The Harvard Undergraduate Drummers (THUD) have produced this very good rendition of Journey's Don't Stop Believing. Yes, I know the song has been done to death, but this is an enjoyable cover :-)
This week NAWR welcomed Angharad Davies, Lee Patterson, Susan Matthews and Ian Holloway to the BBC Hall for our second concert with The Swansea International Festival. Both duos treated us to amazing performances, including our first controlled fire at NAWR! Check out the photos from the concert here.
This week NAWR hosted our first concert with The Swansea International Festival 2018 which saw Mike Cooper and Bell Lungs perform. You can check out more photos from the concert here.
The BBC in partnership with the charity Playlist For Life have launched a music website that aims to help people with dementia reconnect with their most powerful memories.
This week The Swansea Laptop Orchestra held their first workshop wth the selected composers for the Tŷ Cerdd CoDI electronic pathway project, and I was on hand to take some photos of all the lovely people. Check out the photos of the fun day we had here.
Hen Ogledd, a new supergroup formed by Dawn Bothwell, Rhodri Davies, Richard Dawson and Sally Pilkington have released their debut single Problem Child along with this amazing video. My words won't do the video justice, I suggest you watch it instead! :-)
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have discovered the chemical detection abilities of an African musical instrument called a mbira. The instrument uses metal times connected to a wooden sounding board which produce a musical tone when plucked. The research has discovered that using a hallow U-shaped tine filled with different liquids produce notes of different frequencies. These differences can be used to detect different liquid samples such as sodium chloride or non-toxic glycerol.
This week NAWR welcomed Phill Niblock and Tim Shaw to Swansea, performing with our own Rhodri Davies. Check out some of my photos from the concert here.
NPR's Tiny Desk on YouTube is amazing for discovering great music and recently the music diversity and quality has been top notch, from Yo-Yo Ma to Dermot Kennedy. This week though, Tiny Desk published their video of Tech N9ne featuring Krizz Kaliko. The video starts off great and escalates to amazing by the last track, definitely worth watching the full video!
