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Robin Huw Bowen
Robin Huw
Bowen, whose magnificent new album "The Road To Aberystwyth" is
pictured above, is coming to the United Sates early next year. He will
be appearing on the West Coast and we will post details of dates and
venues as soon as they are released. Hopefully he will come to
Portland. Anyone
wishing to acquaint themselves with the man and his work could do no
better ( other than buying the cd of course ) than checking out this link to a superb live performance
he gave at the Kennedy Centre (Washington D.C.) in 2001....more
Mekons in Portland
OK so The Mekons are
not a Welsh band but they are one of the finest and most important
bands to come out of the UK in the last 30 years. On Monday October 9th
they played the Aladdin Theatre in Portland as part of their 30th
Anniversary Celebration Tour. They were, as usual, excellent. Jon
Langford is,
of course, a Welshman (hailing from Newport in Gwent)
and he and Sally Timms have been the mainstays of the band throughout
its many personnel changes over the years. ...more
Gruff
Rhys in PortlandSunday night, Gruff
Rhys (Super Furry Animals) and Lisa Jen (9Bach) sat
down on a small stage in two chairs, side by side, before a very lucky
audience. A table set before them was heaped, as is Rhys'
practice,
with many interesting things. They made splendid and
transcendent
sound......more
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