After last year’s cancelled tour dates, Welsh band Mabon announce dates for their farewell tour as their band members embark on “new projects for some…and new chapters for others.”
After twenty years of good times, Welsh band Mabon have announced that they will be hanging up its boots next autumn. They have a got a “Last Huzzah!” tour planned for spring 2020 as well as final summer Festival dates.
Celebrating two decades of inspiring, original, ‘Interceltic’ world music, Twenty is an ideal introduction to Mabon, whilst long-time fans will fully appreciate the release as a successful document, capturing the essence of one of the most entertaining live acts around.
With Dead Man’s Dance (Dawns y Gŵr Marw) ALAW have not only created an impressive follow up to their 2013 debut, they’ve surpassed the brilliance of Melody with an even more invigorating, wider-ranging exploration of Welsh poetic and musical traditions. It is an inspired and unique album.
The annual InterCeltic festival have announced the names of the artists performing in Porthcawl in March. Among them is RURA from Scotland and Jamie Smith’s Mabon from Wales.
Our Tune of the Day comes from our Artist of the Month for January: Jamie Smith’s Mabon. Croeso Ioan features on their latest release The Space Between. Watch them performing it live at the studios of Welsh TV show ‘HENO’.
We catch up with our Artist of the Month, Jamie Smith’s Mabon, who are part-way through a very busy tour schedule. Jamie talks to Neil about the concept and inspirations behind their new album ‘The Space Between’.
On ‘The Space Between’ Jamie Smith’s Mabon, our Artist of the Month, create and play music that, rather than attempt to faithfully reflect the closely related cultures around the Celtic Fringe, breaks free of the perceived boundaries and re-unites the ancient Western European musical forms.
In the final part of her live review of Hebcelt Festival 2015 Alice shares her highlights including Treacherous Orchestra, Afro Celt Sound System, Shooglenifty, Findlay Napier, The Elephant Sessions and more.
Jamie Smith’s Mabon are performing at festivals in Wales, England, Scotland, The Isle of Man, Brittany, Belgium and Borneo! They are also headlining the first ever Festival of Folk at the Welsh Proms.
Cumbrian ballad singer Maz O’Connor plays Cecil Sharp House followed by a double-headline tour with Jamie Smith’s Mabon. Plus listen to a new track from her forthcoming album.
Jamie Smith’s MABON recently made a TV appearance on the welsh television programme ‘Heno’ on S4C. Watch it here and get their free Welsh language song ‘Caru Pum Merch’.
