{"id":22589,"date":"2019-02-08T12:11:46","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T12:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=22589"},"modified":"2019-02-08T12:11:46","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T12:11:46","slug":"welsh-music-scene-is-in-a-really-good-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/welsh-music-scene-is-in-a-really-good-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh music scene is in a &quot;really good place&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Welsh Music Day, Heledd Watkins, the lead singer from HMS Morris, says the Welsh music scene is benefiting from streaming services such as Spotify.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nShe praised the band Alffa, who were one of the first Welsh bands to reach 1 million plays on Spotify, saying the streaming website is responsible for their music being played all over the world.<br \/>\nAs Alffa approach the 2 million plays milestone, Heledd says the\u00a0the main problem for Welsh language musicians is getting the music out there, especially organising gigs outside Wales.<br \/>\n&#8220;It&#8217;d be nice to see more gig organisations helping out promoting gigs outside of Wales or just having more gigs that are happening (shown) on YouTube and on telly&#8230; it&#8217;s about getting gigs that aren&#8217;t necessarily Welsh language gigs,&#8221; she told CJS News.<br \/>\nMs Watkins praised the Welsh music scene, especially venues like Clwb Ifor Bach in Cardiff, which is due to be extended to \u201ccreate a venue fit for the 21 century\u201d.<br \/>\nClwb Ifor Bach has been hosting live music this afternoon to celebrate Welsh Language Music Day. Elsewhere, others have been doing their bit to support the celebrations. A packed City Arms had Welsh music acts playing after lunchtime. Businesses across the city have also been playing welsh language music to their customers.<br \/>\nVirgin Money is one such organisation.\u00a0Virgin Cardiff&#8217;s events manager, Nia Ramage, says more Welsh language music needs to be shared.<br \/>\n&#8220;We have so much great Welsh language music&#8221; she said. &#8220;It&#8217;s about introducing it to customers and colleagues&#8221;.<br \/>\nChildren from Ninian Park primary school also celebrated the day by welcoming a boombox playing Welsh language music. The boombox has been travelling the country all week and ended its journey today.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22610\" src=\"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dydd_Miwsig_Cymru_official_logo-122x122.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"122\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22610\" src=\"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dydd_Miwsig_Cymru_official_logo-122x122.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"122\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Welsh Music Day, Heledd Watkins, the lead singer from HMS Morris, says the Welsh music scene is benefiting from streaming services such as Spotify.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,6],"tags":[397,398,399,400,23,401],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-22589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","category-news","tag-bands","tag-cymraeg","tag-cymru","tag-hms-morris","tag-music","tag-welsh"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Welsh music scene is in a &quot;really good place&quot; 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