FESTIVAL BLOG: The Laugharne Weekend Day Three (30/03/25)
A day of pairing drinks with music. We started the day by nipping over the road from the hotel for a Greggs, the breakfast of […]
Month: March 2025
FESTIVAL BLOG: The Laugharne Weekend Day Two (29/03/25)
First full day. Comedy, grammar lessons and walking through walls. And booze. Lots of booze. The day started with a healthy(ish) nosh up in the […]
FESTIVAL BLOG: The Laugharne Weekend Day One (28/03/25)
A weekend in Laugharne. In March. It must be The Laugharne Weekend. Our feet hadn’t really touched the ground. Less than twelve hours after getting […]
WALES AWAY BLOG: Macedonia Away – Day Four and The Sound of Naked Mountains (26/03/25)
Final day of trip, meeting local musicians and some reflections on Macedonia. Today we finally get to do what we had hoped to do on […]
WALES AWAY BLOG: North Macedonia Part Three : Match Day (25/03/25)
Burning the candle at both ends: a jam-packed day including lakes, picnics and football. And beers It’s a funny old game. If your team scores […]
WALES AWAY BLOG: North Macedonia Away Part Two (24/03/25)
An emotional day in Skopje, for several very different reasons I wake up to cancel the 9:30 walking tour. Partly because of the rain, partly […]
WALES AWAY BLOG: North Macedonia Part One (23/03/25)
First Wales Away trip of a new campaign, the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. The first away trip of a campaign should be a […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show # 337 (25/03/25)
An instrumental tribute to the victims of the Pulse Night Club fire in North Macedonia Our last show was a Special, featuring many young North […]
LIVE REVIEW: Henry’s Funeral Shoe @ Jacs, Aberdare (14/03/25)
Henry’s Funeral Shoe return to the live circuit, with Heavy Flames and Next Day Shakes joining them for the ride. It’s been a few months […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 336 – North Macedonia Special (11/03/25)
Peppermint Iguana Radio Show #336 – putting the acid in North Macidonia. And punk. And ska, dub and deep house. Yes, it is that time […]
ALBUM FLASHBACK: The Damned: Play it at Your Sister: The Stiff Years, 1976/77 (Sanctuary Records 2005)
Limited edition box set of The Damned’s early years on Stiff Records The Damned don’t really need an introduction, but I’m going to anyway. The […]
LIVE REVIEW: James Oliver and Mark Kemlo @ Bourtons Live Music Cafe (06/03/25)
Local lad James Oliver plays Bargoed’s best music venue. Take an intimate and friendly venue, pour in a gifted guitarist, a consummately skillful drummer, some […]
LIVE REVIEW: Anonymous Iconoclasts @ Bourtons Live Music Bar (01/03/25)
The Anonymous Iconoclasts return to Bargoed, to a venue that is becoming second home for them. I have to be careful what I say here, […]
MUSIC REVIEW: Muddy Summers and the Dirty Field Whores – One Foot In Front of the Other (Self Released March 2025)
A new album, from a new Muddy Summers line up, ready for a new festival season. “We are getting a new musical project together called […]