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- Allan Yn Y Fan, are a South-east Wales based band playing a mixture of traditional Welsh, Irish and Scottish music with an increasing amount of self-composed music. For twmpaths or ceilidhs the band is joined by caller Francesca Kay.
- Audio Circus, are an innovative indie folk 5 piece band from Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. Audio Circus have played venues from the sound cafe bar in Leicester Square London to the Swansea International Music Festival and have also enjoyed a live session acoustic broadcast on BBC radio wales award winning show "Celtic Heartbeat".
- Baggyrinkle Swansea Shantymen, sing in three-part harmony with some of the songs accompanied by the concertina and their programme complemented by the occasional instrumental piece. Most of the Baggies' repertoire is traditional, although contemporary songs also feature - some of them penned by group members Dave Robinson and Andrew McKay - and Welsh language songs are also beginning to make an appearance.
- Blue Horses, is a riotously enjoyable Celtic rock band from Cardiff. Decidedly at the heavy end of the Celtic rock spectrum, they fuse Celtic themes, folk, stunning rock improvisations and evocative lyrics.
- Bluestone, are an acoustic duo consisting of Bud French and Paul Eades from Tenby. They played an eclectic selection of material ranging from folk, Irish, blues, roots and original music.
- Boys from the Hill, are a South Wales based acoustic trio. Their music is a mixture of self penned and traditional material with a strong social commentary. They have developed their own innovative brand of Welsh Urban Folk, combining many influences, musical, social and political to create new acoustic music relevant to their time and place.
- Bragod, is the only musical ensemble dedicated to exploring the performance of medieval and renaissance Welsh music and poetry in an historically-informed way. Bragod draws freely on the sound world revealed by their medieval experiments in their performance of later popular and ritual music. Bragod uses crwth, lyre, and an unique voice production.
- Carreg Lafar, is one of the bands at the forefront of the Welsh traditional music scene. Through a mix of traditional and original material, Carreg Lafar conveys a fresh and vibrant spirit whilst remaining firmly rooted in the living tradition of Welsh song and dance music.
- Celtic Spirit, are a five piece folkrock band from Aberdare, South Wales Valleys. Their music comes from the four corners of Britain, although Irish music is a large part of their repertoire.
- Huw Chidgey and Catherine Handley, are a South Wales based acoustic folk duo comprising the formidable talents of two of the country's finest musicians. Their repertoire is based on the traditions of the British Isles, either directly, in their arrangements of traditional material, or indirectly from the work of contemporary writers working in the folk idiom.
- Crasdant, mix the traditional harp of Wales, the unique triple harp, with flutes, fiddle, accordion, guitar and Welsh reed instrument - the pibgorn. Adding a terpsichorean spice to the mix is the flamboyant step-dancing of a champion clogger.
- Cusan Tan, Welsh traditional/folk duo.
- Dragonfall, a strong Celtic beat mixed with ethereal evocative qualities. A Celtic rock band, "thoroughly modern yet steeped in tradition".
- Fernhill, since they formed in 1996, they have become important cultural ambassadors for Wales and its music. Fernhill create a new musical landscape from the indigenous dance rhythms and folk poetry of Wales.
- Geraint Griffith, is been a singer-songwriter, session musician and recording artist since 1973. He was a member of several bands as a vocalist and guitarist from the age of fourteen and started writing his own songs at about the same time.
- Hamish McDoodle and the Kicking Keltic Kaos Krew, incorporates celtic, techno, jazz, drum & bass and reggae influences into their own style- ethnotecnic.
- Here Be Dragons, play wild Celtic Music from Wales.
- Hogiau'r Gororau, four musicians with diverse musical backgrounds, all living in the East of Wales who have come together to provide lively and energetic interpretations of the traditional music of Wales and the Marches, spiced with a few of their own compositions.
- Hoover the Dog, are purveyors of inventive, intelligent music. Fiddler John Hymas' classical, European and jazz influences dominate the Celtic-ish repertoire with a few English traditional tunes thrown in for good measure. A mainly instrumental set features the virtuoso combination of Hymas' strings, the athletic accordion of Paul Hutchinson and guitar/bouzouki man Tony Harris' light, fluid fingerings. Exhibiting bags of technical brilliance and the gift of making music clever and funny at the same time - much cheeky time change and manic modulation - the music ranges from stylish and understated to gutsy and gleeful.
- Robin Huw Bowen, the top player of the Welsh triple harp:
- KilBride Bros, a three-piece traditional acoutic music outfit from South Wales.
- Cass Meurig, is a crwth and fiddle player specialising in Welsh music. She works as a soloist and in duos with guitarist Nial Cain, piper/flautist Ceri Rhys Matthews and Swedish/Estonian bowed harp player Sofia Joons. She also plays with Welsh band Pigyn Clust and was a member of Fernhill.
- Newfolks, features accordionist Edward Jay and violinist Oliver Wilson-Dickson. Expect to hear everything from mind-bending Macedonian dances to delicate Welsh airs, from sizzling Gypsy serenades to barn-storming Bluegrass. The energy and authenticity of every one of Oli's folk fiddle styles is second to none, and Eddy's full flourishing accompaniment and dazzling jazz accordion improvisations will leave you smiling.
- The Parcel Of Rogues, five piece folk rock band from Aberdare, South Wales, playing Traditional & Contemporary Folk/Folk-Rock from the UK & America.
- Siān Phillips, is a fifth generation fiddle player with roots back to the chapel fiddlers of the Swansea Valleys. Her early forays in Eisteddfods, barn dances and Folk Dance accompaniment resulted in a wealth of knowledge and understanding of this traditional music and its interpretation, despite her earliest influences being Pink Floyd and Stefan Grappelli!
- The Pluck & Squeeze Band, are a 4-piece band based in Cardiff, performing music drawn from local Welsh influences, as well as Scotland, Ireland and traditional music from England and the USA.
- Rachel, born in West Wales and now living in Cornwall, has been building a reputation for herself around the UK as an outstanding singer of traditional and contemporary folk songs. She is a stunning vocalist who accompanies her voice with a 36 string Welsh folk harp. Her particular style enables her to adapt to be able to perform contemporary pieces with a harp accompaniment and carry them off as if they had been written that way in the first place. Combining the sensitivity of her folk origins and fronting a rock band, Rachel must surely be unique in her field.
- Roots and Galoots, five Swansea-based musicians playing an lively mix of foot-stomping, fast-picking music. Original Bluegrass and traditional folk instrumentals blend with smooth harmonies to create wickedly exciting entertainment.
- Sild, Martin Leamon and Sille Ilves formed their unique Welsh - Estonian collaboration shortly after the 2001. Since then they have developed a truly original fusion of two different musical cultures, rooted in tradition yet thoroughly modern, they create timeless music.
- Soliloquise, she is a 38 year old writer and musician based in rural West Wales, Her music is etherial, mixing acoustic guitars, ethnic and drum and bass beats with layered harmony.
- Twm Twp, pronounced" toom toop " ! Traditional dance music from Wales reworked by a band three quarters Welsh and one quarter Breton. Twm Twp are based in Brittany where they play and organise brassy Welsh dance workshops, dixie-ceilidhs, and swing-concerts.
- Uiscedwr, fiery, passionate and versatile, this trio won the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award 2002 with a storming live set combining fiddle, guitar and bodhran. They combine their folk roots with more modern, driving rhythms and elements of music from diverse cultures to create a very fast-paced show.
- The Wee Bag Band, is a 4-piece Irish music band bringing traditional, popular and contemporary Irish/Celtic music for any function to North Wales and beyond.
- The Wild Welsh Women, are 75% Welsh, 33% Women and probably not all that wild. They do however, produce a potent blend of Celtic tinged contemporary and traditional music.
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