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Nia Davies
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Poet, new book Votive Mess (Bloodaxe)
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This Saturday Swansea! #GŵylNAWR
Dydd Sadwrn yma Abertawe!

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Festival: GWYL NAWR - The Wire
Swansea Ty Tawe, United Kingdom 08|11|2025
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November 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Rhodri Davies is one of my favorite composers, and I’m very excited to be performing at his festival, Gŵyl NAWR 2025, soon. 💖
Many thanks for the recommendation to The Wire: Adventures In Modern Music ! 🌟🌟🌟
November 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Black Top (Orphy Robinson and Pat Thomas) are headlining Gŵyl NAWR, a festival celebrating left-field, improvised and experimental music, at Tŷ Tawe, Swansea this Saturday 8th of November.
November 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Penwythnos o gerddoriaeth amgen ac arbrofol yng nghanolfan Tŷ Tawe, Abertawe diolch i NAWR - tinyurl.com/5t44tzza
A weekend of unique and experiential music in the centre of Tawe House, Swansea thanks to NAWR - tinyurl.com/5t44tzza
October 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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This year’s NAWR Festival is on 08/11/25 in Ty Tawe, Swansea. Tickets are just £15 in advance for the day here: shorturl.at/mGEpa (£20 on the door) Or £20 to see @aniglass.bsky.social on the 7th too! With @miazabelka.bsky.social @sydhowells.bsky.social and more!!! We can't wait to see you again!! x
October 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Lovely to see so many acts (and adjacent acts) on the @welshmusicprize.bsky.social longlist ‬who have graced many a NAWR stage such as @gwennosaunders.bsky.social‬, Bisgedi, Kelan and Lifting Gear Engineer. Don’t forget that NAWR Fest #4 is on 8th November in Ty Tawe. Tickets just £15. xxx
August 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Straight from playing Supernormal Festival on the 1st August, our friends at Elysium are hosting Bégayer who will be playing Sunday 3rd August with support from Pet Hate Society. Tickets just £7 here: shorturl.at/0PoJi Get down and support as it will be a great night.
Bégayer + Pet Hate Society
French avant-folk experimentalists Bégayer bring their unique live show to Swansea
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July 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Thanks to The Wire for a lovely preview of the free 'Relay' event in Glynn Vivian on 28th June 1 - 4pm shorturl.at/vnilB Three hour improvising marathon featuring Maggie Nicols, Rhodri Davies, Rose Linn Pearl, Dan Linn Pearl, Nia Davies, John Bisset, and more. www.thewire.co.uk/events/relay...
Gig: Relay: Swansea - The Wire
Swansea Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, United Kingdom 28|06|2025
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June 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Today 11-4pm GMT live radio broadcast by Mirt Drew from the Big Pit Museum for Sadia Pineda Hameed's Signals & Agimat show opening. I'm contributing some audio experiments in mining memory from 1pm llantarnamgrange.com/agimat/
Agimat - Llantarnam Grange
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May 31, 2025 at 7:42 AM
May 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Our friends and collaborators Menter Iaith Abertawe are putting on Lleuwen: Tafod Arian in the Taliesin Theatre, Abertawe on 17.5.25. A new film created by Aled Victor will be a part of the performance. Tickets are £20 here:
shorturl.at/okIc8
April 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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A reminder that the current @thewiremagazine.bsky.social
features Joke Lanz in a feature written by Dan Spicer. Come and see Joke and Ute Wassermann perform live on 09.05.25 7pm at @tangledparrot.bsky.social Abertawe/Swansea for NAWR #65! Tickets £8 + fees here: rb.gy/171gst or £10 O.T.D. xxx
April 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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This is going to be special. 😍
A reminder that the current @thewiremagazine.bsky.social
features Joke Lanz in a feature written by Dan Spicer. Come and see Joke and Ute Wassermann perform live on 09.05.25 7pm at @tangledparrot.bsky.social Abertawe/Swansea for NAWR #65! Tickets £8 + fees here: rb.gy/171gst or £10 O.T.D. xxx
April 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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The current @thewiremagazine.bsky.social features Joke Lanz. Come and see him and Ute Wassermann perform live on 09.05.25 7pm at @tangledparrot.bsky.social
Abertawe/Swansea for NAWR #65! Tickets £8 + fees here: rb.gy/171gst or £10 O.T.D. xxx
The Wire 495 is out now!

Our brand new issue features aya on the cover + Satch Hoyt, Ailie Ormston, Joke Lanz, Bios Contrast, Laura Cocks, MIC, John King, Trân Uy Đúc, Alvin Curran's Invisible Jukebox, plus 40 pages of reviews.

Buy here: thewire.co.uk/issues/495
April 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Evening everyone. Just a reminder that the next NAWR (#65) will feature Ute Wassermann & Joke Lanz (Sudden Infant) live! 09.05.25 7pm at @tangledparrot.bsky.social Abertawe/Swansea. Tickets £8 + fees here: rb.gy/171gst or £10 O.T.D. We cant wait to see you there. xxx
April 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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@CREWswanuni Conference on the coalfields of Wales, Japan, Appalachia. Friday and Saturday 28 - 29. Arranged by myself, poet Nia Davies and visiting scholar Ryota Niahi @nomorelines24 . Keynotes by @NorenaShopland #RachelTrezise
March 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Really looking forward to this!! ❤️🙌❤️
We are thrilled to announce that the next NAWR (#65) will feature Ute Wassermann & Joke Lanz (Sudden Infant) live! 09.05.25 7pm @tangledparrot.bsky.social Abertawe/Swansea. Tickets £8 + fees here: rb.gy/171gst or £10 O.T.D. We cant wait to see you there. xxx
March 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
CREW International Symposium: Wales Japan Appalachia Transitions and the Cultures of Coal
国際シンポジム 
社会的移行と石炭の文化
28th - 29th March, 2025
Singleton Abbey, University of Swansea with Rachel Tresize, Norena Shopland, me, Steven Hitchins, and International speakers! sites.google.com/g.chuo-u.ac....
March 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Today in Manchester- poetry from me, Sam Commotion and Nat Raha at Peter Barlow's Cigarette 4-6pm Carlton Club Whalley Range
February 15, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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**REMINDER NEXT WEEK** NAWR #64 will feature MIA ZABELKA / ANOUCK GENTHON & LIONEL MARCHETTI / LIFTING GEAR ENGINEER live at Tangled Parrot, Abertawe on 19.02.25 at 7pm. Tickets just £8 in advance (including booking fee) here: shorturl.at/rTVJg or £10 OTD. xx
@tangledparrot.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Another mighty fine @nawr-abertawe.bsky.social evening! Great experimental / avant garde gig from percussion maestro #EddieProvost & superb band! So lucky to experience all this so intimately in the fine @tangledparrot.bsky.social venue! And with mighty fine company of Gwen et al! :-)
January 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Eddie Prevost, Silvan Schmid a Tom Wheatley @Tangled Parrot, Abertawe. 30.1.25
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January 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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NAWR #64 will feature MIA ZABELKA / ANOUCK GENTHON & LIONEL MARCHETTI / LIFTING GEAR ENGINEER live at Tangled Parrot, Abertawe on 19.02.25 at 7pm. Tickets just £8 in advance (including booking fee) here: shorturl.at/rTVJg or £10 OTD. We can’t wait to see you there. xx
@tangledparrot.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM