Buzz Magazine April 2014 | Page 40

MUSIC NEWS EXTRA The Dirty Youth Fri 25 Apr will see the unveiling of the first 12 bands to benefit from a new Welsh talent developing scheme called Horizons. Devised by BBC Cymru Wales and the Arts Council Of Wales, a coterie of music biz and radio folks will whittle down the last few months’ worth of applications by bands and solo artists to a mere dozen. These bands will be supported via radio play (on Radio Cymru and Radio Wales), as well as showcase gigs across the country. The idea is to give Welsh musicians a platform, both within these borders and further afield, that might have otherwise eluded them – last year’s Womex fe