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Roots Roundup April 2022
Although they strive to remain true to the traditions that inform their music, folk and roots musicians also show a willingness to experiment with collaborations across genres – whether that’s electrifying British folk music to create folk-rock or something like combining seemingly disparate traditions as the Afro Celt Sound System did. On paper, the latter sounds an unlikely proposition, but in reality the fusion of traditional Irish and Scottish music with African rhythms turned out to be something of a revelation.
Of course, not all collaborations are so successful but among those that have worked, and stood the test of time, is America’s extraordinary Hot Club Of Cowtown [pictured]. The band got their start in New York in 1994, when guitarist Whit Smith answered a Village Voice classified ad placed by fiddle player lena James, looking for musicians who shared her eclectic tastes and dedication to traditional music.
That set in motion a chain of events that would lead to the formation of HCOC – a band that bring together the hot jazz made famous by Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grapelli with the western swing pioneered in the American Southwest by the likes of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys. Initially, Whit and Elena established a full Western swing orchestra, but soon realised that they preferred the sound when it was stripped back to its essential elements.
A move to Austin, Texas and the addition of double bassist Jake Erwin completed the lineup and since then they’ve never looked back, releasing several critically acclaimed albums and wowing audiences around the globe with their jawdropping virtuosity and unforgettable live shows.
Since 2011, the band has released three albums dedicated to the music that inuenced and shaped their sound, featuring material by artists such as Wills, Reinhardt, Grappelli, Bing Crosby, and Cindy Walker – but it’s onstage that the band really come into their own, as their dazzling virtuosity never fails to leave audiences wanting more.
bout to embark on their first U tour for some time, Hot lub Of Cowtown will be dropping into Cardiff’s St David’s Hall on Tue 26 Apr as part of the ongoing Roots Unearthed series. Miss them at your peril.
Buzz also recommends:
Martin Carthy. Inuential nglish folk musician and guitarist. Lyceum Folk Club, Newport, Thurs 14 Apr; Valley Folk Club, Pontardawe, Fri 15
Gordon Giltrap. The guitarist’s guitarist. Acapela, Cardiff, Sun 24 Apr
The Fureys. Irish legends. Gwyn Hall, Neath,Wed 27 Apr
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01792 213200 . Swansea Jazz gig. Simple Minds Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £41.80. Info 029 2022 4488. Jim Kerr and the boys, and girls, press on. Rescheduled from February and August 2021. See Upfront for an interview with Jim. The Academic + Lauren Hibberd Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199. Irish indie band who can apparently boast “catchy melodies and energetic beats” and sold out this venue several months in advance of its original date, April 14 2021. The Boogiemen Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £8. Info 029 2062 6015. Presented by The Big Nite Out. The Undercover Hippy Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £16.50 . Info info@
bunkhousebar.co.uk. Folk-rock guy and former drum’n’bass MC who is touring all over the place this month (Llandrindod Wells tomorrow, ewport Sat . ot very undercover then!!
FRIDAY 15 APRIL
Groove Armada Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £28.50. Info 029 2078 1458. Longstanding dad- friendly electronic duo on their farewell tour.
Breakout bassline stars – no idea how this has happened but it has – with one of two dates in Wales in April, the other being in Cardiff on Fri 29.
Baest + Damim + Pemphigoid + Slob Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2064 4176. Death metal, headliners coming from Denmark.
uBank Holiday Ska & Mod Fest #3 Jac’s, Aberdare. 1-11pm. Info 01685 882198. Two days of the music in the event title. Sat 16: The 5:15, Evil Turkeys and The Somethings; Sun 17: The Navarones, Inner City and Sid And The Skatterbrains. Tickets: £10 adv per day or £15 for both; on the door it’s £13 per day or £18 for both. Campfire Social + Gintis
Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £6. Info 01633 221477. Cantaloop The Globe At Hay, Hay-On- Wye. 8pm, £10. Info 01497 821762. Jazzy funk band.
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Limehouse Lizzy The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 07950 471888. Thin Lizzy tribute band. Rescheduled from June 2021. Mal Pope The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01639 843163. Rescheduled from 2021. Mantaraybryn Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Cymro- Cornish fella on a synthpop tip. Martin Carthy Glais Rugby Club, Pontardawe. 8pm, £8. Info cas@casbar.
co.uk.
Matthew Frederick + Eve & Sera Theatr Twm O’r Nant, Denbigh. 7-10pm, £10. Info 01745 812349.
uOwen Money’s Jukebox Heroes III Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £18. Info 01633 868239 Two nights here (on tomorrow also. Pipedream The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, free. Info 01495 247178.
Spizzenergi + Healthy Junkies + Voodoo Radio Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2064 4176. Goofy UK punks headline. Tanglejack + Becky The Bullet The Cellar, Cardigan. 7.30pm. Info 07818 056599.
The Bryan Adams Experience Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm, £12.50. Info 029 2088 2268. Tribute show. The Oasis Experience Gorseinon Events Centre. 7-10pm, £12. Info 07763 000382. Tribute band. The Undercover Hippy Pavilion Mid Wales, Llandrindod Wells. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01597 258118.
Thundermother + Häxan + Southbound Hangar 18 Music Venue, Swansea. 7pm, £12. Info 07984 664008. Hard rock.
Cantemus Choir Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardif. 5-8pm, £16. Info 029 2039 1391. Show titled The Glory Of Italy and featuring Italian choral music. Everything Changes Boulevard Show Bar, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £18. Info 01437 723493. Take That tribute. FM Patti Pavilion, Swansea. 7pm, £20. Info 01792 477710. Hard rock band. Goodnight Vincent + Worldwide Welshman + Platform 1 Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 7pm, £7 Info 029 2039 8315. Indie, folk and country in various quantities. The headliners are on a tour they have titled Please Don’t Get Cancelled. Hawklords Hangar 18 Music Venue, Swansea. 7.30pm, £17. Info enquiries@
hangar18musicvenue.co.uk. Matthew Frederick + Eve & Sera Blue Sky af, Bangor, pm, . Info 355444.
Meat Loud Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm, £12.50. Info 029 2088 2268. Meat Loaf tribute show. Moretallica The Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £8. Info 01443 551581. Metallica tribute band with a special Black Album set.
No Future Festival 2022 Tramshed, Cardiff. 1pm, £27.50. Info 029 2023 5555. Another edition of this not exclusively but mostly punk oldies alldayer. This one has The Partisans, UK Subs, Peter And The Test Tube Babies, The Outcasts, The Vibrators, The Ramonas and token young- sters Pizzatramp. Rescheduled from this time last year.
Riot Jazz Brass Band Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £17.50. Info 029 2089 0862. Mancunian group who cover pop songs in brass band format.
uWales Goes Pop! The Gate, Cardiff. 1.30-10pm, £48. Info 029 2048 3344. The return of this indieish weekender after one year off completely and one year doing digital broadcasts only. Prices: £48 weekend ticket; £17 per day on Fri 15 and Sat 16 Apr; £18 per day on Sun 17 Apr; free under- 12s. Lineup is like so. Fri 15 Apr: Dream Nails, Slagheap, Nervous Twitch, Breakup Haircut, Panic Pocket, Murder Club, Femmebug and four more TBC. Sat 16: The Darling Buds, The Flatmates, Holiday Ghosts, The Catenary Wires, Adwaith, Chemtrails, The School, Buggs, Jody And The Jerms, The Hepburns and David Leach. Sun 17: Field Music, Penelope Isles, The Natvral, Panic Shack, Lazy Day, Swansea Sound, L.A. Peach, Aderyn and one more TB. Until Sun
SATURDAY 16 APRIL
Alvin Youngblood Hart’s Muscle Theory Galeri, Caernarfon. 7-10pm, £16. Info 01978 841300. US blues-rocker play- ing with a trio here. Bad Boy Chiller Crew Venue Cymru, Llandudno. 7pm, £24. Info 01492 872000.
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Rum Buffalo + Marshal & The Hats The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 7pm, £8. Info 01597 811226. Band who sound like hippy festival stuff. Saint Agnes Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Rock band who were praised for their “raw chemistry” by Q magazine. The Aberystwyth Wall Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 2030 4400. Folk music and storytelling from Gwilym Morus-Baird. The Bohemians The Riverfront, Newport. 8pm, £24.50. Info 01633 656757. ueen tribute show.
The Flying Spider Revival + Stiff Kittens + Ruby Kelly The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, free. Info 01495 758597. Stiff Kittens, bloody hell there’s a name from the vaults. The Hideaway Trio The Cellar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £8. Info 07818 056599. Covers.
The John Verity Band The ueens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £13. Info 01834 861212. Former Argent frontman doing blues-rock stuff.
The Style Councillors The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £17.50. Info 07590 471888. Style Council tribute band. The Wombats Motorpoint Arena Cardiff 6.30pm, £35. Info 029 2022 4488. Every week from now will bring a new act who I am baffled to find are touring UK arenas. The Wombats are just the latest.
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