MEILYR Jones will head out on tour this year with a show at Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, on May 13.
Before his tour he released his wonderful debut solo record, 2013, on March 19.
The songs that emerged from the time he headed to Rome proved quite different to anything he had written before; 13 songs in which joy and rapture are tempered by wit and keen-eyed humour, by jubilant pop melody and rock and roll muscularity.
Returning to London, he decided to set about recording. Five of the songs he had conceived as orchestral pieces, and so he assembled a 30-strong orchestra “out of friends, and friends of friends of friends”. There was a saxophonist, a bassoonist, a clarinetist, some classical players, jazz, brass, a French harpist, and Lucy Mercer from Stealing Sheep on drums.
To hear songs from his debut album and see his show, visit clwb.net/eng/ for tickets.
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