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Arena. 6pm, £50/£43. Info 029 2022 4488. Pop band touring 20 years after the release of their Heart & Soul album. Rescheduled from October 2022. Dewdropper The Muse, Brecon. 3pm, £5. Info 07791 654799. Afternoon/early evening folk gig.
flamenco guitar around the world, introducing his potent music to a wider audience.
Having performed on some of the world’s biggest stages – Montreux Jazz, Celtic Connections and The First World Guitar Congress in the USA – Martín is probably best appreciated up close and personal, which is why his regular intimate Roots Unearthed gigs at Cardiff’s St David’s Hall’s always attract capacity audiences who seemingly can’t get enough of watching a true master of his art at work. Juan Martin appears at St David’s Hall on Tue 17 Jan.
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The Rob Lear Band. Tredegar House Folk Festival fundraiser with the highly regarded songwriter. Newport Folk Club, Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone (Thurs 15 Dec)
Roots Round Up December 2022 / January 2023
Spain’s Juan Martín is widely considered one of the finest flamenco guitarists
learning the guitar at the age of six, spent his teenage years playing at weddings, fiestas and baptisms before moving to Madrid, where he studied with flamenco legends Paco De Lucia and Niño Ricardo.
A true master of his art, Martín’s musical adventurism and open- mindedness has seen him collaborate with a range of artists from a wide variety of musical backgrounds. From Herbie Hancock to Rory Gallagher, Miles Davis to The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, he’s taken
means. DJs will follow until 1.30am. Dead Rubber Dolls + The Leon Daye Band + One Last Score The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, free. Info 01495 758597. Ebbw Vale Male Choir Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01600 772467. Christmas concert. Harriet Earis + Clovis Phillips The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01597 811226. Jazzy folk on guitar and harp. HMS Morris + Ynys Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5. Info 07716 767651. Brace of Welsh indie acts. Junior Bill The Globe At Hay, Hay- On-Wye. 8pm, £10. Info 01497 821762. Eclectic pop band originally from Cardiff but possibly not strongly based there now. Junior College Winter Festival Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 3pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Solo, ensemble and orchestral showcase. Kool 4 Katz The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, free. Info 01495 247178. Christmas party with 80s cover band.
L1nkn_p4rk + Root Zero + Drip Fed Empire Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 6pm, £10. Info 029 2064 4176. Linkin Park tribute band headline. Gig is sold out though. In Swansea on Sun 4 Dec. Mared + Ani Glass + Sister Wives Theatr Clwyd, Mold. 7.45pm, £8. Info 01352 344101. Three Welsh language acts, Sister Wives however coming from Sheffield would you believe. Only Fools and Corpses + Lunasolace + Iolo Edger + People
of all time. He began
Parkinson and Pete Morton. Unpredictably enjoyable Xmas show from three of folk music’s finest. Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club (Wed 21 Dec)
The Magical Christmas Tree with Emily Sanders, Chris
Paul Downes. Veteran folk singer and guitarist. Lyceum Folk Club,
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Crindau Constitutional Club, Newport (Thurs 19 Jan)
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Expecting Company Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 5pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
L1nkn_Park + Drip Fed Empire + Vanity Kills Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £10. Info 07716 767651. Mediaeval Baebes Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2089 0862. Long-running alt-madrigal type ensemble. Sold out well in advance! The Sixteen St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £20/ £5 kids and NUS. Info 029 2087 8444. Carols and other festive songs.
MONDAY 5 DECEMBER
Rick Wakeman Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £32.50. Info 01792 475715. This is titled the Grumpy Christmas Stocking Tour, ergo is aimed at people who know Rick off the telly as much as for his music, and will combine songs on keyboard/piano with anecdotes. Scouting For Girls Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £27.50. Info 029 2023 5555. Sold out.
TUESDAY 6 DECEMBER
Being As An Ocean + Hail The Sun + Savage Hands + Acres Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £156. Info 029 2023 2199. Post-hardcore stuff, headliners coming from the States.
Cardiff University Chamber Choir & Baroque Ensemble Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2087 5939. A concert titled ‘The Sun King: Choral and instrumental music from the time of Louis XIV’.
& Other Diseases + Jono Elysium Gallery, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info 07980 925449. Various acts playing live as part of a skate video launch event. Respect for anyone still making skate videos. Philomusica Of Aberystwyth Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £2-£12. Info 01970 623232. Conducted by Iwan Teifion Davies.
Soul Lotta Funk Porter’s, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info
facebook.com/porterscardiff. Disco and hip-hop covers. The Bon Jovi Experience Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £22. Info 01874 611622. Tribute band. The Crippled Hillbillies The Dolls House, Abertillery. 6pm, free. Info 01495 213300. Country-rock. The Small Fakers Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16. Info 029 2062 6015. Small Faces tribute. Liam Curtin is also DJing. The Telling St Edward’s Church, Cardiff.7.30pm, £14. Info
thetelling.co.uk. Concert preceded by a singing workshop at 5.45pm. Too Toned The Foundry, Brecon. 7.30pm, £10. Info 07450 384740. Ska and 2-tone tribute. Twist And Shout Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £27.50. info 0300 3656677. Musical tribute to the 1960s.
SUNDAY 4 DECEMBER
Blue + Megan McKenna + B*Witched + Cassa Jackson Cardiff International
Christmas With The Treorchy Male Voice Choir & Callum Scott Howells St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £14-£24. Info 029 2087 8444. In aid of Ty Hafan Children’s Hospice. Classical Café: Brass Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Free performances in the foyer across three days. DD Darillo + Windshake + Ellis Thomas Buffalo, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info
linktr.ee/buffalocardiff. Welsh indie bands, headliners having links to Boy Azooga etc. First Aid Kit Cardiff International Arena. 6.30pm, £39. Info 029 2022 4488. The return of Swedish indie-folk duo to this venue. French Alps Tiger + My Octopus Mind + Pseudo Cool The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £5/£3 NUS/free in advance. Info 07590 471888. Second of three local band showcases in this venue.
Modern Studies + Parcs + Dusty Cut Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm. £7. Info 01633 221477. Indie and electronica.
WEDNESDAY 7 DECEMBER
Carmarthenshire Music Service Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £9. Info 0345 2263510. Christmas concert. Charlie J + Manlikevision + Ollie P Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £6. Info 01633 221477. One of three launch gigs for Cardiff hip-hop artist’s new EP: he’s also in Swansea on Tue 13 Dec and Cardiff on Thurs 15.
Dave Mason Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 8.30pm, £3. Info 01443 222182. A Llantrisant Folk Club showcase event. InMe + Raging Speedhorn Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £18. Info 01792 468892. Two UK rock bands who date back to the start of the millennium. James And The Cold Gun + Nigel Buffalo, Cardiff. 7pm, £7. Info
linktr.ee/ buffalocardiff. Two local alt-rock bands. Magnum Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25. Info 029 2023 5555. Hard/prog/AOR rockers.
Pet Needs + Tundra Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Headliners toured with Frank Turner recently I believe. Sinfonia Cymru The Riverfront,
ELVIS Dir. Baz Luhrmann Baz Luhrmann’s hymn to Presley was exhilarating, moving and a fitting tribute to the King himself, with a great performance from Austin Butler.
TOP GUN: MAVERICK Dir. Joseph Kosinski The sequel no one knew we ever wanted was a barnstorming adventure that surpassed the orig- inal, despite ripping off Star Wars with its bombing run and adding some emotional grace notes.
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Dirs. Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert Michelle Yeoh in a multiverse of action, comedy and heart with sausage fingers and dildo fights proved an off-kilter treat.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU LEO GRANDE Dir. Sophie Hyde A sensitively played two hander between Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack that was fun- ny, truthful and sex positive.
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN Dir. Craig Roberts A brilliant comedy with Mark Ry- lance on top form as a fraudulent golfer in Welsh director Craig Roberts’ beautiful, magic realist world.
BRIAN AND CHARLES Dir. Jim Archer A British comedy about a home- made robot set in north Wales that is both warm, silly and surprising - with extra cabbage.
LIVING Dir. Oliver Hermanus Bill Nighy being absolutely heart- breaking while rediscovering life after a terminal diagnosis.
THE BATMAN Dir. Matt Reeves A gloomy, epic re-introduction for the Dark Knight under Matt Reeves direction with Robert Pat- tinson as a suitably hardcore Bat.
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Dir. Martin McDonagh Martin McDonagh back with his In Bruges cast, Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell, with fantastically black comic results, as usual.
PREY Dir. Dan Trachtenberg Finally, a Predator sequel very much worth watching - sleek, brutal and tense with a fabulous female lead in Amber Midthun- der.
KEIRON SELF 65 Films of 2022
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