1.0alt.cardiffhttps://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/altcardiffaltcardiffhttps://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/altcardiff/author/altcardiff/Cardiff Character: Simon Read - alt.cardiffrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="aw1qheH8Jd"><a href="https://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/altcardiff/2011/11/10/cardiff-character-simon-read/">Cardiff Character: Simon Read</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/altcardiff/2011/11/10/cardiff-character-simon-read/embed/#?secret=aw1qheH8Jd" width="600" height="338" title="“Cardiff Character: Simon Read” — alt.cardiff" data-secret="aw1qheH8Jd" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/altcardiff/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2011/11/SimonRead_Interview_Small_SH.jpg200130Simon Read talks music, magazines and his fleeting folk career Writing and recording folk music can sometimes lead to odd encounters. Simon Read, who began by playing open mic nights and small gigs after he came to Cardiff in 2005, laughs as he describes some of the stranger things he experienced during his brief music career. “One of the highlights was meeting Ronnie Rogers from T’Pau,” he grins, before explaining that the two of them went on to record a […]