live music
THIRD PARTY
Free Foyer Sessions @ Sherman Cymru,
Cardiff, Thurs 20
Admission: free. Info: 029 2064 6900 / www.
shermancymru.co.uk
Keen in general to present itself as a forwardthinking venue, the Sherman’s efforts to expand
its repertoire beyond theatre with a monthly series
of free gigs proved an instant hit when launched
last year. In February, they pieced together Octa,
a six-band bill which wasn’t free, but still sold
out in advance. This month, that £0.00 fee you
love returns, and Cardiff four-piece Third Party
will be giving it some in the foyer. They combine
unpolished garage-style production with old-skool
R&B keys and a bit of a millennial indie swagger.
Their most recent release, the three-song On Both
Sides, feels a bit like a lost Stiff Records release
from the late 70s, belying the relative youth of
founder member Gruff Russell-Jones.
College Of Music & Drama,
Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£5 NUS. Info
029 2039 1391.
British Voices II Cardiff
University Concert Hall. 7pm,
£5/free NUS. Info 029 2087
4816. With Cardiff University’s
Contemporary Music Group.
Capital City Jazz
Orchestra Dempseys, Cardiff.
8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023
9253.
Cara Dillon St David’s Hall,
Cardiff. 8pm, £16.50/£15.50
adv. Info 029 2087 8444. See
Music.
Mark Bebbington St David’s
Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £6.50/£5.50
adv. Info 029 2087 8444.
Lunchtime piano recital.
The Strawbs + Martin
Turner’s Wishbone Ash
Grand Theatre, Swansea.
7.30pm, £15.50-£22.50. Info
01792 475715.
The Wessex New Orleans
Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm,
£4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029
2038 7026.
Wonderbrass Kuku Club,
Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info
029 2011 1177. Mardi Gras
special gig, also featuring a DJ
set from Ben Meakin.
wednesday 5
Acoustic Jam Night The
Andrew Buchan, Cardiff.
8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021
2509. Every Wednesday.
Bandaoke Porter’s, Cardiff.
8pm. Info info@
porterscardiff.com. “Sing with
a fully rehearsed band and
become the Popstar you always
dreamed of being.”
BBC Young Musician 2014:
Woodwind Royal Welsh
College Of Music & Drama,
Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£5 NUS. Info
029 2039 1391.
Brenig Aberystwyth Arts
Centre. 7.45pm, £3.25-£6.50.
Info 01970 623232. Folk.
Cardiff University LMS
Battle Of The Bands SemiFinal 1 Clwb Ifor Bach,
Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £4/£3.
Info 029 2023 2199.
Community Samba Band
– Practise Dates Felindre
Village Hall, Powys. 7-9pm,
£4/£2 under-16s. Info [email protected]. Every
Wednesday.
Dammed Nations Chapter
Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm,
£14/£12. Info 029 2030 4400.
Concert featuring Sian James
and Gai Toms from Wales, plus
Nubian drum ensemble Nuba
Nour from Egypt. Dammed
Nations might be the name of
the tour rather than the group,
it’s ambigous. In Cardigan on
Fri 7; Aberystwyth on Fri 14;
Brecon on Sat 15; Newtown on
Wed 19..
Dan Bettridge Norwegian
Church Arts Centre, Cardiff
Bay. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2087
7959. Acoustic folkie.
Fiona Hunter & Mike Vass
The Windsor Hotel, Pontyclun.
7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 01443
226892. A Llantrisant Folk
Club night.
First Wednesday The
Riverfront, Newport. 1pm,
£5.50/£4.50. Info 01633
656757.
Folk Session Café Jazz,
Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029
2038 7026. Histed by Dan
James.
Josh Kemp Jazz Prophets
Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm,
£10/£7 members. Info 07802
912789. Steely Dan covers
band.
Kizzy Crawford The Kings
Arms, Abergavenny. 8pm,
£8/£6. Info 07958 612691.
Presented by Black Mountain
Jazz.
Miss Maud’s Folly +
Belleville + Francesca’s
Word Salad Gwdihw, Cardiff.
8pm, £3. Info 029 2039 7933.
A Folk In The Owl’s Nest
night.
Only Men Aloud Pontardawe
Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £25. Info
01792 863722.
Open Mic Market Street Club,
Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.
Every Wednesday.
Phil Dando Big Band With
Brian Crane & Heather
Castle Whiteheads Sports
& Social Club, Bassaleg,
Newport. 8.15pm. Info malc@
dancebands.plus.com. South
Wales Big Band Society gig.
Stanley Brinks & The Wave
Pictures + Freschard The
Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8
adv. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com.
Touring a new album which is
warmly reviewed in this issue.
The Bottom Line + Sticks
& Stones + My Life For
Hire + Twice My Size Fuel
Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £3. Info
[email protected].
The Electric Cwtch The
Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free.
Info info@thefullmooncardiff.
com. Open mic night, on every
Wednesday.
Tori Freestone Quintet
Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5.
Info 029 2023 9253.
thursday 6
Albany Down + Mark
Pontin Group The Garage,
Swansea. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info
01792 475147.
Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar,
St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 6pm,
free. Info 0844 8246171. Every
Thursday and Friday.
BBC Young Musician 2014:
Keyboard Royal Welsh
College Of Music & Drama,
Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£5 NUS. Info
029 2039 1391.
Bloom + The Echo & The
Always + Old Samuel
Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £4. Info
029 2039 7933.
Charlotte Church Chapter
Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm,
£15. Info 029 2030 4400.
Launch gig for CC’s latest EP,
which in this reporter’s opinion
is ‘quite good’.
Dewi Griffiths The Old
Library, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free.
Info 029 2066 6566. Live flamenco guitar every Thursday.
Enos + Mother Cobra +
Abrahama The Moon Club,
Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info
[email protected].
Stoner and psych-rock.
Fiona Hunter Y Ffwrnes,
Llanelli. 7.30pm, £8. Info 0845
2263510.
Guest Band Night The
Andrew Buchan, Cardiff.
8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021
2509. “Roots, ragtime, blues,
folk – a surprise every week,”
promise the venue. Every
Thursday in fact.
Hackensack Café Jazz,
Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029
2038 7026.
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