Support The Quietus
Our journalism is funded by our readers. Become a subscriber today to help champion our writing, plus enjoy bonus essays, podcasts, playlists and music downloads.
When the trio of Richard Dawson, Rhodri Davies and Dawn Bothwell played together as Hen Ogledd at 2016's Tusk festival it was only the second time they had performed together. The first was when they recorded their highly-praised album, Bronze - a future classic bearing a rare combination of unbound experiment with enchanting engagement. Ahead of their second show as a trio we talk to Davies and Bothwell about how their encounters in sound are embedded in time and place
According to the title of his 2005 debut album, Richard Dawson is a Sings Songs And Plays Guitar kind of guy. The truth, as you might imagine, is a damn sight more expansive. On the eve of a UK tour, he speaks to Scott McKeating about counterpoints and community