (Abertawe)
http://www.instagram.com/itshotsprings

Joe Webb - ‘KDB’
Neath (Castell-Nedd)

Lily Webbe - ‘Gabriel’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/lilywebbe_/

Menig - ‘Guilt’
St Davids (Tyddewi)
http://www.instagram.com/menigsound

Serpents - ‘Nerve’
Deganwy / Manchester (Manceinion)
http://www.instagram.com/serpentstheband

INTERVIEW WITH GWEN

Gwen - ‘Achub Yr Iaith’
Carmarthen (Caerfyrddin)
http://www.instagram.com/gwenmusic.gwenmusic/

Bambees - ‘Machismo’
Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful)
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087747879825

Public Order - ‘FACE’
Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful) / Porthcawl
http://www.instagram.com/publicorderuk

Bau Cat - ‘Traposphere’
Rhyl / Rhuddlan
http://www.instagram.com/bau__cat/

MOLLY’S MUST ADD (SATURDAY NIGHT REDUX)

Tokomololo - ‘Heb Miwsig ft. Mared & Sage Todz’
Ynys Môn
http://instagram.com/tokomololomusic

Overmono - ‘Knight In Shining Prada (feat. John Joseph Holt)’
Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy)
http://overmono.bandcamp.com

Trampolene - ‘STORM HEAVEN - Andy Bell (Re-Mix)’
Swansea (Abertawe) / London (Lundain)
http://www.instagram.com/trampolene_band/

Future Of The Left - ‘Adeadenemyalwayssmellsgood’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Ammanford
http://futureoftheleft.net

Two Tonne Machete - ‘Hold Up My Crown’
Nannerch
http://www.instagram.com/two_tonne_machete

SPLAT ATTACK! E.P SPECIAL

Spwci - ‘I Don’t Know’
Llanbydder
http://facebook.com/SPWCI

Sold for Parts - ‘Charity Shop’
Swansea (Abertawe)
http://soldforparts.bandcamp.com

Hairdye - ‘Eden’s Garden’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://linktr.ee/hairdye.band

flatcat - ‘Tender’
Swansea (Abertawe)
http://www.instagram.com/flatcat_band/

suntooth - ‘how to find yourself in arpeggios’
Vale of Glamorgan (Bro Morgannwg)

Osgled - ‘Crodh Chailein’
Machynlleth
http://www.instagram.com/osgled_

Gwaed - ‘Yn Annwn’
Llanystumdwy
http://www.instagram.com/gwaedband

Harrows - ‘Little Lonely Hours’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/harrowstheband

Railcard - ‘Two Steps At A Time’
Aberystwyth
http://railcardband.bandcamp.com

Bethzienna - ‘Creep’
Barry (Y Barri)
http://www.instagram.com/bethzienna

TewTewTennau - ‘Rownd a Rownd’
Llansannan (Sir Dinbych)
http://facebook.com/TewTewTennau/

LOYD ‘FRESH MEAT’ INTERVIEW

Loyd - ‘Fresh Meat (radio edit)’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/_itsloyd_

Loyd - ‘Lethal Injection (radio edit)’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/_itsloyd_

Loyd - ‘How Do I Hold On To This Dream?’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/_itsloyd_

Loyd - ‘Normal Gays’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/_itsloyd_

Meritones, The - ‘Take The Money’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)

Sam Katz & Viviana Corsini - ‘Maybe I Don’t Need To’
Gresford (Gresffordd) / Bangor
http://www.instagram.com/ztakmasMAP

MAP:

SHOW STATS:

953 diff songs/ 1110 Total. 587 Artists in 28 shows since 1st, Jan ‘26 (~Songs per:40, Unique artists per:21) Welsh:91% Cymraeg:17% (feat. lyrics in Welsh); Source: Uploader:30%, Direct:12%, Bought:23%, Plugger:25%, Commission:8%

SINCE Jan 1st 2011

21616 diff songs/ 31912 Total. 6979 Artists in 799 shows since 1st, Jan ‘11 (~Songs per:40, Unique artists per:9) Welsh:96%

Comprehensive Session / Interview List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w-rIPj0l0QhUcbEm08PUPLUWh-416mwlteG_8wpNWtQ/edit?usp=sharing

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Diolch o galon,

Adam Walton

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]]><![CDATA[Show #2723: Independence Day Special]]>https://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2723-independence-day-specialhttps://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2723-independence-day-specialMon, 06 Jul 2026 07:01:42 GMT

You can hear this week’s celebration of new music from Wales here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002yjnd

Please subscribe to the programme via the BBC Sounds app, and then the programme will automatically download so that you can listen at your convenience, wherever you like (via Smartphone / portable devices etc):

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THIS WEEK’S SHOW:

  • An exploration of some of the connections between music from Wales and the United States on Independence Day and North America’s 250th birthday.

  • This is particularly a celebration of what brings us together, at a time when too many are sowing division.

  • Dydd Annibyniaeth Hapus 🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

    SMARTSPEAKER: to listen to the show, ask your smartspeaker to ask BBC to play BBC Introducing With Adam Walton.

STILL AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO:

More information about BBC Sounds here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds

COMING UP ON THE PROGRAMME:.

  • 11th July - Loyd interview.

  • 1st August - The Darling Buds interview.

  • 8th August - The Anchoress interview.

Please do send new music excellence to me via the BBC Introducing Uploader or as a download link to my BBC email address. You'll work it out. It has a dot between my first name and my last name.

Keep on trucking x

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST:

Jimi Hendrix - ‘Star Spangled Banner’
Seattle, United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix

Geraint Jarman A’r Cynganeddwyr - ‘Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau’
Denbigh (Dinbych)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraint_Jarman

Alabama 3 - ‘Woke Up This Morning (Mob Wife Mix) [Radio Edit]’
Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful)
http://alabama3.co.uk

Manic Street Preachers - ‘Ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayit’sworldwouldfallapart (edit)’
Blackwood (Coed-Duon)
http://manicstreetpreachers.com

John Cale - ‘Heartbreak Hotel’
Garnant
http://john-cale.com

Gwenifer Raymond - ‘Jack Parsons Blues’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)

Flamin’ Groovies - ‘Shake Some Action’
U S A / Welsh Producer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamin%27_Groovies

Phil Campbell - ‘Swing It (feat. Alice Cooper)’
Pontypridd
http://philcampbell.net

Tawny Reed - ‘I Got A Feeling’
Adamsdown / Cardiff
http://babylonwales.blogspot.co.uk/2008/12/tawny-reed.html

Drowners - ‘Luv, Hold Me Down’
Rhondda Valleys / New York City

Cerys Matthews - ‘Ar Ben Waun Tredegar’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)

Pooh Sticks, The - ‘Young People [reissue]’
Swansea (Abertawe)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pooh_Sticks

Good Day Father - ‘Carving Bones’
Swansea (Abertawe) / United States
http://soundcloud.com/good-day-father

Bug Club, The - ‘Yours (If You Want Me)’
Caldicot (Cil-y-coed)

Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci - ‘Heart Of Kentucky’
Carmarthen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorky%27s_Zygotic_Mynci

Jeb Loy Nichols and Cold Diamond & Mink - ‘Do The Get Together’
Wyoming / Cardigan (Aberteifi)

Mr Phormula - ‘Roads ft. Lord Willin’
Llanfrothen
http://mrphormula.com

Jem - ‘They’
Penarth
http://jem-music.com

Johanna Warren - ‘brave & capable’
Hay On Wye (Y Gelli Gandryll)
http://johannawarren.bandcamp.com

Helen Love - ‘Punk Boy ft. Joey Ramone’
Swansea (Abertawe)
http://helenlove.bandcamp.com

Alarm, The - ‘Deeside (live in Boston)’
Rhyl
http://thealarm.com

60ft Dolls - ‘Cars, Bars and Movie Stars’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60ft_Dolls

Velvet Underground, The - ‘All Tomorrow’s Parties’
Garnant / New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Velvet_Underground

Marina and the Diamonds - ‘Hollywood’
Abergavenny
https://www.marinaofficial.co.uk

Bright Light Bright Light - ‘Heartslap ft. Mykal Kilgore’
Neath (Castell-Nedd)
http://brightlightx2.bandcamp.com

Llwybr Llaethog - ‘Dull Di-Drais’
Blaenau Ffestiniog / Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://llwybrllaethog.bandcamp.com

Ffrancon - ‘Machynlleth New York Chicago Detroit [sengl]’
Machynlleth
http://ffrancon.bandcamp.com

St Vincent - ‘New York (Kelly Lee Owens Remix)’
Oklahoma, USA / Bagillt remixer
http://ilovestvincent.com

Neon Neon - ‘Dream Cars’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Los Angeles
http://neonneonofficial.tumblr.com

Joy Formidable, The - ‘Wolf’s Law’
Mold (Yr Wyddgrug) / Rhydymwyn
http://thejoyformidable.com

Mekons, The - ‘Ghosts of American Astronauts’
Newport (Casnewydd) / Chicago
http://mekons.bandcamp.com

Gruff Rhys - ‘American Interior’
Bethesda / Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://gruffrhys.com

Allergies, The - ‘God Walked Down’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://theallergies.bandcamp.com

Henry’s Funeral Shoe - ‘Be Your Own Invention’
Ystrad Mynach
http://facebook.com/henrysfuneralshoe

King Hannah - ‘All Being Fine’
Tan Lan / Liverpool
http://kinghannah.bandcamp.com

Joe Webb - ‘Duke’
Neath (Castell-Nedd)
http://joewebb5.bandcamp.com

Love Sculpture - ‘Shake Your Hips’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_sculpture

Stooges, The - ‘1969’
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States / Garnant Producer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stooges

White Noise Sound - ‘Sunset’
Swansea (Abertawe)

Pop Negatif Wastad - ‘Kerosene’
Aberystwyth
http://centralslate.omnia.co.uk/resources/central_slate.html

Flaming Lips, The - ‘Look...the Sun Is Rising’
Oklahoma City, United States / Cardiff (Caerdydd) drummer
https://www.flaminglips.com

Young Marble Giants - ‘Credit In The Straight World’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Marble_Giants

David Bowie - ‘Sound And Vision’
London (Lundain)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie

Meic Stevens - ‘Love Owed ( Comp Version )’
Solva (Solfach)
http://bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/meic-stevens/

Family Of The Year - ‘Hero [ Original Recording ]’
Wrexham / L.A.
http://familyoftheyear.net

Modern Lovers, The - ‘Roadrunner’
Boston, United States / Garnant producer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Modern_Lovers

mclusky - ‘no new wave no fun [re-issue]’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Rhyl
http://mcluskymclusky.bandcamp.com

Mudd Club, The - ‘Sick’
Machynlleth
http://themuddclub.bandcamp.com

Blackout, The - ‘Save Our Selves (The Warning)’
Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful)
http://theblackout.net

Cate Le Bon - ‘Miami’
Castell Newydd Emlyn
http://catelebon.com

Super Furry Animals - ‘Ohio Heat’
Bangor / Bethesda / Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://superfurry.com

Strawberry Guy - ‘Mrs Magic’
Caernarfon
http://strawberryguy.bandcamp.com

Y Niwl - ‘Dauddegtri’
Gwynedd

MAP

SHOW STATS:

889 diff songs/ 1033 Total. 561 Artists in 26 shows since 1st, Jan ‘26 (~Songs per:40, Unique artists per:22) Welsh:92% Cymraeg:16% (feat. lyrics in Welsh); Source: Uploader:29%, Direct:12%, Bought:23%, Plugger:25%, Commission:9%

SINCE Jan 1st 2011

21554 diff songs/ 31835 Total. 6967 Artists in 797 shows since 1st, Jan ‘11 (~Songs per:40, Unique artists per:9) Welsh:96%

Comprehensive Session / Interview List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w-rIPj0l0QhUcbEm08PUPLUWh-416mwlteG_8wpNWtQ/edit?usp=sharing

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Diolch o galon,

Adam Walton

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]]><![CDATA[Show #2722: Siôn Trefor & Ioana Selaru - 'Effi o Blaenau OST']]>https://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2722-sion-trefor-and-ioana-selaruhttps://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2722-sion-trefor-and-ioana-selaruMon, 29 Jun 2026 10:39:45 GMT

You can hear this week’s celebration of new music from Wales here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002y7p4

Please subscribe to the programme via the BBC Sounds app, and then the programme will automatically download so that you can listen at your convenience, wherever you like (via Smartphone / portable devices etc):

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THIS WEEK’S SHOW:

  • Acclaimed composers Siôn Trefor and Ioana Selaru talk about their soundtrack for the brilliant ‘Effi o Blaenau’

  • Siôn and Ioana curate a fascinating playlist of some of their inspirations.

  • A world exclusive 🌍 first play for Datblygu’s new single.

  • Molly Palmer comes in to share her Must Add this week.

  • And there is great new music from all over Wales and across the sonic spectrum...

    SMARTSPEAKER: to listen to the show, ask your smartspeaker to ask BBC to play BBC Introducing With Adam Walton.

STILL AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO:

More information about BBC Sounds here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds

COMING UP ON THE PROGRAMME:.

  • 1st August - The Darling Buds interview.

  • 8th August - The Anchoress interview.

Please do send new music excellence to me via the BBC Introducing Uploader or as a download link to my BBC email address. You'll work it out. It has a dot between my first name and my last name.

Keep on trucking x

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST:

Pictish Trail - ‘Life Slime (HMS Morris remix)’
Eigg, Scotland / Welsh remixers
http://pictishtrail.co.uk

Tubs, The - ‘Who’s Gonna Love You Now?’
Cardiff / Caerdydd

SageTodz - ‘JUMPY’
Penygroes
http://www.instagram.com/Manliketodz

Overmono & Kindora - ‘Even Angels Ghost’
Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy)
http://overmono.bandcamp.com

Benbow - ‘Feels Like Nature’
Prestatyn
http://www.instagram.com/benbowbow

Every Hell - ‘Ironclad’
Brighton / Newport (Casnewydd)
http://www.instagram.com/weareeveryhell

Datblygu - ‘Dyn y Wawr’
Cardigan (Aberteifi)
http://ankstmusik.bandcamp.com

M-Digidol - ‘Cenfigennus’
Bangor

No Choice - ‘Hook Line and Sink Her’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Bridgend (Pen-y-Bont)
http://facebook.com/nochoiceuk

Aurelia - ‘Angelina’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://instagram.com/welcome_to_aurelia

MOLLY’S MUST ADD SATURDAY REDUX

ifan - ‘way out’
Llangoed, Ynys Môn
http://www.instagram.com/ifan.ifan.ifan

Menig - ‘asphalt’
St Davids (Tyddewi)
http://www.instagram.com/menigsound

TRIPLE DECKER TUNE BURGER

Jim - ‘Keeps Me Warm’
Colwyn Bay (Bae Colwyn)
http://jim-uk.bandcamp.com

Osgled - ‘Traed Moch’
Machynlleth
http://www.instagram.com/osgled_

Machen - ‘Applying the 3 (radio edit) - RPMA ft. Jali Yankuba Conteh’
Risca / Newport (Casnewydd) / Penarth

INTERVIEW WITH SIÔN TREFOR & IOANA SELARU

Siôn Trefor & Ioana Selaru - ‘Elsn’, ‘Torri’, ‘Dallt’, ‘ Tâd’, ‘Gwlau’, ‘Anadl’, ‘Blna’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
https://www.siontrefor.com
https://www.ioanaselaru.com

SIÔN TREFOR & IOANA SELARU’S PLAYLIST OF INSPIRATIONS

Ioana Selaru - ‘Seventy times seven’
Romania / London (Lundain)

Nicolas Snyder - ‘Fresh Memory’
Singapore

Anton Karas - ‘Welles Raises Kane - Antimacassar’
Austria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Karas

Adhelm - ‘Drag’
UK

Oneohtrix Point Never & Iggy Pop - ‘The Pure and the Damned’
Brooklyn, United States

maarja nuut & ruum - ‘Mahe’
Estonia

Ennio Morricone - ‘Ninna Nanna Per Adulteri’
Rome, Italy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennio_Morricone

Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - ‘Movement 1’
Manchester (Manceinion) etc.

Old Time Relijun - ‘Cuneform’
Washington, Olympia

Siôn Trefor - ‘In Another World’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://instagram.com/siontrefor

Harmonia - ‘Veterano’
Forst, Germany

Deep Hum - ‘Kingdom Of Love (Radio Edit)’
Bridgend (Pen-y-Bont) / Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Swansea (Abertawe)
http://www.instagram.com/lloyd_markham_author

Cordia - ‘Gweld yn Glir’
Bangor / Ynys Môn
http://www.facebook.com/cordiamusic/

General Waste - ‘i wish i lived in 2006’
Tonyrefail
http://www.instagram.com/generalwasteuk

Freyja Elsy - ‘Control’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://linktr.ee/freyjaelsy

Leucochloridium Heipocsig - ‘Ysbryd Y Cymro Yn Cuddio Ond Aros’
Brynsiencyn
http://leucochloridiumheipocsig.bandcamp.com

Gorwel Owen - ‘Rhith’
Llanfaelog, Ynys Môn

MAP

SHOW STATS:

844 diff songs/ 980 Total. 532 Artists in 25 shows since 1st, Jan ‘26 (~Songs per:39, Unique artists per:21) Welsh:91% Cymraeg:17% (feat. lyrics in Welsh); Source: Uploader:31%, Direct:12%, Bought:21%, Plugger:26%, Commission:9%

SINCE Jan 1st 2011

21529 diff songs/ 31782 Total. 6962 Artists in 7956 shows since 1st, Jan ‘11 (~Songs per:40, Unique artists per:9) Welsh:96%

Comprehensive Session / Interview List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w-rIPj0l0QhUcbEm08PUPLUWh-416mwlteG_8wpNWtQ/edit?usp=sharing

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Diolch o galon,

Adam Walton

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]]><![CDATA[Show #2721: Remembering David R. Edwards (Datblygu)]]>https://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2721-remembering-david-r-edwardshttps://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2721-remembering-david-r-edwardsTue, 23 Jun 2026 09:40:10 GMT

You can hear this week’s celebration of new music from Wales here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002xxpr

Please subscribe to the programme via the BBC Sounds app, and then the programme will automatically download so that you can listen at your convenience, wherever you like (via Smartphone / portable devices etc):

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THIS WEEK’S SHOW:

  • On the 5th Anniversary of his death, we pay tribute to the genius of Datblygu’s David R. Edwards featuring...

  • Pat Datblygu’s Behind The Track from 2021 talking about one of Datblygu’s classic songs, ‘Gwlad Ar Fy Nghefn’.

  • From The Vaults revisits Gareth Potter’s heartfelt tribute to his friend from June 2021.

  • From 2010, Lara Catrin translates Datblygu’s acerbic and controversial ‘Cân i Gymry’.

  • Elsewhere in the show...      

  • Great new music from all over Wales and across the sonic spectrum including a world exclusive of the brilliant new Darling Buds single and an exclusive of Benbow’s brilliant new single, and 7 artists I’ve never played before.

    SMARTSPEAKER: to listen to the show, ask your smartspeaker to ask BBC to play BBC Introducing With Adam Walton.

STILL AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO:

More information about BBC Sounds here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds

COMING UP ON THE PROGRAMME:.

  • 27th June - Siôn Trefor & Ioana Selaru interview.

  • 1st August - The Darling Buds interview.

  • 8th August - The Anchoress interview.

Please do send new music excellence to me via the BBC Introducing Uploader or as a download link to my BBC email address. You'll work it out. It has a dot between my first name and my last name.

Keep on trucking x

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST:

Datblygu - ‘Maes E 2018 (David Wrench remix)’
Cardigan (Aberteifi)
http://ankstmusik.bandcamp.com

Holding Absence - ‘Lucid Love’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://holdingabsence.com

Inpatient (Ren x Webby x JP On Da Track) - ‘Tarantula (radio edit)’
Dwyran, Ynys Môn
http://soundcloud.com/inpatient-world

glaive & kurtains - ‘The Troubles’
Llanelli
http://instagram.com/1kurtains

Doll Face Stranger - ‘Talking Tree ft. Stefania Sian’
Swansea (Abertawe)
http://www.instagram.com/pusye_donttalk

HMS Morris - ‘Bwletin Brys’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Saint Asaph (Llanelwy) / Llandovery / PenyBont Fawr / Crymych
http://hmsmorrisband.bandcamp.com

Every Hell - ‘Bane Of The Bear’
Brighton / Newport (Casnewydd)
http://www.instagram.com/weareeveryhell

Liam J. Edwards - ‘GWERTHFAWROGI’
Swansea (Abertawe)
http://www.instagram.com/liamj.edwardsmusic

Overmono & Kindora - ‘Even Angels Ghost’
Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy)
http://overmono.bandcamp.com

Lady Garden - ‘Drop Dead Gorgeous’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://sites.google.com/view/ladygarden/home

Aleighcia Scott - ‘Gwreiddiau’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://aleighciascott.com

Charlie J - ‘Headphones ft. Unity’
North Cornelly (Corneli)

Rachel K. Collier - ‘Birdsong’
Swansea (Abertawe)
http://www.instagram.com/rachelkcollier

TRIPLE DECKER TUNE BURGER

Strawberry Guy - ‘I’ll Never Feel That Young Again’
Caernarfon
http://strawberryguy.bandcamp.com

Martin Carr - ‘Connie Converse is Playing At My House’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://martincarr.bandcamp.com/music

Gorwel Owen - ‘Haid’
Llanfaelog, Ynys Môn

Siôn Trefor & Ioana Selaru - ‘elusen’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://instagram.com/siontrefor

Adwaith - ‘Miliwn’
Carmarthen (Caerfyrddin)
http://facebook.com/adwaithmusic

PATRICIA MORGAN - BEHIND THE TRACK: Datblygu ‘Gwlad Ar Fy Nghefn’

Datblygu - ‘Gwlad Ar Fy Nghefn’
Cardigan (Aberteifi)
http://ankstmusik.bandcamp.com

Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn - ‘Cofio’r Sîn Na o Goodfellas’
Llangefni / Machynlleth
http://taihafhebdrigolyn.bandcamp.com/

Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn - ‘Torriad I’
Llangefni / Machynlleth
http://taihafhebdrigolyn.bandcamp.com/

Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn - ‘Torriad II’
Llangefni / Machynlleth
http://taihafhebdrigolyn.bandcamp.com/

Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn - ‘Torriad III’
Llangefni / Machynlleth
http://taihafhebdrigolyn.bandcamp.com/

Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn - ‘Trwyn John Cêl’
Llangefni / Machynlleth
http://taihafhebdrigolyn.bandcamp.com/

Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn - ‘Torriad IV’
Llangefni / Machynlleth
http://taihafhebdrigolyn.bandcamp.com/

Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn - ‘Torriad V’
Llangefni / Machynlleth
http://taihafhebdrigolyn.bandcamp.com/

Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn - ‘Rhisiart Hamon’
Llangefni / Machynlleth
http://taihafhebdrigolyn.bandcamp.com/

Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn - ‘Torriad VI’
Llangefni / Machynlleth
http://taihafhebdrigolyn.bandcamp.com/

Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn - ‘Nos Da’
Llangefni / Machynlleth
http://taihafhebdrigolyn.bandcamp.com/

Benbow - ‘Feels Like Nature’
Prestatyn
http://www.instagram.com/benbowbow

Darling Buds, The - ‘Lost Time’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://www.facebook.com/TheDarlingBudsOfficial/

Sister Envy - ‘Guillotine’
Prestatyn / Denbigh (Dinbych) / Colwyn Bay (Bae Colwyn)
http://www.instagram.com/sisterenvyband

Osgled - ‘Traed Moch’
Machynlleth
http://www.instagram.com/osgled_

Raithe Laurence - ‘On A Friday’
Swansea (Abertawe)
http://www.raithism.com

FROM THE VAULTS - Gareth Potter Pays Tribute To David R. Edwards

Datblygu - ‘Cymryd Y Cyfan’
Cardigan (Aberteifi)
http://ankstmusik.bandcamp.com

James Chadwick’s Inside Out - ‘Sound of Silence’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://instagram.com/JChadwickguitar

Jessica Lee Morgan - ‘Peace In Our Time’
Pontardawe / London (Lundain)

Secret Garden, The - ‘Weekend Away (Dicky Continental Remix)’
Swansea (Abertawe) remix
http://www.instagram.com/secretgarden.the/

RAM RAM aka Reggae And Mental Random Access Memory - ‘Love is What it’s all About Dub’
Bangor
http://www.facebook.com/ramramreggae/

Gemma Rose - ‘Echo feat. Ben Soundscape’
Bridgend (Pen-Y-Bont)
http://lnk.bio/GemmaRose

LARA CATRIN TRANSLATES Datblygu’s ‘Cân i Gymry’

Datblygu - ‘Cân i Gymry’
Cardigan (Aberteifi)
http://ankstmusik.bandcamp.com

Bollt - ‘Cyffyrddiad Moethus’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/bolltband/

Awst - ‘When Brian Wilson Sings’
Ceunant
http://facebook.com/awstmusic

Welsh Argentine Guitar Duo - ‘Estudio Zambero’
Seven Sisters (Blaendulais)
http://www.instagram.com/wagduo

MAP

SHOW STATS:

809 diff songs/ 941 Total. 512 Artists in 24 shows since 1st, Jan ‘26 (~Songs per:39, Unique artists per:21) Welsh:91% Cymraeg:17% (feat. lyrics in Welsh); Source: Uploader:31%, Direct:11%, Bought:21%, Plugger:26%, Commission:10%

SINCE Jan 1st 2011

21494 diff songs/ 31743 Total. 6955 Artists in 795 shows since 1st, Jan ‘11 (~Songs per:40, Unique artists per:9) Welsh:95%

Comprehensive Session / Interview List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w-rIPj0l0QhUcbEm08PUPLUWh-416mwlteG_8wpNWtQ/edit?usp=sharing

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Diolch o galon,

Adam Walton

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]]><![CDATA[Show #2720: Keys live; Wolf Alice From The Vaults.]]>https://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2720-keys-live-wolf-alice-fromhttps://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2720-keys-live-wolf-alice-fromMon, 15 Jun 2026 07:02:02 GMT

You can hear this week’s celebration of new music from Wales here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002xqgj

Please subscribe to the programme via the BBC Sounds app, and then the programme will automatically download so that you can listen at your convenience, wherever you like (via Smartphone / portable devices etc):

Feel free to share the link below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002xqgj

THIS WEEK’S SHOW:

  • Keys’ psychedelically enhanced live set from Focus Wales 2026.

  • From The Vaults... clips from an interview with Mercury Prize Winners (2018) Wolf Alice who headline Green Man Festival in August.

  • Mali Hâf World Exclusive! 🌍

  • Molly’s Must Add... a live track from Molly’s Live At Your Local in Cwmaman.

  • A musically enriching and spiritually nutritious Triple Decker Tune Burger.

  • Great new music from all over Wales and across the sonic spectrum.

    SMARTSPEAKER: to listen to the show, ask your smartspeaker to ask BBC to play BBC Introducing With Adam Walton.

STILL AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO:

More information about BBC Sounds here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds

COMING UP ON THE PROGRAMME:.

  • 20th June - Siôn Trefor & Ioana Selaru interview.

  • 27th June - Martin Carr ‘What Future’ interview // From The Vaults… UNKLE (DJ Shadow & James Lavelle).

  • 1st August - The Darling Buds interview.

  • 8th August - The Anchoress interview.

Please do send new music excellence to me via the BBC Introducing Uploader or as a download link to my BBC email address. You'll work it out. It has a dot between my first name and my last name.

Keep on trucking x

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST:

Gorwel Owen - ‘Glas’
Llanfaelog, Ynys Môn

Joey Waronker, Luke Reynolds & Zac Rae - ‘Bywyd Arall ft. Carwyn Ellis’
Los Angeles, United States / Welsh collaborator
http://www.instagram.com/lukereynoldsmusic/

Strawberry Guy - ‘I’ll Never Feel That Young Again’
Caernarfon
http://strawberryguy.bandcamp.com

Hairdye - ‘Eden’s Garden’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://linktr.ee/hairdye.band

Darling Buds, The - ‘Intruder’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://www.facebook.com/TheDarlingBudsOfficial/

Loyd - ‘How Do I Hold On To This Dream?’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/_itsloyd_

Overmono & Kindora - ‘Even Angels Ghost’
Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy)
http://overmono.bandcamp.com

John Mouse - ‘20 Summers Left’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://johnmouse.bandcamp.com

Pale Spirits - ‘Telephone Trouble’
Llanybydder
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555359910833

Osgled - ‘Traed Moch’
Machynlleth
http://www.instagram.com/osgled_

SageTodz - ‘JUMPY’
Penygroes
http://www.instagram.com/Manliketodz

Adjua - ‘Babe, I think you’re really sexy (Babe)’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://instagram.com/adjuasings_

Nouvelle Vague - ‘Enjoy The Silence ft. Skye Edwards and Larry Love’
Paris / Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful) collaborator
http://nouvellevaguemusic.com

Anchoress, The - ‘Damsels ft. Eaves Wilder’
Glynneath (Glyn-nedd)

Swallow - ‘Lovesleep (2026 Remaster)’
Aberystwyth / Rhayader

FROM THE VAULTS - WOLF ALICE: INTERVIEW CLIP WITH JOEL & ELLIE 6TH JUNE 2021

Wolf Alice - ‘White Horses’
London (Lundain)
http://www.wolfalice.co.uk

————

Johanna Warren - ‘brave & capable’
Hay On Wye (Y Gelli Gandryll)
http://johannawarren.bandcamp.com

Bug Club, The - ‘Pretty as a Magazine’
Caldicot (Cil-y-coed)

BlueBelle - ‘Workout’
Saint Dogmaels (Llandudoch)
http://instagram.com/____bluebelle____

Douvelle19 - ‘Far Away ft. Manga Saint Hilare’
Newport (Casnewydd) / London (Lundain)
http://www.instagram.com/douvelle19

Mali Hâf - ‘Gwrach Fach yr Hâf’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful)
http://instagram.com/malihahahaf

Doll Face Stranger - ‘Talking Tree ft. Stefania Sian’
Swansea (Abertawe)
http://www.instagram.com/pusye_donttalk

Elin Grace - ‘Steps’
Llandrindod Wells
http://soundcloud.com/elingrace

Egg Spectrum - ‘Hot Tip Fly’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/egg_spectrum

TRIPLE DECKER TUNE BURGER

Siôn Trefor & Ioana Selaru - ‘effi’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://instagram.com/siontrefor

Canna - ‘Y Pibydd Coch’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/cannaband

Panedeni - ‘Moj Dilbere (featuring Welsh bagpipes)’
Wrexham (Wrecsam)
http://panedeni.com

————

Jonny Forever - ‘Sweet Jeremy’
Barry (Y Barri)
http://www.instagram.com/jonnyforever_

fruitb0y - ‘Bannau’
Talgarth, Bannau Brycheiniog
http://www.instagram.com/fruitb0y/

MOLLY’S MUST ADD

Caitlin Lavagna - ‘Lavender Fields (Molly Palmer Live at The Sheps, Cwmaman)’
Porth, Rhondda
http://instagram.com/caitlinlavagna

————

Frisbees In The Fog - ‘Porth’
Swansea (Abertawe)

Benbow - ‘I’m Just Here Dancing ft. High Spaces’
Prestatyn
http://www.instagram.com/benbowbow

Bau Cat - ‘Silver Bangle’
Rhyl / Rhuddlan
http://www.instagram.com/bau__cat/

KEYS LIVE AT FOCUS WALES 2026

Keys - ‘What Flavour?’,’Form A Band’, ‘Poyekhali’, ‘Fish Out Of Water’, ‘My Temporary Game’, ‘What Do I Have To Do?’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.facebook.com/KEYSband1

————

Y Ddelwedd - ‘O’r Blaen’
Blaenau Ffestiniog
http://www.instagram.com/y_ddelwedd/

Ryan Davies - ‘Red’
Neath (Castell-nedd) / Swansea (Abertawe)http://www.instagram.com/ryandaviesmusic

MAP:

SHOW STATS:

772 diff songs/ 897 Total. 495 Artists in 23 shows since 1st, Jan ‘26 (~Songs per:39, Unique artists per:22) Welsh:91% Cymraeg:15% (feat. lyrics in Welsh); Source: Uploader:32%, Direct:11%, Bought:21%, Plugger:24%, Commission:10%

SINCE Jan 1st 2011

21461 diff songs/ 31699 Total. 6948 Artists in 794 shows since 1st, Jan ‘11 (~Songs per:40, Unique artists per:9) Welsh:95%

Comprehensive Session / Interview List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w-rIPj0l0QhUcbEm08PUPLUWh-416mwlteG_8wpNWtQ/edit?usp=sharing

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Diolch o galon,

Adam Walton

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]]><![CDATA[Show #2718: ZXHRA live; Jarvis Cocker From The Vaults.]]>https://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2718-zxhra-live-jarvis-cockerhttps://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2718-zxhra-live-jarvis-cockerMon, 25 May 2026 07:02:21 GMT

You can hear this week’s celebration of new music from Wales here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002wrr5

Please subscribe to the programme via the BBC Sounds app, and then the programme will automatically download so that you can listen at your convenience, wherever you like (via Smartphone / portable devices etc):

Feel free to share the link below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002wrr5

THIS WEEK’S SHOW:

  • ZXHRA’s luminous and soulful live set from Focus Wales 2026.

  • From The Vaults: the highlights of a brilliant interview with Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker from May 1994.      

  • A Newport-fuelled Triple Decker Tune Burger.

  • Great new music from all over Wales and across the sonic spectrum.

    SMARTSPEAKER: to listen to the show, ask your smartspeaker to ask BBC to play BBC Introducing With Adam Walton.

STILL AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO:

  • 16.05.26 Shale live from Focus Wales 2026. Simon Love talks about ‘The One True Prince of Wales (in Exile)’. Super Furry Animals’ fans from Llandudno talk about their live comeback. Green Man Rising 2026 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002wfxc

  • 09.05.26 Focus Wales 2026 special. Adam Walton & Molly Palmer host live music and great guests from the festival in the heart of Wrexham. Interviews with Roddy from Idlewild; Gwenno; Bill Ryder-Jones; Mari Mathias and Delta Ladies Choir. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002w4gk

  • 02.05.26 Chroma talk about their excellent new album ’25 Forever’. From The Vaults… Cate Le Bon interview and live track from Focus Wales 2019. Two phenomenal live recordings of Aberystwyth’s Internet Fatigue courtesy of Horizons / Gorwelion from Other Voices festival.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002vsz0

More information about BBC Sounds here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds

COMING UP ON THE PROGRAMME:.

  • 30th May - Molly Palmer sits in…

  • 6th June - Wenallt Star interview // Bau Cat live from Focus Wales

  • 13th June - Keys live from Focus Wales

  • 20th June - Martin Carr ‘What Future’ interview // From The Vaults… UNKLE (DJ Shadow & James Lavelle)

  • 8th August - The Anchoress interview

Please do send new music excellence to me via the BBC Introducing Uploader or as a download link to my BBC email address. You'll work it out. It has a dot between my first name and my last name.

Keep on trucking x

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST:

Bramwell - ‘Standing On Stones’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://instagram.com/bramwellband

glaive & kurtains - ‘The Troubles’
Llanelli
http://instagram.com/1kurtains

Overmono - ‘Lockup’
Monmouthshire
http://overmono.bandcamp.com

Panic Shack - ‘grin & bear it’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)

Mared - ‘Numbing’
Denbighshire (Sir Dinbych)

Penne Orenne - ‘Poeni’
Carmarthen (Caerfyrddin)
http://instagram.com/penneorenne_

Vicetrack - ‘TITANS’
Tenby (Dinbych-y-pysgod)
http://www.instagram.com/vicetrack_uk

Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 - ‘Tonnau Ar Tonnau’
Benllech / Cardiff (Caerdydd)

Allergies, The - ‘Dig It Up (feat. Andy Cooper & BlabberMouf)’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)

Dewin - ‘Broga’
Preseli
http://www.instagram.com/dewinband/

NEWPORT-FUELLED TRIPLE DECKER TUNE BURGER

NaNaz, The - ‘The Isles’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://www.instagram.com/thenanazband

Darling Buds, The - ‘Intruder’
Newport (Casnewydd)
https://www.cherryred.co.uk/the-darling-buds-same-sun-same-sky-vinyl-edition

Socials, The - ‘Live Fast Die Slow’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://www.instagram.com/Thesocialsuk

————

Bug Club, The - ‘A Good Day For Dying (clean)’
Caldicot (Cil-y-coed)

Dan Bettridge - ‘Green Screen ft Novo Amor’
Ogmore-By-Sea (Aberogwr)
http://danbettridge.bandcamp.com

Swallow - ‘Follow Me Down (2026 Remaster)’
Aberystwyth / Rhayader

Helen Love - ‘I’m In Love With You’
Swansea (Abertawe)

FROM THE VAULTS: PULP’S JARVIS COCKER FROM MAY 1994

Pulp - ‘Do You Remember The First Time?’
Sheffield
http://welovepulp.info

————

John Mouse - ‘20 Summers Left’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://johnmouse.bandcamp.com

Jim - ‘Love Over Gold (feat. Edie Baron)’
Colwyn Bay (Bae Colwyn)
http://jim-uk.bandcamp.com

sLEdger - ‘Shush ft. Mali Hâf (radio edit)’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / London (Lundain)

someday, sky - ‘Blue Sky ft Daffodil Jones’
Swansea (Abertawe)
http://instagram.com/daffodiljones_

Doll Face Stranger - ‘Lay Back’
Swansea (Abertawe)
http://www.instagram.com/pusye_donttalk

Poltergeist - ‘of an insidious nature (Live at MusicBox Studios Cardiff)’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Newport (Casnewydd)
http://www.instagram.com/poltergeistaudio

Jean Jacques Smoothie - ‘Over the Edge (Album Version) ft. Tara Busch’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)

Number - ‘Discoid [Ramrock Red Records]’
Swansea (Abertawe)
http://numberband.com

Vice Beats and Rightkeysonly - ‘BBKB (Baby Boys Killing Boys) ft. Berlioz Strings’
Bristol (Bryste) / Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://rightkeysonly6.wixsite.com/rightkeysonly/my-story

Super Furry Animals - ‘If You Don’t Want Me To Destroy You’
Bangor / Bethesda / Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://superfurry.com

Amruta Garud - ‘Eternal’
Sully
http://www.instagram.com/amrutagarud1

Shale - ‘Red Wolf’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://shale.band

Alan Wyatt - ‘Electric’
Fishguard (Abergwaun)
http://www.instagram.com/adw35.17

Death Particle, The - ‘Lying Lips’
Aberystwyth

papaya noon - ‘blush’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/papayanoon

Tomos Williams - ‘Streic y Glowyr / Miners’ Strike 1984’
West Wales
http://burum.org

ZXHRA LIVE FROM FOCUS WALES 2026

ZXHRA - ‘Casual (live at Focus Wales 2026)’, ‘Differences (live at Focus Wales 2026)’, ‘Pretty Pink Skies (live at Focus Wales 2026)’, ‘Roses (live at Focus Wales 2026)’, ‘Don’t Call Me (Live at Focus Wales 2026)’
Colwyn Bay (Bae Colwyn)
http://www.instagram.com/_.zxhra

————

Gemma Rose - ‘Control ft. Rift’
Bridgend (Pen-Y-Bont)
http://lnk.bio/GemmaRose

Elephant In The Room - ‘Lust’
Barry (Y Barri)
http://www.instagram.com/elephantintheroom_23

Caine Jones-Williams - ‘Endure’
Holyhead (Caergybi)
http://instagram.com/cainejoneswilliams

Sad Cypress - ‘The Other Side’Cardiff (Caerdydd)

MAP:

SHOW STATS:

699 diff songs/ 815 Total. 461 Artists in 21 shows since 1st, Jan ‘26 (~Songs per:39, Unique artists per:22) Welsh:91% Cymraeg:15% (feat. lyrics in Welsh); Source: Uploader:32%, Direct:11%, Bought:22%, Plugger:25%, Commission:9%

Comprehensive Session / Interview List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w-rIPj0l0QhUcbEm08PUPLUWh-416mwlteG_8wpNWtQ/edit?usp=sharing

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Diolch o galon,

Adam Walton

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]]><![CDATA[Show #2717: Shale live; Simon Love; Super Furry Fanimals]]>https://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2717-shale-live-simon-love-superhttps://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2717-shale-live-simon-love-superMon, 18 May 2026 06:45:50 GMT

You can hear this week’s celebration of new music from Wales here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002wfxc

Please subscribe to the programme via the BBC Sounds app, and then the programme will automatically download so that you can listen at your convenience, wherever you like (via Smartphone / portable devices etc):

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THIS WEEK’S SHOW:

  • Shale’s phenomenal live set from Focus Wales 2026 last weekend in Wrexham.

  • Simon Love talks about his new album ‘The One True Prince Of Wales (in exile)‘.

  • Super Furry Animals 2026... audience reactions to SFA’s first gig in Wales in over a decade, from Thursday night’s triumphant show in Llandudno. (My review, here: https://adamwalton.substack.com/p/super-furry-animals-venue-cymru-llandudno).

  • Green Man Rising 2026... a recording from each of the finalists in this week’s Quintuple Decker Tune Burger.

  • Great new music from all over Wales and across the sonic spectru

    SMARTSPEAKER: to listen to the show, ask your smartspeaker to ask BBC to play BBC Introducing With Adam Walton.

STILL AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO:

  • 09.05.24 Focus Wales 2026 special. Adam Walton & Molly Palmer host live music and great guests from the festival in the heart of Wrexham. Interviews with Roddy from Idlewild; Gwenno; Bill Ryder-Jones; Mari Mathias and Delta Ladies Choir. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002w4gk

  • 02.05.24 Chroma talk about their excellent new album ’25 Forever’. From The Vaults… Cate Le Bon interview and live track from Focus Wales 2019. Two phenomenal live recordings of Aberystwyth’s Internet Fatigue courtesy of Horizons / Gorwelion from Other Voices festival.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002vsz0

  • 25.04.26 Mari Mathias speaks in depth about her captivating new album ‘Cyfarwydd‘. A deeply original live set from Machynlleth’s Osgled, from Little Things Festival. From The Vaults... part of an interview I did with Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake at Green Man Festival in 2018. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002vjjv

More information about BBC Sounds here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds

COMING UP ON THE PROGRAMME:.

  • 23rd May - ZXHRA live from Focus Wales

  • 30th May - Molly Palmer sits in…

  • 6th June - Wenallt Star interview // Bau Cat live from Focus Wales

    13th June - Keys live from Focus Wales

  • 20th June - Martin Carr ‘What Future’ interview // From The Vaults… UNKLE (DJ Shadow & James Lavelle

  • 8th August - The Anchoress interview

Please do send new music excellence to me via the BBC Introducing Uploader or as a download link to my BBC email address. You'll work it out. It has a dot between my first name and my last name.

Keep on trucking x

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST:

Manic Street Preachers - ‘If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next’
Blackwood (Coed-Duon)
http://manicstreetpreachers.com

Skindred - ‘Big Em Up (clean edit)’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://skindred.net

Shale - ‘44 Miles’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://shale.band

James And The Cold Gun - ‘Lips Like Sugar’
Pontyclun
http://instagram.com/andthecoldgun

Penne Orenne - ‘Miss Miss Miss’
Carmarthen (Caerfyrddin)
http://instagram.com/penneorenne_

Bramwell - ‘Standing On Stones’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://instagram.com/bramwellband

Bramwell - ‘Standing On Stones’ [TWICE]
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://instagram.com/bramwellband

Anchoress, The - ‘Damsels ft. Eaves Wilder’
Glynneath (Glyn-nedd)

ovajoi - ‘IF I DROWNED?’
Mid Wales / Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/_ovajoi

Thumpa - ‘Kind Of Love’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/gareth.johnson

Lemfreck - ‘Post Luck Clarity’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://facebook.com/Lemfreck

SUEP - ‘Fornever’
London (Lundain) / Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/suepband/

SUPER FURRY ANIMALS LLANDUDNO 2026 - FAN REACTIONS

Super Furry Animals - ‘Mountain People (2017 Remastered Edition)’
Bangor / Bethesda / Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://superfurry.com

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Morgan Elwy - ‘Pwy sy’n dod?’
Llansannan
http://linktr.ee/morganelwy

Bodhi - ‘Hyper’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)

Johanna Warren - ‘brave & capable’
Hay On Wye (Y Gelli Gandryll)

T.Y - ‘Pavements’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/ty.officialband

SHALE LIVE FROM FOCUS WALES 2026

Shale - ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’, ‘Work Dog’, It’s Not Right’, ‘It’s Not Right’, ‘Don’t Believe It’, ‘Red Wolf’, ‘Fuzzy Identities’, ‘Get Ready to Dance’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://shale.band

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Dream State - ‘Words Unsaid’
Swansea (Abertawe)
http://facebook.com/DreamStateUKOfficial

MOLLY’S MUST ADD SATURDAY REDUX

New Wolves - ‘We are crowds’
Swansea (Abertawe)
http://newwolves.co

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SIMON LOVE ‘THE ONE TRUE PRINCE OF WALES’ INTERVIEW 2026

Simon Love - ‘Happy Birthday To Me (And Rita Lee)’, ‘Come Out 2nite’, ‘Lone Giant’, ‘Green Man Blues’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / London (Lundain)

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GREEN MAN RISING 2026 QUINTUPLE DECKER TUNE BURGER

Cyn Cwsg - ‘Megan Plis’
Y Gogledd
http://facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555752064160

Slow Country, The - ‘Firing Line’
Manchester / Rhiwbina (drummer)
http://instagram.com/theslowcountryband

Kiosk - ‘Heaven Sent’
Leeds
http://www.instagram.com/kioskband

tall child - ‘Orange’
London (Lundain)
http://www.instagram.com/tallchildband

Glasshouse Red Spider Mite - ‘Everyone Loves You’
Brighton
http://www.instagram.com/glasshouseredspidermite

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Luke RV - ‘Matter of Time’
Neath (Castell-Nedd)
http://instagram.com/lukervv

Two Tonne Machete - ‘Lead With My Bad Side’
Nannerch
http://www.instagram.com/two_tonne_machete

Tom Emlyn - ‘Goldfish Bowl’
Swansea (Abertawe)
http://linktr.ee/tomemlyn

SHOW STATS:

662 diff songs/ 771 Total. 445 Artists in 20 shows since 1st, Jan ‘26 (~Songs per:39, Unique artists per:22) Welsh:90% Cymraeg:16% (feat. lyrics in Welsh); Source: Uploader:32%, Direct:11%, Bought:23%, Plugger:24%, Commission:9%

Comprehensive Session / Interview List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w-rIPj0l0QhUcbEm08PUPLUWh-416mwlteG_8wpNWtQ/edit?usp=sharing

Subscribe to my Substack: https://adamwalton.substack.com

Diolch o galon,

Adam Walton

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]]><![CDATA[Super Furry Animals, Venue Cymru, Llandudno, 14th May 2026]]>https://adamwalton.substack.com/p/super-furry-animals-venue-cymru-llandudnohttps://adamwalton.substack.com/p/super-furry-animals-venue-cymru-llandudnoFri, 15 May 2026 12:01:33 GMTThere must be a mistake… the radio’s on this morning but they’re not playing Super Furry Animals. Were they not there? How can 6Music call itself a music station and not be reflecting every glittering shard of last night’s spectacle? It’s a travesty, I tell you.

The first gig I went to was Disciples of Spess in the Clwyd Rooms at Theatr Clwyd in Yr Wyddgrug in 1986 or 1987; lovely satin purple shirt, drenched in pachouli oil, packet of 10 Regal Blue poking out of the top of my pocket just so.

I swear to God Llyr was there too, and he’s here now (Llyr, not God), talking intently into his phone, scanning the queue outside Venue Cymru for friendly faces. They’re all friendly faces. And so many familiar faces… but rarely coupled with names: balding men and indomitable women whose features I recognise, despite the intervening cares of life, from Miri Madog in the late 90’s, or Catatonia at this venue in 1998, Meringue (soon to be Melys) in Swallow Falls Hotel, Capel Curig around the same time, or Gruff’s triumphant hometown gig at Neuadd Ogwen in Bethesda in 2011… and countless other musical communions over the last three decades.

We’re all linked by our history of participating in these rituals… shaped by sharing the artists’ visions and the joy and catharsis of plunging ourselves in such events. How we’ve taken that inspiration into our own lives, whether it’s a sublime inspiration as fellow artists following in the comet’s tail, or the fundamental inspiration we (I hope) all take from music as a companion, a soul mate, an illumination and joy through our best and worst days, is genuine testament to the power of this band and their songs. No exaggeration required.

One of the revitalising aspects of the night is the amount of younger faces here, too… some of whom have had a love for the Furries passed on to them by fevered parents, others of whom are here under their own steam… stood in enclaves in the crowd, unsettling the rest of us with their bright eyes and untrammelled hope.

There are countless reviews of Super Furry Animals (and, for that matter, Gorky’s, Catatonia, Race Horses, Melin Melyn et al et al) where the reviewer focuses on our ‘weirdness’… and it’s no bad thing to be regarded as ‘other’ in some respects. But the most powerful message I receive from Super Furry Animals - as a thrumming subtext in all of their great great songs - is an evangelism of possibilities, of what can happen if we allow ourselves to surf the rainbow crest of our imaginations.

WE CAN ALL DO THIS.

We mightn’t have Gruff’s amethyst voice; Cian’s five dimensional grasp of timbre and movement; Guto’s green and yellow path to the very roots at our feet; Daf’s oh-so-musical, Ringo-like understanding of illustrating songs; or Bunf’s just-two-handed-multitrack-six string voodoo… so, yes, these individuals are special and together they summon genius… but there’s an undertow here that is inviting us out into our own selves and the wonder (and occasional seriousness) of play.

‘Tautology, Adam.’ That’s what Miss Greenhalgh would have written under that, in red ink.

‘What a load of bollocks.” is what my mum would have said, on reading that, over an awkward cup of tea sat round the kitchen table. Always one for speaking her mind, my mum.

But it’s not weirdness that has Gruff, Guto, Bunf and Kris (I couldn’t see whether Daf was also transformed… too busy bad back frugging) in yeti outfits for the coda of a shattering and particularly radical ‘The Man Don’t Give a Fuck’… it’s a (long running) and hilarious statement of fun and the absurd, a why-the-fuck-not finger-in-the-eye of bland constraint… well, the powers that want to visit upon us constraint. And it has truly incendiary power. It mightn’t change anything, as of and in itself, but it transforms us for those minutes, and for the hours and days afterwards when the images and the sounds are still echoing around our tinnitus selves.

Of course, in the moment it’s the songs that rule… the superb arrangements cooked up in a crucible of instinct and inspiration, of why-not-try-this, of I wonder-where-this-will-take-us playfulness, informed by a cornucopia of influences and inspirations… some of which feature in the brilliant DJ set (streamed to the screen behind the band) before Super Furry Animals take to the stage.

What’s really weird… yes, I’m still talking about that… sorry if I lost you along the way… is ‘artists’ who aren’t as iridescent, unrestrained and multidimensional as Super Furry Animals.

I’m still giddy fourteen hours after the last note echoed around Venue Cymru and out across the Orme. It’s a heady feeling of joy and sadness, of hiraeth for a country inside all of us, and yearning for the next time I can feel like this.

Little deaths for the long life.

Perffaith.

]]><![CDATA[Show #2716: Focus Wales 2026 Special]]>https://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2716-focus-wales-2026-specialhttps://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2716-focus-wales-2026-specialMon, 11 May 2026 07:01:29 GMT

You can hear this week’s celebration of new music from Wales here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002w4gk

Please subscribe to the programme via the BBC Sounds app, and then the programme will automatically download so that you can listen at your convenience, wherever you like (via Smartphone / portable devices etc):

Feel free to share the link below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002w4gk

THIS WEEK’S SHOW:

  • A special programme from Focus Wales 2026 festival in Wrexham co-hosted by Adam Walton and Molly Palmer featuring…

  • A Beginner’s Guide to Focus Wales.

  • Bill Ryder-Jones talks about churches, Wales and playing at Focus Wales (including a wonderful stripped back version of his song ‘Seabirds’).

  • Gwenno talks about her Focus Wales memories and DIY ethic.

  • Roddy Woomble from legendary Scottish festival headliners Idlewild talks about his formative festival memories.

  • Mari Mathias talks about the storytelling aspects of performing songs from her album ‘Cyfarwydd’ at Focus Wales.

  • an exclusive live track from ZXHRA’s set on our stage at the festival.

  • a recording from Canadian artist Alanna Matty’s set for Glyndŵr TV, recorded by students at Wrexham University.

  • and Delta Ladies Choir tell us about their connections to the festival and their communities.

  • Owen from Factory Set’s dad and granddad talk to Adam just after the band finished their opening set on the Llwyn Isaf stage.

  • Music from a vibrant range of the 300+ artists featuring at Focus Wales this year, chosen by Molly and Adam.

    SMARTSPEAKER: to listen to the show, ask your smartspeaker to ask BBC to play BBC Introducing With Adam Walton.

STILL AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO:

  • 02.05.24 Chroma talk about their excellent new album ’25 Forever’. From The Vaults… Cate Le Bon interview and live track from Focus Wales 2019. Two phenomenal live recordings of Aberystwyth’s Internet Fatigue courtesy of Horizons / Gorwelion from Other Voices festival.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002vsz0

  • 25.04.26 Mari Mathias speaks in depth about her captivating new album ‘Cyfarwydd‘. A deeply original live set from Machynlleth’s Osgled, from Little Things Festival. From The Vaults... part of an interview I did with Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake at Green Man Festival in 2018. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002vjjv

  • 18.04.26 Benji Webbe from Skindred talks about their stunning new album ‘You Got This‘ (Earache Records). A Triple Decker Tune Burger to pay tribute to former Radio 1 DJ and music evangelist Andy Kershaw. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002v6v3

More information about BBC Sounds here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds

COMING UP ON THE PROGRAMME:.

  • 16th May - Simon Love interview // Shale live from Focus Wales

  • 23rd May - Tomos Williams interview // ZXHRA live from Focus Wales

  • 30th May - Molly Palmer sits in…

  • 6th June - Wenallt Star interview // Bau Cat live from Focus Wales

  • 13th June - Keys live from Focus Wales

  • 20th June - Martin Carr ‘What Future’ interview // From The Vaults… UNKLE (DJ Shadow & James Lavelle)

  • 8th August - The Anchoress interview

Please do send new music excellence to me via the BBC Introducing Uploader or as a download link to my BBC email address. You'll work it out. It has a dot between my first name and my last name.

Keep on trucking x

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST:

idsmoke - ‘I’m Always Getting Carried Away’
Wrexham (Wrecsam) / Llangollen
http://kidsmokemusic.bandcamp.com

A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO FOCUS WALES

Adwaith - ‘Where Is My Mind? (live at Focus Wales 2017) - excerpt’
Carmarthen (Caerfyrddin)
http://facebook.com/adwaithmusic

Stella Donnelly - ‘Talking (live at Focus Wales 2018) - excerpt’
Perth, Australia / Swansea (Abertawe)

N’famady Kouyatè - ‘Aros i Fi Yna - excerpt’
Wales
http://facebook.com/nfamadybalatigui.kouyate

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VOYA - ‘Forever (Unloved in Endless Seasons)’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.voyamusic.co.uk

INTERVIEW WITH BEN FROM FACTORY SET’S DAD & GRANDDAD

Factory Set - ‘Despair’
Liverpool (Lerpwl) / Wrexham (Wrecsam)
http://instagram.com/the.factory.set/

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ZXHRA - ‘Pretty Pink Skies’
Colwyn Bay (Bae Colwyn)
http://www.instagram.com/_.zxhra

Dewin - ‘Gad Di Fynd’
Preseli

INTERVIEW WITH GWENNO

Gwenno - ‘Dancing On Volcanoes’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://gwenno.info

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Brain Leak - ‘Skin Remembers’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)

Betsan - ‘Awst’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/betsanlees

Shale - ‘Get Ready To Dance’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://shale.band

Bruna Garcia - ‘Miss You’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://instagram.com/BrunaGarciamusic

INTERVIEW WITH RODDY WOOMBLE from IDLEWILD

‘Like I Had Before’, ‘Stay Out Of Place’, ‘Let Me Sleep (Next to the Mirror)’
Edinburgh
http://idlewild.co.uk

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Tokomololo - ‘Deffro’
Ynys Môn
http://instagram.com/tokomololomusic

Gwenifer Raymond - ‘Cattywomp’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)

Alanna Matty - ‘Or Something (Glyndŵr TV Focus Wales 2026 Sessions)’
Canada
http://www.alannamatty.com

INTERVIEW WITH MARI MATHIAS

Mari Mathias - ‘Y Morgen’
Talgarreg / Cardiff (Caerdydd)

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Bau Cat - ‘Silver Bangle’
Rhyl / Rhuddlan
http://facebook.com/profile.php?id=100079657726785

Keys - ‘What Flavour?’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.facebook.com/KEYSband1

INTERVIEW WITH BILL RYDER-JONES

Bill Ryder-Jones - ‘Seabirds (acoustic version)’
West Kirby / Rhyl Collaborator
http://billryderjones.co.uk

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Mr Phormula - ‘Yoruba Cymraeg Worldwide ft Skunkadelic’
Llanfrothen
http://mrphormula.com

INTERVIEW WITH DELTA LADIES CHOIR

Delta Ladies Choir - ‘Where Is My Husband? (Focus Wales 2026 choir cover)’
Wrexham (Wrecsam)
http://www.instagram.com/deltaladieschoir/

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Slate - ‘Shade in Me’
Cardiff
http://instagram.com/slatecaban

Half Happy - ‘Slow Down’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://facebook.com/wearehalfhappy

ZXHRA - ‘Don’t Call Me (Live at Focus Wales 2026)’
Colwyn Bay (Bae Colwyn)
http://www.instagram.com/_.zxhra

SageTodz - ‘Stopia Cwyno (Valley Boy)’
Penygroes
http://www.instagram.com/Manliketodz

Mellt - ‘Weatherman’
Aberystwyth
http://facebook.com/melltcerdd

SHOW STATS:

628 diff songs / 734 Total. 431 Artists in 19 shows since 1st, Jan ‘26 (~Songs per:39, Unique artists per:23) Welsh:90% Cymraeg:16% (feat. lyrics in Welsh); Source: Uploader:31%, Direct:11%, Bought:23%, Plugger:25%, Commission:8%

Comprehensive Session / Interview List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w-rIPj0l0QhUcbEm08PUPLUWh-416mwlteG_8wpNWtQ/edit?usp=sharing

Subscribe to my Substack: https://adamwalton.substack.com

Diolch o galon,

Adam Walton

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]]><![CDATA[Show #2715: Chroma interview; Internet Fatigue live; Cate Le Bon]]>https://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2715-chroma-interview-internethttps://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2715-chroma-interview-internetSun, 03 May 2026 16:20:02 GMT

You can hear this week’s celebration of new music from Wales here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002vsz0

Please subscribe to the programme via the BBC Sounds app, and then the programme will automatically download so that you can listen at your convenience, wherever you like (via Smartphone / portable devices etc):

Feel free to share the link below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002vsz0

THIS WEEK’S SHOW:

  • Chroma talk about their white-hot new album ‘25 Forever’.

  • Two phenomenal live recordings of Aberystwyth’s Internet Fatigue courtesy of Horizons / Gorwelion from Other Voices festival.

  • From The Vaults... Cate Le Bon interview and live song from Focus Wales 2019.

  • A vibrant range of new music from all over Wales and across the sonic spectrum including THREE artists from Wales I’ve never played before on the radio.

    SMARTSPEAKER: to listen to the show, ask your smartspeaker to ask BBC to play BBC Introducing With Adam Walton.

STILL AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO:

  • 25.04.26 Mari Mathias speaks in depth about her captivating new album ‘Cyfarwydd‘. A deeply original live set from Machynlleth’s Osgled, from Little Things Festival. From The Vaults... part of an interview I did with Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake at Green Man Festival in 2018. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002vjjv

  • 18.04.26 Benji Webbe from Skindred talks about their stunning new album ‘You Got This‘ (Earache Records). A Triple Decker Tune Burger to pay tribute to former Radio 1 DJ and music evangelist Andy Kershaw. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002v6v3

  • 11.04.26 Art School Girlfriend interview. From The Vaults, a clip from Adam’s 2018 interview with Slash from Guns N’ Roses. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002txz5

More information about BBC Sounds here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds

COMING UP ON THE PROGRAMME:.

  • 9th May - live from Focus Wales (with Molly Palmer) Roddy from Idlewild. Bill Ryder-Jones. Gwenno and much more

  • 16th May - Simon Love interview // Shale live from Focus Wales

  • 23rd May - Tomos Williams interview // ZXHRA live from Focus Wales

  • 30th May - Molly Palmer sits in…

  • 6th June - Wenallt Star interview // Bau Cat live from Focus Wales

  • 13th June - Keys live from Focus Wales

  • 20th June - Martin Carr ‘What Future’ interview // From The Vaults… UNKLE (DJ Shadow & James Lavelle)

  • 8th August - The Anchoress interview

Please do send new music excellence to me via the BBC Introducing Uploader or as a download link to my BBC email address. You'll work it out. It has a dot between my first name and my last name.

Keep on trucking x

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST:

glaive & kurtains - ‘The Troubles’
Llanelli
http://instagram.com/1kurtains

Slinky Malinky - ‘Venus’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/slinkymalinkysurely

Morn - ‘The Standard Model’
Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy)
http://www.instagram.com/morn.band

Band Pres Llareggub - ‘Ti Neud Fi symud’
Bangor
http://www.instagram.com/llareggubbrassband

Allergies, The - ‘Dig It Up (feat. Andy Cooper & BlabberMouf)’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)

James And The Cold Gun - ‘Split Second’
Pontyclun
http://instagram.com/andthecoldgun

Cyn Cwsg - ‘Megan Plis’
Y Gogledd
http://facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555752064160

Bug Club, The - ‘A Good Day For Dying (clean)’
Caldicot (Cil-y-coed)

Chessaru - ‘I’ve never seen a ghost, so i dont think they exist’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://linktr.ee/chessaru

Helen Love - ‘Don’t Destroy Yourself’
Swansea (Abertawe)

C E L A V I - ‘Plaster’
Bangor / Bethel / Blaenau Ffestiniog
http://WEARECELAVI.COM

Adjua - ‘Forest Wild’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://instagram.com/adjuasings_

INTERNET FATIGUE LIVE FROM OTHER VOICES 2025

Internet Fatigue - ‘Change (Horizons live at Other Voices 2025)’
Aberystwyth
http://www.instagram.com/internet.fatigue

Internet Fatigue - ‘Radically (Horizons live at Other Voices 2025)’
Aberystwyth
http://www.instagram.com/internet.fatigue

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Mari Mathias - ‘Can Y Melinydd’
Talgarreg / Cardiff (Caerdydd)

Anchoress, The - ‘I Had A Baby Not A Lobotomy (feat. Gwenno)’
Glynneath (Glyn-nedd)

Kidsmoke - ‘I’m Always Getting Carried Away’
Wrexham (Wrecsam) / Llangollen
http://kidsmokemusic.bandcamp.com

Di-Cysgodion - ‘Pole Climbing’
Bangor

Rivers and Lakes - ‘Haystacks’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.samgreenmusic.uk/

FROM THE VAULTS - CATE LE BON - FOCUS WALES 2019

Cate Le Bon - ‘Daylight Matters (live At Focus Wales 2019)’
Castell Newydd Emlyn
http://catelebon.com

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TRIPLE DECKER TUNE BURGER - FOCUS WALES 2026

Tristwch Y Fenywod - ‘Ferch Gyda’r Llygaid Du [albwm]’
Bangor / Leeds

Skunkadelic & Mr Substance - ‘Prodigal Sun’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://facebook.com/skunkadelicuk

Stuntface - ‘Life Is Loud (Adam Walton Session 2002)’
Wrexham (Wrecsam)
http://stuntface.com

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Dear Flynn - ‘November’
Haverfordwest (Hwlffordd)
http://www.instagram.com/Dearflynn

Quartet Draig - ‘Three Idylls: Allegretto poco lento’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://quartetdraig.co.uk

Death Particle, The - ‘Caelum ft. Rap Ferreira’
Aberystwyth

Zakk Plaister - ‘Wah’s Occurring’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://soundcloud.com/zakkplaister

Gwaed - ‘Pwy fydd yma yfory?’
Llanystumdwy
http://www.instagram.com/gwaedband

Shy Western - ‘Clydach’
Rhydymwyn
http://substack.com/@shywestern

CHROMA ’25 FOREVER’ INTERVIEW

Chroma - ‘What!’, ‘25 Forever’, ‘Coalminer’s Daughter’, ‘People Pleaser’Aberdare / Mountain Ash / Pontypridd
http://www.chroma.band

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Aderyn - ‘Cross Your Mind’
Sennybridge (Pontsenni)

Honddu - ‘Winifred’
Brecon (Aberhonddu)
http://www.instagram.com/honddu__

Melin Melyn - ‘18-30’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Denbigh (Dinbych)

SHOW STATS:

608 diff songs/ 704 Total. 421 Artists in 18 shows since 1st, Jan ‘26 (~Songs per:39, Unique artists per:23) Welsh:90% Cymraeg:16% (feat. lyrics in Welsh); Source: Uploader:31%, Direct:11%, Bought:23%, Plugger:24%, Commission:8%

Comprehensive Session / Interview List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w-rIPj0l0QhUcbEm08PUPLUWh-416mwlteG_8wpNWtQ/edit?usp=sharing

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Diolch o galon,

Adam Walton

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]]><![CDATA[Show #2714: Mari Mathias interview; Osgled live; Teenage Fanclub]]>https://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2714-mari-mathias-interviewhttps://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2714-mari-mathias-interviewTue, 28 Apr 2026 09:10:21 GMT

You can hear this week’s celebration of new music from Wales here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002vjjv

Please subscribe to the programme via the BBC Sounds app, and then the programme will automatically download so that you can listen at your convenience, wherever you like (via Smartphone / portable devices etc):

Feel free to share the link below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002vjjv

THIS WEEK’S SHOW:

  • Mari Mathias speaks in depth about her captivating new album ‘Cyfarwydd‘.

  • A deeply original live set from Machynlleth’s Osgled, from Little Things Festival courtesy of Horizons / Gorwelion.

  • We’ll raise a glass to Skindred for entering the UK album charts at #1 this week!

  • From The Vaults... part of an interview I did with Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake at Green Man Festival in 2018.

  • A vibrant range of new music from all over Wales and across the sonic spectrum including FOUR artists from Wales I’ve never played before on the radio.

    SMARTSPEAKER: to listen to the show, ask your smartspeaker to ask BBC to play BBC Introducing With Adam Walton.

STILL AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO:

  • 18.04.25 Benji Webbe from Skindred talks about their stunning new album ‘You Got This‘ (Earache Records). A Triple Decker Tune Burger to pay tribute to former Radio 1 DJ and music evangelist Andy Kershaw. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002v6v3

  • 11.04.26 Art School Girlfriend interview. From The Vaults, a clip from Adam’s 2018 interview with Slash from Guns N’ Roses. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002txz5

  • 04.04.26 ‘Don’t Bore Us, Get To The Chorus…’ a special shortened show celebrating concise music (all tracks under 3 minutes) from all over Wales and across the sonic spectrum. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002tm2t

More information about BBC Sounds here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds

COMING UP ON THE PROGRAMME:.

  • 2nd May - Chroma interview // From The Vaults… Cate Le Bon at Focus Wales 2019.

  • 9th May - live from Focus Wales (with Molly Palmer)

  • 16th May - Simon Love interview // Shale live from Focus Wales

  • 23rd May - Tomos Williams interview // ZXHRA live from Focus Wales

  • 30th May - Molly Palmer sits in…

  • 6th June - Wenallt Star interview // Bau Cat live from Focus Wales

  • 13th June - Keys live from Focus Wales

  • 20th June - Martin Carr ‘What Future’ interview // From The Vaults… UNKLE (DJ Shadow & James Lavelle)

  • 8th August - The Anchoress interview

Please do send new music excellence to me via the BBC Introducing Uploader or as a download link to my BBC email address. You'll work it out. It has a dot between my first name and my last name.

Keep on trucking x

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST:

Skindred - ‘Give Thanks’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://skindred.net

Tubs, The - ‘Fade To Black’
Cardiff / Caerdydd

Shale - ‘Get Ready To Dance’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://shale.band

Martin Carr - ‘What Future’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://martincarr.bandcamp.com/music

Joe Webb - ‘James P’
Neath (Castell-Nedd)

Obedeia - ‘merry-go-round’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/obedeiamusic

Morn - ‘The Standard Model’
Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy)
http://www.instagram.com/morn.band

Hot Springs - ‘Small Talk’
Manchester (Manceinion) / Swansea (Abertawe)
http://www.instagram.com/itshotsprings

Swansea Sound - ‘Not My Order’
Swansea (Abertawe)

Asha Banks, Novo Amor & Lowswimmer - ‘Anymore’
St Albans / Y Fan, Llanidloes / Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.ashabanks.co.uk

Art School Girlfriend - ‘Hope More, Hopeless’
Wrexham (Wrecsam) / London (Llundain)
http://artschoolgirlfriend.co.uk

Bug Club, The - ‘Yours (If You Want Me)’
Caldicot (Cil-y-coed)

FROM THE VAULTS - TEENAGE FANCLUB (NORMAN BLAKE) AT GREEN MAN 2018

Jonny - ‘Wich Is Wich’
Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro) / Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin) / Glasgow

Teenage Fanclub - ‘Foreign Land’
Glasgow
http://teenagefanclub.com

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Caribbean Forum and Friends - ‘Hill and Gully Rider’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)

Di-Cysgodion - ‘Pole Climbing’
Bangor

MOLLY’S MUST ADD (SATURDAY REDUX)

Grace Spidell - ‘Deja Vu’
Llandudno
http://www.instagram.com/grace.spidell

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Po Griff - ‘Wise Once’
Llangrannog
http://www.instagram.com/pogriff

Zac And The New Men - ‘Getting Over It’
Swansea (Abertawe)
http://facebook.com/zacandthenewmen

TRIPLE DECKER TUNE BURGER

Catrin Finch & Aoife Ní Bhríain - ‘Caerdroea an Ceol (After Pietro Locatelli)’
Llanon, Ceredigion
http://catrinfinch.com

Bea Malka - ‘Morning’
Tenby (Dinbych-y-pysgod)
http://beamalka.hearnow.com/

Bol Buwch - ‘Llanreggub’
Aberystwyth

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MARI MATHIAS ‘CYFARWYDD’ INTERVIEW

‘Agoriad Aneurin’, ‘Y Morgen’, ‘Marwnad’, ‘Adre’, ‘Adar Mân Y Mynydd’
Talgarreg / Cardiff (Caerdydd)

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MWSOG - ‘Llef Hir’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/mwsog.cymru

Chroma - ‘25 Forever’
Aberdare / Mountain Ash / Pontypridd
http://www.chroma.band

OSGLED LIVE FROM LITTLE THINGS FESTIVAL (HORIZONS / GORWELION)

Osgled - ‘Eglwysig’, ‘My Door’, ‘Fenws’, ‘Paid A Deud’, ‘Tydi A Roddaist’
Machynlleth
http://www.instagram.com/osgled_

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Tin Goose - ‘Before The Rain’
Aberdare / Cardiff (Caerdydd)

Cerys Hafana - ‘Cân crwtyn y gwartheg’
Machynlleth
http://ceryshafana.com

SHOW STATS:

578 diff songs / 668 Total. 406 Artists in 17 shows since 1st, Jan ‘26 (~Songs per:39, Unique artists per:24) Welsh:89% Cymraeg:16% (feat. lyrics in Welsh); Source: Uploader:32%, Direct:12%, Bought:23%, Plugger:24%, Commission:8%

Comprehensive Session / Interview List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w-rIPj0l0QhUcbEm08PUPLUWh-416mwlteG_8wpNWtQ/edit?usp=sharing

Subscribe to my Substack: https://adamwalton.substack.com

Diolch o galon,

Adam Walton

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]]><![CDATA[Show #2713: Benji Webbe Skindred interview]]>https://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2713-benji-webbe-skindred-interviewhttps://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2713-benji-webbe-skindred-interviewMon, 20 Apr 2026 13:40:29 GMT

You can hear this week’s celebration of new music from Wales here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002v6v3

Please subscribe to the programme via the BBC Sounds app, and then the programme will automatically download so that you can listen at your convenience, wherever you like (via Smartphone / portable devices etc):

Feel free to share the link below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002v6v3

THIS WEEK’S SHOW:

  • Benji Webbe from Skindred talks about their stunning new album ‘You Got This‘ (Earache Records); about following a no.2 UK album; Joe Strummer, Newport, The Socials, Phil Campbell and Mike Peters...

  • A Triple Decker Tune Burger to pay tribute to former Radio 1 DJ and music evangelist Andy Kershaw.

  • A vibrant range of new music from all over Wales and across the sonic spectrum including EIGHT artists from Wales I’ve never played before on the radio.

    SMARTSPEAKER: to listen to the show, ask your smartspeaker to ask BBC to play BBC Introducing With Adam Walton.

STILL AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO:

  • 04.04.26 ‘Don’t Bore Us, Get To The Chorus…’ a special shortened show celebrating concise music (all tracks under 3 minutes) from all over Wales and across the sonic spectrum. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002tm2t

  • 28.03.26 Mali Hâf talks about her ‘Miwsili’ EP. Kristin Hersh ‘From The Vaults’ and a Throwing Muses live acoustic session track from 1994. Focus Wales ’26 bill announcement. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002t90n

  • 21.03.26 Monmouth’s AIlsa Tully talks about her excellent new album ‘Womb Room’. From The Vaults… a repeat of one of Andrew Falkous’s Tour Blogs from 2009… https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002syk1

More information about BBC Sounds here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds

COMING UP ON THE PROGRAMME:.

  • 25th April - Mari Mathias interview… // Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub) From The Vaults...

  • 2nd May - Chroma interview // UNKLE (DJ Shadow & James Lavelle) From The Vaults...

  • 9th May - live from Focus Wales (with Molly Palmer)

  • 16th May - Simon Love interview // Shale live from Focus Wales

  • 23rd May - Tomos Williams interview // ZXHRA live from Focus Wales

  • 30th May - Molly Palmer sits in…

  • 6th June - Wenallt Star interview // Bau Cat live from Focus Wales

  • 13th June - Keys live from Focus Wales

  • 20th June - Martin Carr ‘What Future’ interview

  • 8th August - The Anchoress interview

Please do send new music excellence to me via the BBC Introducing Uploader or as a download link to my BBC email address. You'll work it out. It has a dot between my first name and my last name.

Keep on trucking x

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST:

Alabama 3 - ‘Woke Up This Morning (Mob Wife Mix) [Radio Edit]’
Merthyr Tydfil
http://alabama3.co.uk

Hana Lili - ‘Not Fair’
Sully (Sili)
http://hanalili.os.fan

Chroma - ‘Coalminer’s Daughter’
Aberdare / Mountain Ash / Pontypridd
http://www.chroma.band

Anchoress, The - ‘I Had A Baby Not A Lobotomy (feat. Gwenno)’
Glynneath (Glyn-nedd)

Band Pres Llareggub - ‘Ti Neud Fi symud’
Bangor
http://www.instagram.com/llareggubbrassband

NaNaz, The - ‘Harness the Darkness’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://www.instagram.com/thenanazband

SUEP - ‘Highway II’
London (Lundain) / Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/suepband/

Limited Ltd - ‘Limited’
Bristol (Bryste) / Carmarthen label
http://www.instagram.com/Limited_Ltd_

Cerys Hafana - ‘Cân crwtyn y gwartheg’
Machynlleth
http://ceryshafana.com

Mari Mathias - ‘Agoriad Aneurin’
Ceredigion

Abstract Drumz - ‘Fight The Right (2026 Remaster)’
Cardigan (Aberteifi)

Ogle and Mugwood - ‘Azure’
Welsh Label

Alys Hardy - ‘If You Don’t Mind ft. Nika’
Aberdyfi
http://alyshardy.com

Bugs (electronic) - ‘The Boogie’
Wales (Cymru)

Qye Jones - ‘Look After’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/qyejones

Mr Phormula - ‘Paid Dal Y Wal’
Llanfrothen
http://mrphormula.com

Bea Malka - ‘Morning’
Tenby (Dinbych-y-pysgod)
http://beamalka.hearnow.com/

King Goon - ‘Filthy Stinking Rich (clean edit)’
Swansea (Abertawe)
http://linktr.ee/kinggoon

TRIPLE DECKER TUNE BURGER - TRIBUTE TO ANDY KERSHAW

Tinariwen - ‘Amassakoul ‘N’ Ténéré’
Algeria / Mali
http://www.tinariwen.com

The Angel Brothers and Ian McMillan - ‘Captain Beefheart and Mr Neal’
Yorkshire, England
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_McMillan_(poet)

Bhundu Boys - ‘Hupenyu Hwangu’
Zimbabwe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhundu_Boys

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Ceitidh Mac - ‘Ground’
Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro)
http://ceitidhmac.com

Vice Beats and Rightkeysonly - ‘Are You Listening? ft. Louis Stone’
Bristol (Bryste) / Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://rightkeysonly6.wixsite.com/rightkeysonly/my-story

Jean Jacques Smoothie - ‘Success For Dummies (Original Mix)’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://jeanjacquessmoothie.com

Frank From Blue Velvet - ‘There’s a Storm (Storm Part 1)’
Hastings / Connah’s Quay (Cei Connah)

King Kraken - ‘Call To War’
Swansea (Abertawe)
http://facebook.com/kingkrakenuk/

INTERVIEW WITH BENJI WEBBE FROM SKINDRED

Dub War - ‘Nar Say A Ting’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://facebook.com/WAR2021

Skindred - ‘You Got This’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://skindred.net

Skindred - ‘Broke’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://skindred.net

Socials, The - ‘Mummy’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://www.instagram.com/Thesocialsuk

Alarm, The - ‘Safe From Harm (feat. Benji Webbe)’
Rhyl
http://thealarm.com

Skindred - ‘Do It Like This’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://skindred.net

Skindred - ‘Big Em Up (clean edit)’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://skindred.net

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Good Day Father - ‘Carving Bones’
Swansea (Abertawe) / United States
http://soundcloud.com/good-day-father

MWSOG - ‘Llef Hir’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/mwsog.cymru

Moddion - ‘Weithiau’
Llanberis / Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://instagram.com/moddionmoddion/

PixelSnow - ‘Along the Way’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://pixelsnowmusic.carrd.co/

SHOW STATS:

552 diff songs/ 632 Total. 393 Artists in 16 shows since 1st, Jan ‘26 (~Songs per:40, Unique artists per:25) Welsh:88% Cymraeg:15% (feat. lyrics in Welsh); Source: Uploader:32%, Direct:12%, Bought:24%, Plugger:23%, Commission:8%

Comprehensive Session / Interview List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w-rIPj0l0QhUcbEm08PUPLUWh-416mwlteG_8wpNWtQ/edit?usp=sharing

Subscribe to my Substack: https://adamwalton.substack.com

Diolch o galon,

Adam Walton

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]]><![CDATA[Show #2712: Art School Girlfriend interview & Slash 'From The Vaults']]>https://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2712-art-school-girlfriend-interviewhttps://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2712-art-school-girlfriend-interviewThu, 16 Apr 2026 12:55:32 GMT

You can hear this week’s celebration of new music from Wales here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002txz5

Please subscribe to the programme via the BBC Sounds app, and then the programme will automatically download so that you can listen at your convenience, wherever you like (via Smartphone / portable devices etc):

Feel free to share the link below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002txz5

THIS WEEK’S SHOW:

  • Art School Girlfriend talks about her sublime 3rd album, the expansive and atmospheric ‘Lean In’.

  • From The Vaults… the legendary Slash talks guitars and the dual-edged sword of technology, from our 2018 interview..

  • Molly’s Must Add - Molly Palmer comes aboard to tell us about the piece of music from Wales she’s most enthused about this week.

  • A Triple Decker Tune Burger inspired by Shale’s new single, ‘Get Ready to Dance’…

  • a vibrant range of new music from all over Wales and across the sonic spectrum including SIX artists from Wales I’ve never played before on the radio.

    SMARTSPEAKER: to listen to the show, ask your smartspeaker to ask BBC to play BBC Introducing With Adam Walton.

STILL AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO:

  • 04.04.26 ‘Don’t Bore Us, Get To The Chorus…’ a special shortened show celebrating concise music (all tracks under 3 minutes) from all over Wales and across the sonic spectrum. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002tm2t

  • 28.03.26 Mali Hâf talks about her ‘Miwsili’ EP. Kristin Hersh ‘From The Vaults’ and a Throwing Muses live acoustic session track from 1994. Focus Wales ’26 bill announcement. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002t90n

  • 21.03.26 Monmouth’s AIlsa Tully talks about her excellent new album ‘Womb Room’. From The Vaults… a repeat of one of Andrew Falkous’s Tour Blogs from 2009… https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002syk1

More information about BBC Sounds here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds

COMING UP ON THE PROGRAMME:.

  • 18th April - Skindred interview

  • 25th April - Mari Mathias interview & Zakia Sewell interview (TBC)… folk special

  • 2nd May - Chroma interview

  • 9th May - live from Focus Wales (with Molly Palmer)

  • 16th May - Simon Love interview // Shale live from Focus Wales

  • 23rd May - Tomos Williams interview // ZXHRA live from Focus Wales

  • 30th May - Molly Palmer sits in…

  • 6th June - Wenallt Star interview // Bau Cat live from Focus Wales

  • 13th June - Keys live from Focus Wales

Please do send new music excellence to me via the BBC Introducing Uploader or as a download link to my BBC email address. You'll work it out. It has a dot between my first name and my last name.

Keep on trucking x

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST:

SUEP - ‘Purgatory’
London (Lundain) / Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/suepband/

Skindred - ‘Can I Get A (squeaky clean edit)’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://skindred.net

Alarm, The - ‘Live Today’
Rhyl
http://thealarm.com

Bruna Garcia - ‘Miss You’
Cardiff
http://instagram.com/BrunaGarciamusic

Elkka - ‘Believer (Julie Desire Remix)’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)

Lunar Bird - ‘The Things We Used To’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://facebook.com/lunarbirdofficial

Shell - ‘Drown’
Dinas Powys
http://bestliferecords.com/products/shell-the-need-to-separate-lp-blr013

Aldous Harding & H. Hawkline - ‘Venus In The Zinnia’
New Zealand / Prestatyn & Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://aldousharding.com

Peiriant - ‘Velfed’
Hay On Wye (Y Gelli Gandryll)
http://peiriant.bandcamp.com

Chroma - ‘Straight Men’
Aberdare / Mountain Ash / Pontypridd
http://instagram.com/chromabanduk/?hl=en

Lewis Knaggs - ‘Living For Something’
St. Clears (Sanclêr)
http://www.lewisknaggsmusic.com/

TRIPLE DECKER TUNE BURGER - ‘GET READY TO DANCE’

Shale - ‘Get Ready To Dance’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://shale.band

Afro Cluster - ‘Gidi Gidi ft. K.O.G’
Gower (Gwŷr) / Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://facebook.com/AfroCluster

Allergies, The - ‘Love’s Supposed To Be’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)

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Sawtega - ‘Inherit’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Newport (Casnewydd) / Caerphilly (Caerffili)
http://www.instagram.com/sawtega

MOLLY’S MUST ADD - SATURDAY RE-DUX

RejoiceIn4K - ‘Happy People’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Exeter
http://rejoicein4k.os.fan/

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Rhydian Dafydd - ‘Datod’
Mold (Yr Wyddgrug)
http://rhydiandafydd.com

PHIL & TODD CAMPBELL’S SLASH STORY…

Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons - ‘Son Of A Gun’
Pontypridd
http://facebook.com/pg/PhilCampbellATBS

FROM THE VAULTS - SLASH from 2018

Slash - ‘Driving Rain ft Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators’
Stoke-on-Trent / Los Angeles, United States
http://www.slashonline.com

Guns N’ Roses - ‘Shadow of Your Love’
Los Angeles, United States
http://gunsnroses.com

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Katherine Eyley & Carys Bromham - ‘An Awareness Piece’
Neath (Castell-nedd) / Cardiff (Caerdydd)

Ethan Bridges - ‘Californian Ovulator (edit)’
Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful)

Sylvie + Ursula - ‘Arizona’
Ferndale (Glynrhedynog)
http://sylvieandursula.com

Poppy Serenity - ‘Old Carmel Chapel’
Ammanford (Rhydaman)
http://instagram.com/poppy_serenity__/

Sonant - ‘Pauperem’
Llanerfyl / Bala
http://www.sianjames.co.uk/welcomeeng/welcome.html

firebrandboy - ‘waste my time’
Penarth

Menig - ‘parasite (radio edit)’
St Davids (Tyddewi)
http://www.instagram.com/menigsound

IFAND - ‘Find Me’
Wrexham (Wrecsam)

ART SCHOOL GIRLFRIEND ‘LEAN IN’ INTERVIEW

Art School Girlfriend - ‘Doing Laps’, ‘Down the Line’, ’Save Something’, ‘Lines’ & ‘Hope More, Hopeless’
Wrexham (Wrecsam) / London (Llundain)
http://artschoolgirlfriend.co.uk

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Di-Cysgodion - ‘Pole Climbing’
Bangor

DJ Alkemy - ‘Loyal 1’s ft. Fernquest’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://djalkemy.bandcamp.com

Morgan Elwy - ‘Amser Da’
Llansannan
http://linktr.ee/morganelwy

Osian Rhys - ‘When Does a Hill Become a Mountain?’
Llanystumdwy
http://www.instagram.com/osian__rhys

LOT.V - ‘Among Them ft. Will Griff’
Llanidloes
http://www.instagram.com/_lot.v_

SHOW STATS:

519 diff songs/ 595 Total. 372 Artists in 15 shows since 1st, Jan ‘26 (~Songs per:40, Unique artists per:25) Welsh:88% Cymraeg:15% (feat. lyrics in Welsh); Source: Uploader:33%, Direct:12%, Bought:24%, Plugger:22%, Commission:8%

Comprehensive Session / Interview List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w-rIPj0l0QhUcbEm08PUPLUWh-416mwlteG_8wpNWtQ/edit?usp=sharing

Subscribe to my Substack: https://adamwalton.substack.com

Diolch o galon,

Adam Walton

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]]><![CDATA[Show #2711: Don't Bore Us... Get To The Chorus!]]>https://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2711-dont-bore-us-get-to-thehttps://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2711-dont-bore-us-get-to-theTue, 07 Apr 2026 11:20:40 GMT

You can hear this week’s celebration of new music from Wales here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002tm2t (programme starts approximately 5 minutes in)

Please subscribe to the programme via the BBC Sounds app, and then the programme will automatically download so that you can listen at your convenience, wherever you like (via Smartphone / portable devices etc):

Feel free to share the link below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002tm2t

THIS WEEK’S SHOW:

  • ‘Don’t Bore Us, Get To The Chorus…’ a special shortened show celebrating concise music (all tracks under 3 minutes) from all over Wales and across the sonic spectrum.

  • Classic Tracks to Future Classics ’77-’26.

    SMARTSPEAKER: to listen to the show, ask your smartspeaker to ask BBC to play BBC Introducing With Adam Walton.

STILL AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO:

More information about BBC Sounds here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds

COMING UP ON THE PROGRAMME:.

  • 11th April - Art School Girlfriend interview

  • 18th April - Skindred interview

  • 25th April - Mari Mathias interview & Zakia Sewell interview (TBC)… folk special

  • 2nd May - Chroma interview

  • 9th May - live from Focus Wales (with Molly Palmer)

  • 16th May - Simon Love interview // Shale live from Focus Wales

  • 23rd May - Tomos Williams interview // ZXHRA live from Focus Wales

  • 30th May - Molly Palmer sits in…

  • 6th June - Wenallt Star interview // Bau Cat live from Focus Wales

  • 13th June - Keys live from Focus Wales

Please do send new music excellence to me via the BBC Introducing Uploader or as a download link to my BBC email address. You'll work it out. It has a dot between my first name and my last name.

Keep on trucking x

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST:

Y Niwl - ‘Un’
Gwynedd

Shale - ‘Get Ready To Dance’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://shale.band

Pooh Sticks, The - ‘The World Is Turning On’
Swansea (Abertawe)

Skindred - ‘Bruizes ( Adam Walton Session 2005 )’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://skindred.net

Bug Club, The - ‘Watching The Omnibus’
Caldicot (Cil-y-coed)
http://thebugclub.bandcamp.com/

Young Marble Giants - ‘Final Day’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Marble_Giants

Greta Isaac - ‘Movie Star’
Cowbridge (Y Bont-faen)
http://gretaisaac.bandcamp.com

Overmono - ‘Good Lies’
Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy)
http://overmono.bandcamp.com

Rude GRL & CC - ‘Coming For The Win’
Cwmbran
http://facebook.com/rudegrlandcc

Pipettes, The - ‘A B C’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)

School, The - ‘And Suddenly’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)

Boy Azooga - ‘Loner Boogie (album)’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://facebook.com/BoyAzooga/

Don Leisure - ‘Cynnau Tân ft. Carwyn Ellis’
Aberdare / Cardiff (Caerdydd)

Allergies, The - ‘Love Somebody’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://theallergies.bandcamp.com

Nia Wyn - ‘Two Steps Back’
Llandudno
http://niawyn.bandcamp.com

Man Up A Tree & Mad Sam - ‘Bassline Drop (Timbali Remix)’
Llanllawddog
http://instagram.com/manupatreednb

Mala & Magugu - ‘Militant Don (Vocal) ft. Mala’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/magugu1

Joe Webb - ‘James P’
Neath (Castell-Nedd)

Gwenno Morgan - ‘siheilw’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Bangor
http://gwennomorgan1.bandcamp.com

MWSOG - ‘Llef Hir’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/mwsog.cymru

Gwenifer Raymond - ‘Face Down Strut’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)

El Goodo - ‘Home’
Resolven

Bau Cat - ‘Silver Bangle’
Rhyl / Rhuddlan
http://facebook.com/profile.php?id=100079657726785

Sparrow And The Workshop - ‘Shock Shock’
Welsh bassist

mclusky - ‘To Hell With Good Intentions’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Rhyl
http://mcluskymclusky.bandcamp.com

Sex Hands - ‘Way No Way’
Dwygfylchi / Llanfairfechan / Conwy

Radio Luxembourg - ‘Mostyn A Diego’
Aberystwyth

Joy Formidable, The - ‘Cradle’
Mold (Yr Wyddgrug) / Rhydymwyn
http://thejoyformidable.com

Flyscreen - ‘Pop Song Sing A Long’
Newport (Casnweydd)
http://flyscreen-music.bandcamp.com

Hairdye - ‘Sick’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://linktr.ee/hairdye.band

Super Furry Animals - ‘Chupacabras’
Bangor / Bethesda / Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://superfurry.com

Manic Street Preachers - ‘Velocity Girl’
Blackwood (Coed-Duon)
http://manicstreetpreachers.com

Mekons, The - ‘Where Were You?’
Newport (Casnewydd) / Chicago

Darling Buds, The - ‘Shame On You’
Newport (Casnewydd)
https://www.facebook.com/TheDarlingBudsOfficial/

Koreless - ‘White Picket Fence’
Bangor
http://facebook.com/Koreless

Twst - ‘Upgrade (Crook’s System Update)’
Barry (Y Bari)
http://instagram.com/twstwstwstwst

Osgled - ‘Fenws’
Machynlleth
http://www.instagram.com/osgled_

Family Of The Year - ‘Hero [ Original Recording ]’
Wrexham (Wrecsam)
http://familyoftheyear.net

Evrah Rose - ‘I Am [single]’
Wrexham (Wrecsam)

Lemfreck - ‘Play With Silver [album]’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://facebook.com/Lemfreck

Katell Keineg - ‘St. Martin’
Penpedairheol
http://katellkeineg.com

Gentle Good, The - ‘Dafydd Y Garreg Wen’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://thegentlegood.com

Colorama - ‘Lisa Lân’
Benllech

Catatonia - ‘Sweet Catatonia’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catatonia_(band)

Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci - ‘The Game Of Eyes’
Carmarthen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorky%27s_Zygotic_Mynci

Helen Love - ‘Debbie Loves Joey’
Swansea (Abertawe)
http://helenlove.bandcamp.com

Afternoons, The - ‘Rollerskaters In The Park (ft. Rosie Thomas)’
Tenby (Dinbych-y-pysgod)

Ailsa Tully - ‘St Cuckoo’
Monmouth (Trefynwy)

SHOW STATS:

487 diff songs/ 557 Total. 352 Artists in 14 shows since 1st, Jan ‘26 (~Songs per:40, Unique artists per:25) Welsh:88% Cymraeg:15% (feat. lyrics in Welsh); Source: Uploader:32%, Direct:12%, Bought:24%, Plugger:21%, Commission:9%

Comprehensive Session / Interview List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w-rIPj0l0QhUcbEm08PUPLUWh-416mwlteG_8wpNWtQ/edit?usp=sharing

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Diolch o galon,

Adam Walton

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]]><![CDATA[Show #2710: Mali Hâf interview; From The Vaults - Kristin Hersh; Focus Wales Bill]]>https://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2710-mali-haf-interview-fromhttps://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2710-mali-haf-interview-fromMon, 30 Mar 2026 11:45:23 GMT

You can hear this week’s celebration of new music from Wales here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002t90n

Please subscribe to the programme via the BBC Sounds app, and then the programme will automatically download so that you can listen at your convenience, wherever you like (via Smartphone / portable devices etc):

Feel free to share the link below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002t90n

THIS WEEK’S SHOW:

  • Mali Hâf talks about her brilliant, multi-hued new EP ‘Miwsli’.

  • From The Vaults… Kristin Hersh’s (Throwing Muses, 50ft Wave, solo artist) Words of Wisdom’ from 2009, plus a Throwing Muses live acoustic session track from 1994, and Kristin’s excellent new single ‘Sundial’.

  • A segue to announce our tantalising bill for Focus Wales 2026.

  • Molly’s Must Add - Molly Palmer comes aboard to tell us about the piece of music from Wales she’s most enthused about this week.

  • A Triple Decker Tune Burger that celebrates three recordings too long - and brilliant - for daytime radio.

  • a vibrant range of new music from all over Wales and across the sonic spectrum including NINE artists from Wales I’ve never played before on the radio.

SMARTSPEAKER: to listen to the show, ask your smartspeaker to ask BBC to play BBC Introducing With Adam Walton.

STILL AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO:

  • 21.03.26 Monmouth’s AIlsa Tully talks about her excellent new album ‘Womb Room’. From The Vaults… a repeat of one of Andrew Falkous’s Tour Blogs from 2009… https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002syk1

  • 14.03.26 Tribute to Phil Campbell. Huw Marc Bennett talks about ‘Heol Las’. Green Man Rising Triple Decker Tune Burger… https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002spmg

  • 07.03.26 International Women’s Day Special Adjua, Jessie from Dream State, Dakota & Penny from Hairdye, Kelly Lee Owens, Mari Mathias and Donna from Sister Wives curate playlists of some of the music made by women that has been inspirational to them… https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002s9lr

More information about BBC Sounds here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds

COMING UP ON THE PROGRAMME:.

  • 4th April - Don’t Bore Us Get To The Chorus - Short Welsh Songs (10pm start).

  • 11th April - Art School Girlfriend interview. Slash From The Vaults.

  • 18th April - Skindred interview.

  • 25th April - Chroma interview.

Please do send new music excellence to me via the BBC Introducing Uploader or as a download link to my BBC email address. You'll work it out. It has a dot between my first name and my last name.

Keep on trucking x

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST:

Kelly Lee Owens - ‘Ascend’
Bagillt

MWSOG - ‘Llef Hir’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/mwsog.cymru

Brain Leak - ‘Skin Remembers’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)

Allergies, The - ‘This Feeling’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)

teethin - ‘TOERAGS’
St Davids (Tyddewi) / Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/teethinband

Sempa - ‘Redundant’
Caldicot (Cil-y-coed)
http://instagram.com/sempauk

PrincessAdella - ‘Eye To Eye’
Flintshire (Sir y Fflint)
http://www.instagram.com/princessadella_

Slinky Malinky - ‘George Bush’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/slinkymalinkysurely

Bug Club, The - ‘Yours (If You Want Me)’
Caldicot (Cil-y-coed)
http://thebugclub.bandcamp.com

Art School Girlfriend - ‘Hope More, Hopeless’
Wrexham (Wrecsam) / London (Llundain)
http://artschoolgirlfriend.co.uk

Public Order - ‘BLEACH’
Merthyr Tydfil / Porthcawl
http://www.instagram.com/publicorderuk

VOICE NOTE INTRO - JAMES JOSEPH

James And The Cold Gun - ‘Guessing Games (2026)’
Pontyclun
http://instagram.com/andthecoldgun

Bryde - ‘Spectator’
Milford Haven (Aberdaugleddau) / London (Lundain)

FROM THE VAULTS - KRISTIN HERSH

Throwing Muses - ‘Bright Yellow Gun ( Adam Walton Session 1994 )’
Providence, Rhode Island
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throwing_Muses

Kristin Hersh - ‘Words of Wisdom - 2009.03.08’
Providence, Rhode Island

Kristin Hersh - ‘Sundial’
Providence, Rhode Island, USA

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Saint Jude ♰ Mark L - ‘irl’
Cwmbran
http://soundcloud.com/badbelly

Josh Pozzi - ‘Waiting for You (clean)’
Swansea (Abertawe)
http://www.instagram.com/josh_pozzi

FOCUS WALES 2026 BILL ANNOUNCEMENT

Keys - ‘What Flavour?’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.facebook.com/KEYSband1

Bau Cat - ‘Silver Bangle’
Rhyl / Rhuddlan
http://facebook.com/profile.php?id=100079657726785

ZXHRA - ‘Pretty Pink Skies’
Colwyn Bay (Bae Colwyn)
http://www.instagram.com/_.zxhra

Shale - ‘Get Ready To Dance’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://shale.band

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Poltergeist - ‘...of an insidious nature’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Newport (Casnewydd)
http://www.instagram.com/poltergeistaudio

Florence Black - ‘Stuck In The Corner’
Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tydful)
http://Facebook.com/florenceblackUK

Frank From Blue Velvet - ‘Running Man’
Hastings / Connah’s Quay (Cei Connah)

Heather Dolly Jones - ‘Holding On’
Pontypridd
http://www.instagram.com/heatherdollyjones

Mared - ‘Everything I Left Behind’
Denbighshire (Sir Dinbych)

Tokomololo - ‘Simsan’
Ynys Môn
http://instagram.com/tokomololomusic

MALI HÂF ‘MIWSLI E.P’ INTERVIEW

Mali Hâf - ‘H.W.F.M’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful)
http://instagram.com/malihahahaf

Mali Hâf - ‘Felly Be?’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful)
http://instagram.com/malihahahaf

Mali Hâf - ‘Muse’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful)
http://instagram.com/malihahahaf

Mali Hâf - ‘Ych a Fi’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful)
http://instagram.com/malihahahaf

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Mari Mathias - ‘Aderyn Pur’
Ceredigion
http://marimathiasmusic.bandcamp.com

Fort - ‘From Sullen Earth’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Cwmbran

Tomos Williams - ‘Aberfan 1966 (radio edit)’
West Wales
http://burum.org

Waterpistol - ‘She Flies’
Cardiff / Chepstow / Neath / Swansea
http://linktr.ee/waterpistolband

MOLLY’S MUST ADD SATURDAY REDUX

Clementines - ‘Ulcer’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/clementinesband

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Kevin Mark Trail - ‘My way Home’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://youtube.com/user/kevinmarktrail

SHOW STATS:

451 diff songs/ 509 Total. 325 Artists in 13 shows since 1st, Jan ‘26 (~Songs per:39, Unique artists per:25) Welsh:87% Cymraeg:16% (feat. lyrics in Welsh); Source: Uploader:35%, Direct:12%, Bought:24%, Plugger:20%, Commission:9%

Comprehensive Session / Interview List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w-rIPj0l0QhUcbEm08PUPLUWh-416mwlteG_8wpNWtQ/edit?usp=sharing

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Diolch o galon,

Adam Walton

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]]><![CDATA[Show #2709: Ailsa Tully interview; From The Vaults - Andrew Falkous; Spring Equinox TDB]]>https://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2709-ailsa-tully-interview-fromhttps://adamwalton.substack.com/p/show-2709-ailsa-tully-interview-fromMon, 23 Mar 2026 13:32:03 GMT

You can hear this week’s celebration of new music from Wales here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002syk1

Please subscribe to the programme via the BBC Sounds app, and then the programme will automatically download so that you can listen at your convenience, wherever you like (via Smartphone / portable devices etc):

Feel free to share the link below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002syk1

THIS WEEK’S SHOW:

  • Monmouth’s AIlsa Tully talks about her excellent new album ‘Womb Room’.

  • From The Vaults… a repeat of one of Andrew Falkous’s Tour Blogs from 2009.

  • Molly’s Must Add (Saturday Night Edition).

  • A Triple Decker Tune Burger featuring three pieces of folkish spring wonderment to celebrate the equinox.

  • a vibrant range of new music from all over Wales and across the sonic spectrum including ELEVEN artists from Wales I’ve never played before on the radio.

SMARTSPEAKER: to listen to the show, ask your smartspeaker to ask BBC to play BBC Introducing With Adam Walton.

STILL AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO:

  • 14.03.26 Tribute to Phil Campbell. Huw Marc Bennett talks about ‘Heol Las’. Green Man Rising Triple Decker Tune Burger… https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002spmg

  • 07.03.26 International Women’s Day Special Adjua, Jessie from Dream State, Dakota & Penny from Hairdye, Kelly Lee Owens, Mari Mathias and Donna from Sister Wives curate playlists of some of the music made by women that has been inspirational to them… https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002s9lr

  • 28.02.26 Helen Love playlist of inspirations. Rich Thair talks about Number’s album ‘Pollinate’. Viv Albertine From The Vaults… https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002s1x5

More information about BBC Sounds here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds

COMING UP ON THE PROGRAMME:.

  • 18th April - Skindred interview.

  • 25th April - Chroma interview.

Please do send new music excellence to me via the BBC Introducing Uploader or as a download link to my BBC email address. You'll work it out. It has a dot between my first name and my last name.

Keep on trucking x

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST:

Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn - ‘ONCE I WAS AN EEL (CLEAN)’
Llangefni / Machynlleth
http://taihafhebdrigolyn.bandcamp.com/

Jorg Kuning - ‘Synthetic Squashies’
Welshpool (Y Trallwng)

Serafima and the Shakedowns - ‘I’ll Be Around’
Seattle, Washington, United States / Carmarthen label
http://serafimaandtheshakedowns.bandcamp.com

Helen Love - ‘An Ordinary Lover’s Story’
Swansea (Abertawe)

Xenith - ‘Dutty Cella (Prod. by Elements Raw)’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://facebook.com/XenithUK

Skindred - ‘Can I Get A (squeaky clean edit)’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://skindred.net

Socials, The - ‘Mummy’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://www.instagram.com/Thesocialsuk

Luume - ‘Jester’
Tenby (Dinbych-y-pysgod)
http://www.instagram.com/luumeaintbright

Catalysts - ‘Fix Your Heart’
Newport (Casnewydd)
http://facebook.com/CATALYSTS.UK

Endaf x Ruby - ‘Dwisho Deud ft. Ruby’
Caernarfon
http://facebook.com/endafmusic

Alys North - ‘Replace you with’
Australia / Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://linktr.ee/alysnorth.7

Mared - ‘Everything I Left Behind’
Denbighshire (Sir Dinbych)

Jeb Loy Nichols and Cold Diamond & Mink - ‘Do The Get Together’
Dolgellau

Joe Webb - ‘James P’
Neath (Castell-Nedd)

Why Horses? + Spirited Followers - ‘Ground + Jain Song’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://http://www.instagram.com/whyhorses_
http://instagram.com/spiritedfollowers

MOLLY’S MUST ADD (SATURDAY REDUX)

Afro Cluster - ‘Gidi Gidi ft. K.O.G’
Gower (Gwŷr) / Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://facebook.com/AfroCluster

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Y Reu - ‘Mhen I’n Troi (Crwban Remix)’
Dyffryn Nantlle
http://facebook.com/yreumusic

SLACK. - ‘Easy’
Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful)
http://www.instagram.com/slack.wales

Brain Leak - ‘Skin Remembers’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)

Simon Love - ‘Come Out 2Nite’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / London (Lundain)
http://simonlove.bandcamp.com

CTRL+FREAK - ‘Son Of A Gun (radio edit)’
Mountain Ash (Aberpennar)
http://www.instagram.com/markloverush79

SUEP - ‘In The Morning’
London (Lundain) / Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/suepband/

FROM THE VAULTS #004 - ANDREW FALKOUS 2009 TOUR BLOG

Future Of The Left - ‘Arming Eritrea’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://futureoftheleft.net

Andrew Falkous - ‘Future of the Left tour blog #7 - 2009.11.01’
Bristol (Bryste)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Falkous

mclusky - ‘as a dad (edit)’
Cardiff (Caerdydd) / Rhyl

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Maeve (band) - ‘Behind Your Smile’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://linktr.ee/maeveband

Gillie Finney - ‘Wallflowers’
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
http://www.instagram.com/gilliefinney_/

TRIPLE DECKER TUNE BURGER - SPRING SOLSTICE

Huw Marc Bennett - ‘Yr Abaty (The Abbey)’
Llantwit Major

Mari Mathias - ‘Aderyn Pur’
Ceredigion
http://marimathiasmusic.bandcamp.com

Cerys Hafana - ‘Ffarwel i f’Ieuenctid’
Machynlleth
http://ceryshafana.com

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Kemlo - ‘Kill for you’
Porth / Cardiff (Caerdydd)
https://www.instagram.com/sethkemlo/

Joseph Lewis - ‘Wherever Your Heart Is’
Llanelli
http://instagram.com/josephlewismusic1

AILSA TULLY ‘WOMB ROOM’ INTERVIEW

Ailsa Tully - ‘Hendre’
Monmouth (Trefynwy)

Ailsa Tully - ‘Womb Room (album version)’
Monmouth (Trefynwy)

Ailsa Tully - ‘St Cuckoo’
Monmouth (Trefynwy)

Ailsa Tully - ‘Wading’
Monmouth (Trefynwy)

Ailsa Tully - ‘See (album version)’
Monmouth (Trefynwy)

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Joey Waronker, Luke Reynolds & Zac Rae - ‘Caru Caru’
Los Angeles, United States / Welsh collaborator
http://www.instagram.com/lukereynoldsmusic/

Eyesore The Minotaur - ‘Gloves UP!’
Swansea (Abertawe)
http://www.instagram.com/eyesore_the_minotaur

SHOW STATS:

388 diff songs/ 434 Total. 289 Artists in 11 shows since 1st, Jan ‘26 (~Songs per:39, Unique artists per:26) Welsh:85% Cymraeg:16% (feat. lyrics in Welsh); Source: Uploader:34%, Direct:13%, Bought:24%, Plugger:18%, Commission:11%

Comprehensive Session / Interview List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w-rIPj0l0QhUcbEm08PUPLUWh-416mwlteG_8wpNWtQ/edit?usp=sharing

Subscribe to my Substack: https://adamwalton.substack.com

Diolch o galon,

Adam Walton

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