I Ka Ching is delighted to announce the second single of the year from folk-minimalist artist Huw M — ‘Hud’, out on 24th October 2025.

It’s wonderful to see Huw M return with ‘Hud’, his follow-up to ‘Cacwn Bwm’, which was warmly received and named Track of the Week on BBC Radio Cymru earlier this year — a welcome comeback after a decade of musical silence.

‘Hud’ is a bright, energetic track, rich with layered harmonies, jangly, catchy guitar riffs, and a generous dose of Hammond organ. Speaking about the song, Huw said: “The lyrics talk about the idea that everyone has some kind of magic inside them — we just have to find out what that magic is. I think Dolly Parton said, ‘find out who you are, then do it on purpose,’ and that’s the idea behind the song: that everyone has something special and unique to offer, and there’s a place in the world for everyone and their magic.”

The track also features Bethan Mai (Rogue Jones), Lucy Goldbridge, and Iolo Whelan. It was recorded at Tŷ Drwg Studio with producer Frank Naughton. More singles are on the way, with a brand-new album set for release in 2026.

I Ka Ching records is delighted to announce a new single by Huw M – ‘Cacwn Bwm’ – which is released on Friday 20th of June 2025.

The folk-minimalist artist, Huw M, is back with his brand new single called ‘Cacwn Bwm’. This is Huw’s first single for 10 years, and the joyful, up-beat, summery feel is quite different to his last album, ‘Utica’.

“Cacwn bwm is one of the Welsh terms for bumble bees”, explains Huw. “The inspiration behind the lyric is the success of the Welsh football teams in recent years, and one of the fans saying that Wales is the bumblebee of the football world. Because of the size of their bodies, bumblebees should not be able to fly, and Wales should not be winning a place in competitions such as the World Cup and the Euros! The bumblebee is an inspiration to us all – proving that anything is possible. And who knows how far the Wales women’s team will go in Euro 2025?”

Featuring on ‘Cacwn Bwm’ is Huw himself (vocals, guitars and the Hammond organ), Bethan Mai (also from Rogue Jones), Iolo Whelan on drums and Lucy Goldbridge singing and playing the cello. ‘Cacwn Bwm’ was recorded and produced by Frank Naughton at Tŷ Drwg Studio.

Huw M’s previous material has received 4 star reviews in the Times, Record Collector, R2, 8/10 in Clash as well as receiving a nomination for the Welsh Music Prize Award. Songs from the ‘Utica’ album were played on BBC Radio 1 (a ‘featured’ album by Huw Stephens), 6Music, BBC Radio 3, Radio Cymru, Radio Wales and ABC in Australia.

Another single will be released by Huw M before long and he is currently working on an album which will be released in 2026.

Utica is Huw M’s third album – his first on the wonderful I Ka Ching label, recently chosen as NME’s label of the week. For this release, Huw has been working with various musicians to blend early gospel with Welsh folk, and a good dollop of poignancy, melancholy and heartbreak. Very jolly stuff.

Featured on Radio 1, Radio 3, Radio 6 Music, Radio Cymru, Radio Wales.

Huw Stephens, BBC Radio 1
“His new album is beautiful”

Gareth James, Clash (8/10)
The rich songwriting of Huw M’s Utica deserves a much wider audience.

Max Bell, Record Collector
Delicate and original and packed to the rafters with gorgeous melodies and intriguing words.

Dave Haslam, R2 Magazine
Fragile and uplifting, heartrending and heartwarming… an album that confirms Huw M’s position as one of Wales’s finest contemporary folk artists.

Buzz magazine
Folk and gospel make for an organic blend on this rather fine recording… Huw has shown a rousing intellect and sensitivity to Welsh folk history as well as its future; definitely worth bending an ear to.

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There’s no doubting that there’s a warmth to Huw M’s music and his album ‘Gathering Dusk’ is like answering the door to an old friend. True, the word ‘lovely’ is overused. But from the fragile, ethereal ‘For while I wait for you to sleep’ to the lush texture of ‘Dyma lythyr’, ‘Gathering Dusk’ is a piece of pure loveliness. There are strains of the vast Welsh folk tradition to be heard in ‘Gathering Dusk’, but Huw M gives it a bright new coat of paint. The album was produced by Frank Naughton and Llion Robertson.

Ro Cemm, The Line of Best Fit (8/10)
Rarely does an album title so perfectly sum up the spirit of the music it contains. With soft harmonies, delicate instrumentation and simple melody lines Gathering Dusk finds Huw M conjuring up the perfect soundtrack for those short late-twilight minutes of a sticky summer’s evening…

Malcolm Jack, The List (****)
If you, like me, hold the view that Super Furry Animals’ Welsh-language album is their finest work, then you’ll probably be predisposed to love Huw M’s near exhaustingly delightful Gathering Dusk, a mildly psych-sizzled alt-folk charmer, sung mostly in the Pontypridd singer-songwriter’s throaty and naturally mellifluous native tongue…

Os Mewn Sŵn (translated ‘If In Noise’) is a mix of original tracks and some borrowed Welsh folk songs, blended together with influences from France and Brazil and some weird and wonderful instruments such as the sitar and the Maui Xaphoon. The record, Huw M’s first album, was recorded in a four month period during the winter of 2008-9 by producer Frank Naughton.

David Hutcheon, The Times (****)
The Welsh language seems to lend itself perfectly to dreamy, pastoral psychedelia. With its mix of new originals and melodies borrowed from folk songs, this eight-track debut from Huw Meredydd fits right into that genre. The highlight may be Seddi Gwag, particularly for Bethan Reynolds’s clog dancing (an aural treat), but Gad y Diwrnod Wrth Y Drws finds a space midway between 1967 Beatles and Sigur Rós, while the spirit of Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci flows from every song.

DW, Plugged In
“This beautifully structured mini album from Huw M can be used as a defining point of the talent that is overlooked in Wales due to the language barrier… Maybe the rest of the world should be listening too.”

Huw Stephens
Early reviews for Huw M say it all: “Stunningly beautiful”, “charming”, “gorgeous”. If you’ve ever explored some of the brilliant catalogue of Welsh legend Meic Stevens or have heard the Super Furry Animals’ Welsh Language album ‘Mwng’ then you’ll connect with Huw M. Here’s shimmery Welsh folkpop at its best.

“A stunningly beautiful piece of music” – Stuart Maconie, BBC 6Music