I'm writing this blog as we make our way steadily back to London on the megabus having spent a few days back in Wales promoting the release of the new Al Lewis Band record - Ar Gof a Chadw (meaning 'to keep in memory')
http://www.sainwales.com/store/rasal/rasal-cd033
Me and Arwel went into BBC Wales/Cymru HQ in Llandaff, Cardiff on Monday to do a radio interview for the lovely Dafydd & Caryl show on Radio Cymru. We then followed that later in the day with a performance of 'Darlun' on the S4C show Wedi7. It's always a nice feeling to see your record in the shops and it's strange to think that these songs which are so familiar to us will be heard by some people for the very first time in the coming weeks! We hope you like it :)
A few weeks back we were in with Huw Stephens doing an acoustic session to promote the new album, you can listen to it online here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radiocymru/c2/safle/sesiynau/cynnwys/2011_al_lewis.shtml
I also had the pleasure to be asked to do a Living Room session for the guys at tuckshop community radio a few weeks back- there's a couple of videos up on YouTube from the session:
Here's their website:
http://tuckshopcommunity.com/?p=590
Last weekend saw me in Farnham, Surrey for Record Store Day. I did a short set outside 101 Collectors Records and was promoting the special release of 'the arsonist' on 7" vinyl especially for that day. I'm ashamed to say I don't yet own a record player and so had to wait till I got to the shop to make sure that they worked properly!! Thankfully they did and thanks to Andy the owner for inviting me down to play, I'm pleased to report that his shop seemed to be making a bustling trade throughout the day - which was good to see!
It's amazing to think that a whole month has gone by since I did the last of my Caffè Nero shows - last night I posted a whole bunch of new dates onto the gig section of my website so please have a look to see if you'll be able to come down to one, there's a mixture of acoustic solo shows and full band dates.
Should be a great summer! X
