What a way to start the week! Early noughties singer, and self-confessed ‘guilty pleasure’, James Blunt was welcomed to the stage in the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff on Monday 7th February 2022. Throughout Blunt’s musical career, there’s been an apparent shift in his music style, his adherence to emotive soft rock is echoed within his earlier singles, such as his tear jerking (and chart topping) ballads ‘You’re Beautiful’ and ‘Goodbye My Lover’ from the debut album ‘Back to Bedlam’…

24-27 May HowTheLightGetsIn, the world’s largest philosophy and music festival that gathers world-leading thinkers, politicians and comedians together with the hottest music performers, highlights 12 unmissable events at this year’s festival. “Who would have thought that a philosophy festival could be so entertaining?… A rare combination of fascination and fun. ★★★★★” The Independent (2018) Featured in The Best UK Music Festivals of 2019, Evening Standard “Back to big thinking” The Guardian HowTheLightGetsIn is set in a magical riverside location on…

Appearing just outside Cardiff on the 9th February at Blackwood Miners Institute are The Searchers who celebrate their 60th year, Carl Marsh speaks with John McNally, and he chose to chat about the early days when he used to swap music with a fellow Merseybeat band called The Beatles, and Carl got to learn some unknown facts! When you were performing in the late 1950s, did you save anything such as posters, flyers, tickets of yourselves or even from the…

Heart Research UK are calling for choirs, schools, bands, singers and pubs up and down the country to support their Sing For Your Heart campaign this winter. Research has shown that singing is good for the heart and this is why Heart Research UK have chosen this as a fun idea for people to take on during the festive period and to raise money for the great work that they do. So far this year, they have gained support from…