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The Pooh Sticks

The Pooh Sticks were an indie pop band, from Swansea, Wales recording between 1988 and 1995. They were notable for their jangly melodiousness and lyrics gently mocking the indie scene of the time such as on "On tape", "Indie-pop ain't Noise Pollution" and "I Know Someone who Knows Someone who knows Alan McGee Quite Well". The band changed direction on their 1991 U.S breakthrough The Great White Wonder, eschewing the 'twee' British indie pop sound for a more American-styled Power Pop sound, akin to bands like Jellyfish and Redd Kross.

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Halflight

There have been two bands with this name. Halflight 2010-ongoing Halflight are Chris Cookson and Joe Rickerby. Halflight began after Chris and Joe met at a house party in London in October 2010, and within a month their first EP 'Shine On' was written and recorded. The EP was released in January 2011, and has been well received by bloggers and radio, including airplay on BBC Introducing, which has led the band being invited to do a live session for the BBC in February 2011.

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Mike Peters

Mike Peters first rose to prominence in the mid-80s as lead singer of the Welsh band The Alarm, leaving that group in 1991 to begin a solo career. After the infamous Brixton academy gig, he retreated to a small church in North Wales to write new material for his solo career. Over a year later he emerged, refreshed, and contacted The Alarm's fan club. He then went on tour and funded his own fan club, The MPO (Mike Peters organization), he hasn't looked back since. In 1992 he held The Gathering, a weekend long gig held in his hometown Rhyl.

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Lowri Evans

Lowri Evans is a Bi-lingual Welsh Singer/Songwriter from Pembrokeshire West Wales. Famous in Wales for her meaningful lyrics, and her Welsh CD releases "Clyw Sibrydion (Hear Whispers)" in 2006 and "Dim Da Maria (Not at Maria's)" in 2008 both released on the RASP label part of Fflach (www.fflach.co.uk). One of many original artists from Wales. The beauty of her songs can still be appreciated, even if you can't understand the Welsh language.

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Cromlech

Cromlech was a Melodic Death Metal band in the vein of Eucharist's A Velvet Creation but continued to build on their own sound to develop their own brand of Melodic Death with their following Promo and then last EP, The Vulture Tones. The sound exhibitied in those two releases after "And Darkness Fell" (1996) was much more elaborate now mixing in more elements of straight death metal as well as hints of black metal.

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Bob Delyn A'R Ebillion

Bob Delyn a'r Ebillion are a Welsh folk-rock band fronted by poet, bard, singer and harpist Twm Morys. Their songs are sung in Welsh, with several in Breton (singer Nolwenn Korbell also features on two of their albums), strongly influenced by traditional songs and legends, but with an original, fresh take. This is also evident in the music, a unique mix of contemporary rhythms and instruments, with strong presence of Celtic harp and haunting sax.
They have released four albums, Sgwarnogod Bach Bob (Bob's Little Hares), Gwbade Bach Cochlyd (Little Red Faces), Gedon and Dore.

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