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Friday 3 August 2012, 12:13
Only Boys Aloud launched as part of The Valleys Heart and Soul campaign, a three year campaign which aims to raise awareness of the region as a tourist destination and bring long-term economic benefit to the area.
Read more about Only Boys Aloud sign to Sony
Thursday 2 August 2012, 12:06
You might know Steve Balsamo from The Storys, or from his solo work, or you might know him from his turn as the titular character of Jesus Christ Superstar in the 1990s, but the Swansea man has turned his hand to another interesting role.
Read more about Interview: Steve Balsamo on Balsamo And Deighton
Friday 27 July 2012, 10:27
Dr Rhys Jones, co-presenter of Royal Welsh Show highlights on BBC Two Wales, blogs specially for BBC Wales Nature this week.
Well that's it for another year! We just got the nod to say filming for the Royal Welsh Show 2012 is complete. Sara and I are catching a taxi as I type!
Read more about Dr Rhys Jones at Royal Welsh Show 2012 - Day four
Thursday 26 July 2012, 16:50
Merthyr Rock details are finalised today, with day splits confirmed.
Friday 31 August
Main stage:
Razorlight
Saves The Day
Futures
Second stage:
Dirty Goods
The People The Poet
The Lash
The Undivided
Saturday 1 September
Thursday 26 July 2012, 11:44
Dr Rhys Jones, co-presenter of Royal Welsh Show highlights on BBC Two Wales, blogs specially for BBC Wales Nature this week.
It's simply been the hottest Royal Welsh Show I can ever remember! Standing up to two hours at a time in a show ring can really take its toll on your energy.
Read more about Dr Rhys Jones at Royal Welsh Show 2012 - Day three
Wednesday 25 July 2012, 11:26
Dr Rhys Jones, co-presenter of Royal Welsh Show highlights on BBC Two Wales, blogs specially for BBC Wales Nature this week.
I am having an amazing time at the Royal Welsh Show show this year. I have to give a massive shout out to the Davies family from Whitland for allowing me to help prepare their...
Thursday 2 August 2012, 12:06
You might know Steve Balsamo from The Storys, or from his solo work, or you might know him from his turn as the titular character of Jesus Christ Superstar in the 1990s, but the Swansea man has turned his hand to another interesting role.
Read more about Interview: Steve Balsamo on Balsamo And Deighton
Monday 23 July 2012, 10:00
Details of the 2012 Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts have announced details of its programme of events.
Held throughout the city from 4-20 October, the annual celebration of arts culture brings a range of genres and themes.
At Brangwyn Hall there are three high-profile events:
On 6 October you...
Monday 23 July 2012, 09:11
Tomorrow writer and broadcaster Paul Morley takes us on a journey to Monmouthshire's famed Rockfield Studios. Making Tracks (BBC Radio 4, 11.30am) examines the history and legacy of Wales' best-known recording facility.
Beginning a series on recording studios, Morley starts at a farm that gave...
Friday 20 July 2012, 11:07
Stereophonics have parted company with their drummer Javier Weyler, a short statement posted yesterday on the group's official website confirms.
Hi folks. We wanted to let you know Javier and the band will no longer be working together.
The band enjoyed playing...
Wednesday 18 July 2012, 15:14
Sŵn festival organisers have announced the first tranche of acts to play the annual Cardiff-wide event.
Sŵn, now in its sixth year, runs from 18 to 21 October 2012. The acts announced today are:
Read more about First 80 acts announced for Cardiff's Sŵn festival
Friday 13 July 2012, 09:06
This week I invited my old friend and colleague Jane Oriel, a face on the south Wales grime and hip hop scene, to pen some words about Urban Edge at The Big Splash, a great event happening this Saturday, 14 July, in Newport. Here are her thoughts about the scene and the event:
South Wales has an underground...
Read more about Urban Edge in Newport: the Welsh grime quest continues
Thursday 12 July 2012, 10:47
As rock fans celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Rolling Stones playing their first live concert, we want your memories of the veteran band playing in Wales.
They first played at the Royal Lido Ballroom in Prestatyn, on 31 August 1963, with subsequent performances at Kings Hall...
Read more about The Rolling Stones in Wales: were you there?
Friday 6 July 2012, 10:30
While Ponty's Big Weekend gets its big pop on with Jessie J, Alfie Boe, Olly Murs and Cover Drive, it's the newly-announced Fringe that brings a more downhome appeal to the 19 July event.
Held at two venues in Pontypridd - Clwb Y Bont and the YMCA - the free event boasts the town's...
Monday 2 July 2012, 12:12
Mold trio The Joy Formidable have found their work going into the most unforeseen of locations, courtesy of refugee workers in Kenya.
Fresh from recording their second album in America and touring with Foo Fighters, the band were contacted by Paola Mendoza and Topaz Adizes, two...
Read more about FilmAid charity uses The Joy Formidable for refugee video
Thursday 28 June 2012, 12:31
A Welsh-language musician, part of some of the scene's most well-known bands of the last decade, has released an album bringing Bible stories to life through rap.
Ed Holden, who has performed as part of Pep Le Pew and Genod Droog, recorded six tracks with children from...
Read more about "Rap is a cool thing" for telling Bible stories
Wednesday 27 June 2012, 11:10
Speaking before the start of Brynfest at the London South Bank, bass baritone opera star Bryn Terfel has talked of his desire to stage his Faenol Festival in Gwynedd once again.
Two years after cancelling the 2010 festival because of poor ticket sales, Terfel said to the North Wales Daily...
Monday 25 June 2012, 15:20
Lostprophets, the sole Welsh participants in this weekend's Radio 1 Big Weekend in Hackney, played their usual energetic, anthemic set on Saturday night.
The sixpiece, touring their fifth album Weapons, played Can't Catch Tomorrow (Good Shoes Won't Save You This Time), Bring 'Em Down...
Read more about Lostprophets live at Radio 1 Hackney Weekend
Thursday 21 June 2012, 15:00
A few months ago a brand new Welsh singer - A Girl Called Ruth - started following BBC Wales Music on Twitter. I try to listen to the music made by our followers, especially if I've not yet heard of them.
Very occasionally, the music I encounter on those listens make me sit up and pay attention - sometimes...
Thursday 21 June 2012, 10:53
News is coming in this morning that, just a couple of years since the demise of TJ's, another great Newport venue could be in danger of falling out of live music usage.
Le Pub, on the city's Caxton Place, has been put up for sale. The tiny two storey venue has gained a very special place in the hearts...
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