Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog

Event information

Saith Seren are proud to present a night of great music from Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog and Dan Amor with DJ Fuzzyfelt providing sublime tunes before and after the bands.

Tickets are available from Saith Seren and online at www.wegottickets.com from Friday 27th April.

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COWBOIS RHOS BOTWNNOG

http://www.myspace.com/​cowboisrhosbotwnnog
http://soundcloud.com/​cowbois

Formed in 2005 by Iwan, Dafydd and Aled Hughes – three brothers from the Llŷn Peninsula, north-west Wales – Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog play a blend of folk, country and rock music. As well as their own material, the band often perform adaptations of traditional songs.

Their first album, ‘Dawns y Trychfilod’ was released in 2007 on the ‘Sbrigyn Ymborth’ label and topped the BBC C2 chart for Welsh-language releases. The band received the ‘Best New Band’ award at the BBC RAP Awards the same year. This was followed in 2008 by a single, ‘Paid a Deud – a duet with Gwyneth Glyn.

2009 saw Llyr Pari of labelmates Jen Jeniro join the band as additional guitarist. His second performance was on the main stage of the ‘Wakestock’ festival in north Wales. Branwen Williams, who had contributed backing vocals on ‘Dawns y Trychfilod’, joined in 2010 on keyboards and vocals. This, alongside Euron Jones’ pedal-steel guitar (which featured on ‘Paid a Deud’) brought a different sound to the second album, ‘Dyddiau Du, Dyddiau Gwyn’, released in 2010.

Recorded with David Wrench, the album brought wider attention to the band, including airplay on BBC 6Music and positive reviews in publications and website in Wales and England. This was followed by live performances at many festivals over the summer of 2011, including the Green Man Festival in the Brecon Beacons, SWN festival in Cardiff and as one of the headlining acts of ‘Maes B’ in the Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, Wrexham. ‘Dyddiau Du, Dyddiau Gwyn’ received the Album of the Year award from Welsh music magazine ‘Y Selar’.

Over the years the band have recorded numerous sessions, both studio and acoustic, for BBC Radio Cymru as well as many live performances and videos on Welsh-language television channel S4C, notably on the ‘Bandit’ and ‘Nodyn’ programmes.

Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog’s version of ‘Fall On My Knees’, a traditional folk song from America, has been played on Tom Robinson’s show on BBC 6 Music.



DAN AMOR

http://soundcloud.com/​dan-amor

Dan Amor has been writing and recording songs in English and Welsh for ten years. He releases material on his own label, Recordiau Cae Gwyn Records. His music has been played on various radio stations, including BBC Radio Cymru, Radio 1, Radio Wales, and Radio Merseyside.


DJ Fuzzyfelt

DJ Dean Fuzzyfelt is known, and loved by practically every Welsh band you’ll meet. He used to run ab eclectic music night in Y Delyn wine bar, Mold playing an eclectic mix of Native American Twangy Guitar Instrumentals, 60s French Girl Pop, Baroque and Roll, Llanrwst Acid Folk, and Porthmadog Electronica. He's also DJed at more 'celebrity' weddings than he'll admit to!