{"id":170,"date":"2015-09-18T17:46:11","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T17:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huwm.net\/en\/bywgraffiad\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T10:03:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T10:03:46","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/huwm.net\/en\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"be-section         clearfix\" data-headerscheme=\"background--dark\" style=\" \"  ><div class=\"be-section-pad clearfix \" style=\" padding-top:50px;padding-bottom:50px;\" data-padding-top = \"50\"><div  class=\"be-row be-wrap clearfix \"><div  class=\"one-col column-block clearfix  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-inner\"><div class=\"special-heading-wrap style1 0\" data-animation=\"fadeIn\"><div class=\"special-heading align-center\"><h1 class=\"special-h-tag\" style=\"color: #4d4d4d\">Who is Huw M?<\/h1><hr class=\"separator margin-bottom \" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;border-color:#eeeeee;color:#eeeeee;height:1px;width:40px;\" \/><\/div><\/div><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Huw M is Welsh composer and performer Huw Meredydd. His sound blends shimmering pop with Welsh folk and global influences. Often singing in his native language, Welsh, he performs with a close-knit band: Bethan Mai (also of Rogue Jones), Lucy Goldbridge, and Iolo Whelan. Together, they create songs built on rich vocal harmonies and multi-layered melodies, shifting between the immediate and the atmospheric.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Huw M&#8217;s debut was championed by Stuart Maconie on BBC 6 Music as a \u201cstunningly beautiful piece of music\u201d. The second album, Gathering Dusk, earned a Welsh Music Prize nomination, and his third, Utica, saw the band collaborate with The Marshall Sisters to explore the meeting point between Welsh folk and early gospel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">His releases have drawn 4-star reviews from The Times, Record Collector, Clash and R2, and have been featured across BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio Cymru, BBC Radio Wales, and ABC Australia. Huw and the band have played live extensively, with appearances at festivals including Green Man and End of the Road.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now, Huw M returns with a brand new single, \u2018Cacwn Bwm\u2019 (Welsh for bumble bee). Released on the acclaimed I Ka Ching label, it\u2019s a taste of his forthcoming fourth album, due in 2026. Expect the same depth, beauty, and bold musical cross-pollination that\u2019s become a hallmark of Huw M\u2019s distinctive sound.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"be-row be-wrap clearfix \"><div  class=\"one-half column-block  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-inner\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-75 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/huwm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/huwm_9-g.jpg\" alt=\"huwm_9-g\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/huwm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/huwm_9-g.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/huwm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/huwm_9-g-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/huwm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/huwm_9-g-75x50.jpg 75w, https:\/\/huwm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/huwm_9-g-650x434.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"one-half column-block  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-inner\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-77 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/huwm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/huwm_12-g.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/huwm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/huwm_12-g.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/huwm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/huwm_12-g-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/huwm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/huwm_12-g-75x50.jpg 75w, https:\/\/huwm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/huwm_12-g-650x434.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"be-section         clearfix\" data-headerscheme=\"background--dark\" style=\" background-color: #eeeeee;\" id = \"full-screen\" ><div class=\"be-section-pad clearfix \" style=\" padding-top:40px;padding-bottom:90px;\" data-padding-top = \"40\"><div  class=\"be-row be-wrap clearfix zero-bottom \"><div  class=\"one-col column-block clearfix  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-pad\" style=\"padding-top: 4%;padding-bottom: 2%;\"><div class=\"special-heading-wrap style1 0\" data-animation=\"fadeIn\"><div class=\"special-heading align-center\"><h1 class=\"special-h-tag\" style=\"color: \">ALBUMS<\/h1><hr class=\"separator margin-bottom \" style=\"background-color:#4d4d4d;border-color:#4d4d4d;color:#4d4d4d;height:1px;width:40px;\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"be-row be-wrap clearfix \"><div  class=\"one-third column-block  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-inner\"><ul class=\"custom-list\"><li class=\"custom-list-content\"><i class=\"font-icon icon-cd \" style=\"color:#4d4d4d;\"><\/i><span class=\"custom-list-content-inner\"><h2>Os Mewn S\u0175n<\/h2>\n<p>Released: 2009 (independent)<br>\nRe-released: 2010 (Gwymon)<\/p>\n\n<p>Os Mewn S\u0175n (translated \u2018If In Noise\u2019) 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\u2019s first album, was recorded in a four month period during the winter of 2008-9 by producer Frank Naughton.<\/p><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"one-third column-block  with-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-inner\"><ul class=\"custom-list\"><li class=\"custom-list-content\"><i class=\"font-icon icon-cd \" style=\"color:#4d4d4d;\"><\/i><span class=\"custom-list-content-inner\"><h2>Gathering Dusk<\/h2>\n<p>Released: 2011 (Gwymon)<\/p>\n\n<p>There\u2019s no doubting that there\u2019s a warmth to Huw M\u2019s music and his album \u2018Gathering Dusk\u2019 is like answering the door to an old friend. True, the word \u2018lovely\u2019 is overused. But from the fragile, ethereal \u2018For while I wait for you to sleep\u2019 to the lush texture of \u2018Dyma lythyr\u2019, \u2018Gathering Dusk\u2019 is a piece of pure loveliness. There are strains of the vast Welsh folk tradition to be heard in \u2018Gathering Dusk\u2019, but Huw M gives it a bright new coat of paint. The album was produced by Frank Naughton and Llion Robertson.<\/p><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"one-third column-block  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-inner\"><ul class=\"custom-list\"><li class=\"custom-list-content\"><i class=\"font-icon icon-cd \" style=\"color:#4d4d4d;\"><\/i><span class=\"custom-list-content-inner\"><h2>Utica<\/h2>\n<p>Released: 2015 (I Ka Ching)<\/p>\n\n<p>Utica is Huw M\u2019s third album \u2013 his first on the wonderful <i>I Ka Ching<\/i> label, recently chosen as NME\u2019s 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.<\/p><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"be-row be-wrap clearfix zero-bottom \"><div  class=\"one-col column-block clearfix  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-pad\" style=\"padding-top: 5%;padding-bottom: 2%;\"><div class=\"special-heading-wrap style1 0\" data-animation=\"fadeIn\"><div class=\"special-heading align-center\"><h1 class=\"special-h-tag\" style=\"color: \">SINGLES AND EPs<\/h1><hr class=\"separator margin-bottom \" style=\"background-color:#4d4d4d;border-color:#4d4d4d;color:#4d4d4d;height:1px;width:40px;\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"be-row be-wrap clearfix \"><div  class=\"one-third column-block  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-inner\"><ul class=\"custom-list\"><li class=\"custom-list-content\"><i class=\"font-icon icon-cd \" style=\"color:#4d4d4d;\"><\/i><span class=\"custom-list-content-inner\"><h2>Llwyd and Huw M \u2013 Rhywbeth Dros Dro<\/h2>\n<p>Released: 2008 (independent)<\/p>\n\n<p>Huw M\u2019s first single with musician Erddin Llwyd. The single included three songs \u2013 \u2018Michelle Michelle\u2019 by Huw M, \u2018Barbariaid\u2019 (translated as \u2018Barbarians\u2019) by Llwyd, and \u2018Rhywbeth dros dro\u2019 (\u2018Something temporary\u2019) which was a collaboration between both artists. This was a limited edition single which was sold out.<\/p><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"one-third column-block  with-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-inner\"><ul class=\"custom-list\"><li class=\"custom-list-content\"><i class=\"font-icon icon-cd \" style=\"color:#4d4d4d;\"><\/i><span class=\"custom-list-content-inner\"><h2>Llwyd and Huw M \u2013 Dechrau yn y Dechrau<\/h2>\n<p>Released: 2008 (independent)<\/p>\n\n<p>Huw M\u2019s second single with musician Erddin Llwyd. The single included three songs \u2013 \u2018Dechrau yn y dechrau\u2019 (translated as \u2018Begin at the beginning\u2019) as a collaboration between both artists, Gofod a\u2019r Gwifrau (\u2018Space and Wires\u2019) by Llwyd, \u2018Seddi gwag\u2019 (\u2018Empty seats\u2019) by Huw M. This was a limited edition single which was sold out.<\/p><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"one-third column-block  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-inner\"><ul class=\"custom-list\"><li class=\"custom-list-content\"><i class=\"font-icon icon-cd \" style=\"color:#4d4d4d;\"><\/i><span class=\"custom-list-content-inner\"><h2>Huw M \u2013 Yn Ddistaw Ddistaw Bach<\/h2>\n<p>Released: 2010 (independent)<\/p>\n\n<p>A Christmas EP by Huw M which included a mix of original songs, Welsh carols and a version of Si\u00f4n Corn by J Glyn Davies. This was a limited edition EP which was sold out.<\/p><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"be-section         clearfix\" data-headerscheme=\"background--dark\" style=\" background-color: #eeeeee;\" id = \"ipad\" ><div class=\"be-section-pad clearfix \" style=\" padding-top:40px;padding-bottom:90px;\" data-padding-top = \"40\"><div  class=\"be-row be-wrap clearfix zero-bottom \"><div  class=\"one-col column-block clearfix  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-pad\" style=\"padding-top: 4%;padding-bottom: 2%;\"><div class=\"special-heading-wrap style1 0\" data-animation=\"fadeIn\"><div class=\"special-heading align-center\"><h1 class=\"special-h-tag\" style=\"color: \">ALBUMS<\/h1><hr class=\"separator margin-bottom \" style=\"background-color:#4d4d4d;border-color:#4d4d4d;color:#4d4d4d;height:1px;width:40px;\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"be-row be-wrap clearfix \"><div  class=\"one-third column-block  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-inner\"><ul class=\"custom-list\"><li class=\"custom-list-content\"><i class=\"font-icon icon-cd \" style=\"color:#4d4d4d;\"><\/i><span class=\"custom-list-content-inner\"><h2>Os Mewn S\u0175n<\/h2>\n<p>Released: 2009 (independent)<br>\nRe-released: 2010 (Gwymon)<\/p>\n\n<p>Os Mewn S\u0175n (translated \u2018If In Noise\u2019) 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\u2019s first album, was recorded in a four month period during the winter of 2008-9 by producer Frank Naughton.<\/p><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"one-third column-block  with-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-inner\"><ul class=\"custom-list\"><li class=\"custom-list-content\"><i class=\"font-icon icon-cd \" style=\"color:#4d4d4d;\"><\/i><span class=\"custom-list-content-inner\"><h2>Gathering Dusk<\/h2>\n<p>Released: 2011 (Gwymon)<\/p>\n\n<p>There\u2019s no doubting that there\u2019s a warmth to Huw M\u2019s music and his album \u2018Gathering Dusk\u2019 is like answering the door to an old friend. True, the word \u2018lovely\u2019 is overused. But from the fragile, ethereal \u2018For while I wait for you to sleep\u2019 to the lush texture of \u2018Dyma lythyr\u2019, \u2018Gathering Dusk\u2019 is a piece of pure loveliness. There are strains of the vast Welsh folk tradition to be heard in \u2018Gathering Dusk\u2019, but Huw M gives it a bright new coat of paint. The album was produced by Frank Naughton and Llion Robertson.<\/p><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"one-third column-block  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-inner\"><ul class=\"custom-list\"><li class=\"custom-list-content\"><i class=\"font-icon icon-cd \" style=\"color:#4d4d4d;\"><\/i><span class=\"custom-list-content-inner\"><h2>Utica<\/h2>\n<p>Released: 2015 (I Ka Ching)<\/p>\n\n<p>Utica is Huw M\u2019s third album \u2013 his first on the wonderful <i>I Ka Ching<\/i> label, recently chosen as NME\u2019s 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.<\/p><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"be-row be-wrap clearfix zero-bottom \"><div  class=\"one-col column-block clearfix  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-pad\" style=\"padding-top: 5%;padding-bottom: 2%;\"><div class=\"special-heading-wrap style1 0\" data-animation=\"fadeIn\"><div class=\"special-heading align-center\"><h1 class=\"special-h-tag\" style=\"color: \">SINGLES AND EPs<\/h1><hr class=\"separator margin-bottom \" style=\"background-color:#4d4d4d;border-color:#4d4d4d;color:#4d4d4d;height:1px;width:40px;\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"be-row be-wrap clearfix \"><div  class=\"one-third column-block  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-inner\"><ul class=\"custom-list\"><li class=\"custom-list-content\"><i class=\"font-icon icon-cd \" style=\"color:#4d4d4d;\"><\/i><span class=\"custom-list-content-inner\"><h2>Llwyd and Huw M \u2013 Rhywbeth Dros Dro<\/h2>\n<p>Released: 2008 (independent)<\/p>\n\n<p>Huw M\u2019s first single with musician Erddin Llwyd. The single included three songs \u2013 \u2018Michelle Michelle\u2019 by Huw M, \u2018Barbariaid\u2019 (translated as \u2018Barbarians\u2019) by Llwyd, and \u2018Rhywbeth dros dro\u2019 (\u2018Something temporary\u2019) which was a collaboration between both artists. This was a limited edition single which was sold out.<\/p><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"one-third column-block  with-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-inner\"><ul class=\"custom-list\"><li class=\"custom-list-content\"><i class=\"font-icon icon-cd \" style=\"color:#4d4d4d;\"><\/i><span class=\"custom-list-content-inner\"><h2>Llwyd and Huw M \u2013 Dechrau yn y Dechrau<\/h2>\n<p>Released: 2008 (independent)<\/p>\n\n<p>Huw M\u2019s second single with musician Erddin Llwyd. The single included three songs \u2013 \u2018Dechrau yn y dechrau\u2019 (translated as \u2018Begin at the beginning\u2019), Gofod a\u2019r Gwifrau (\u2018Space and Wires\u2019) by Llwyd, \u2018Seddi gwag\u2019 (\u2018Empty seats\u2019) by Huw M. This was a limited edition single which was sold out.<\/p><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"one-third column-block  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-inner\"><ul class=\"custom-list\"><li class=\"custom-list-content\"><i class=\"font-icon icon-cd \" style=\"color:#4d4d4d;\"><\/i><span class=\"custom-list-content-inner\"><h2>Huw M \u2013 Yn Ddistaw Ddistaw Bach<\/h2>\n<p>Released: 2010 (independent)<\/p>\n\n<p>A Christmas EP by Huw M which included a mix of original songs, Welsh carols and a version of Si\u00f4n Corn by J Glyn Davies. This was a limited edition EP which was sold out.<\/p><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"be-section         clearfix\" data-headerscheme=\"background--dark\" style=\" background-color: #eeeeee;\" id = \"iphone\" ><div class=\"be-section-pad clearfix \" style=\" padding-top:40px;padding-bottom:40px;\" data-padding-top = \"40\"><div  class=\"be-row be-wrap clearfix zero-bottom \"><div  class=\"one-col column-block clearfix  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-pad\" style=\"padding-top: 4%;padding-bottom: 2%;\"><div class=\"special-heading-wrap style1 0\" data-animation=\"fadeIn\"><div class=\"special-heading align-center\"><h1 class=\"special-h-tag\" style=\"color: \">ALBUMS<\/h1><hr class=\"separator margin-bottom \" style=\"background-color:#4d4d4d;border-color:#4d4d4d;color:#4d4d4d;height:1px;width:40px;\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"be-row be-wrap clearfix zero-bottom \"><div  class=\"one-col column-block clearfix  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-inner\"><div class=\"special-heading-wrap style1 0\" data-animation=\"fadeIn\"><div class=\"special-heading align-center\"><h2 class=\"special-h-tag\" style=\"color: \">Os Mewn S\u0175n<\/h2><div class=\"sub-title margin-bottom \"><p>Released: 2009 (independent)<br>\n\nRe-released: 2010 (Gwymon)<\/p>\n\n<p>Os Mewn S\u0175n (translated \u2018If In Noise\u2019) 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\u2019s first album, was recorded in a four month period during the winter of 2008-9 by producer Frank Naughton.<\/p><\/div><hr class=\"separator margin-bottom \" style=\"background-color:#4d4d4d;border-color:#4d4d4d;color:#4d4d4d;height:1px;width:40px;\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"special-heading-wrap style1 0\" data-animation=\"fadeIn\"><div class=\"special-heading align-center\"><h2 class=\"special-h-tag\" style=\"color: \">Gathering Dusk<\/h2><div class=\"sub-title margin-bottom \"><p>Released: 2011 (Gwymon)<\/p>\n\n<p>There\u2019s no doubting that there\u2019s a warmth to Huw M\u2019s music and his album \u2018Gathering Dusk\u2019 is like answering the door to an old friend. True, the word \u2018lovely\u2019 is overused. But from the fragile, ethereal \u2018For while I wait for you to sleep\u2019 to the lush texture of \u2018Dyma lythyr\u2019, \u2018Gathering Dusk\u2019 is a piece of pure loveliness. There are strains of the vast Welsh folk tradition to be heard in \u2018Gathering Dusk\u2019, but Huw M gives it a bright new coat of paint. The album was produced by Frank Naughton and Llion Robertson.<\/p><\/div><hr class=\"separator margin-bottom \" style=\"background-color:#4d4d4d;border-color:#4d4d4d;color:#4d4d4d;height:1px;width:40px;\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"special-heading-wrap style1 0\" data-animation=\"fadeIn\"><div class=\"special-heading align-center\"><h2 class=\"special-h-tag\" style=\"color: \">Utica<\/h2><div class=\"sub-title margin-bottom \"><p>Released: 2015 (Recordiau I Ka Ching)<\/p>\n\n<p>Utica is Huw M\u2019s third album \u2013 his first on the wonderful <i>I Ka Ching<\/i> label, recently chosen as NME\u2019s 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.<\/p><\/div><hr class=\"separator margin-bottom \" style=\"background-color:#4d4d4d;border-color:#4d4d4d;color:#4d4d4d;height:1px;width:40px;\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"be-row be-wrap clearfix zero-bottom \"><div  class=\"one-col column-block clearfix  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-pad\" style=\"padding-top: 6%;padding-bottom: 2%;\"><div class=\"special-heading-wrap style1 0\" data-animation=\"fadeIn\"><div class=\"special-heading align-center\"><h1 class=\"special-h-tag\" style=\"color: \">SINGLES AND EPs<\/h1><hr class=\"separator margin-bottom \" style=\"background-color:#4d4d4d;border-color:#4d4d4d;color:#4d4d4d;height:1px;width:40px;\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"be-row be-wrap clearfix \"><div  class=\"one-col column-block clearfix  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-inner\"><div class=\"special-heading-wrap style1 0\" data-animation=\"fadeIn\"><div class=\"special-heading align-center\"><h2 class=\"special-h-tag\" style=\"color: \">Llwyd and Huw M \u2013 Rhywbeth Dros Dro<\/h2><div class=\"sub-title margin-bottom \"><p>Released: 2008 (independent)<\/p>\n\n<p>Huw M\u2019s first single with musician Erddin Llwyd. The single included three songs \u2013 \u2018Michelle Michelle\u2019 by Huw M, \u2018Barbariaid\u2019 (translated as \u2018Barbarians\u2019) by Llwyd, and \u2018Rhywbeth dros dro\u2019 (\u2018Something temporary\u2019) which was a collaboration between both artists. This was a limited edition single which was sold out.<\/p><\/div><hr class=\"separator margin-bottom \" style=\"background-color:#4d4d4d;border-color:#4d4d4d;color:#4d4d4d;height:1px;width:40px;\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"special-heading-wrap style1 0\" data-animation=\"fadeIn\"><div class=\"special-heading align-center\"><h2 class=\"special-h-tag\" style=\"color: \">Llwyd and Huw M \u2013 Dechrau yn y Dechrau<\/h2><div class=\"sub-title margin-bottom \"><p>Released: 2008 (independent)<\/p>\n\n<p>Huw M\u2019s second single with musician Erddin Llwyd. The single included three songs \u2013 \u2018Dechrau yn y dechrau\u2019 (translated as \u2018Begin at the beginning\u2019), Gofod a\u2019r Gwifrau (\u2018Space and Wires\u2019) by Llwyd, \u2018Seddi gwag\u2019 (\u2018Empty seats\u2019) by Huw M. This was a limited edition single which was sold out.<\/p><\/div><hr class=\"separator margin-bottom \" style=\"background-color:#4d4d4d;border-color:#4d4d4d;color:#4d4d4d;height:1px;width:40px;\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"special-heading-wrap style1 0\" data-animation=\"fadeIn\"><div class=\"special-heading align-center\"><h2 class=\"special-h-tag\" style=\"color: \">Huw M \u2013 Yn Ddistaw Ddistaw Bach<\/h2><div class=\"sub-title margin-bottom \"><p>Released: 2010 (independent)<\/p>\n\n<p>A Christmas EP by Huw M which included a mix of original songs, Welsh carols and a version of Si\u00f4n Corn by J Glyn Davies. This was a limited edition EP which was sold out.<\/p><\/div><hr class=\"separator margin-bottom \" style=\"background-color:#4d4d4d;border-color:#4d4d4d;color:#4d4d4d;height:1px;width:40px;\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"be-section         clearfix\" data-headerscheme=\"background--dark\" style=\" \" id = \"utica-biography\" data-title = \"utica-biography\"><div class=\"be-section-pad clearfix \" style=\" padding-top:90px;padding-bottom:90px;\" data-padding-top = \"90\"><div  class=\"be-row be-wrap clearfix zero-bottom \"><div  class=\"one-col column-block clearfix  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-inner\"><div class=\"special-heading-wrap style1 0\" data-animation=\"fadeIn\"><div class=\"special-heading align-center\"><h1 class=\"special-h-tag\" style=\"color: \">UTICA<\/h1><hr class=\"separator margin-bottom \" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;border-color:#eeeeee;color:#eeeeee;height:1px;width:20px;\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"be-row be-wrap clearfix \"><div  class=\"one-third column-block  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-inner\"><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"one-third column-block  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-inner\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-91 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/huwm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/clawr-utica.jpg\" alt=\"clawr-utica\" width=\"1000\" height=\"912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/huwm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/clawr-utica.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/huwm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/clawr-utica-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/huwm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/clawr-utica-650x593.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"one-third column-block  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"be-row be-wrap clearfix \"><div  class=\"one-col column-block clearfix  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-inner\"><h3>Utica is Huw M\u2019s third album \u2013 his first on the wonderful <i>I Ka Ching<\/i> label, once chosen as NME\u2019s label of the week. For this release, Huw has been working with The Marshall Sisters from Cardiff to blend early gospel with Welsh folk, and a good dollop of poignancy, melancholy and heartbreak. Very jolly stuff.<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"be-row be-wrap clearfix \"><div  class=\"one-half column-block  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-inner\"><p>Utica is Huw M\u2019s third album \u2013 his first on the wonderful <i>I Ka Ching<\/i> label, recently chosen as NME\u2019s label of the week. For this release, Huw has been working with The Marshall Sisters from Cardiff to blend early gospel with Welsh folk, and a good dollop of poignancy, melancholy and heartbreak. Very jolly stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Huw M is Welsh composer and performer Huw Meredydd who plays a mix of original melodies and borrowed folk songs, mangled together with influences from across the globe, to create haunting, intelligent music. He is joined by Lucy Simmonds on cello and vocals, Bethan Mai on accordion and vocals and Iolo Whelan on drums, percussion and vocals.<\/p>\n<p>Utica\u2019s background is rooted deep in Welsh and American soil, both in musical content and interpretation. The Welsh folk song <i>Si hwi hwi<\/i> has travelled the Atlantic many times before settling on its most recent form on this album&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>In the 1850s, poet Rowland Walter (1819 \u2013 1884) from the Blaenau Ffestiniog area in north Wales emigrated to&nbsp;the USA. Troubled by the injustices of slavery, he wrote a deeply unsettling poem about the last night of a mother and child together.<\/p>\n<p>A century later, a young scholar and folk singer, also from the Blaenau Ffestiniog area, moved to America to study at Princeton. His name was Meredydd Evans (1919 \u2013 2015) and while there he was invited to record an album of Welsh folk music. One of the songs he chose was <i>Si hwi hwi<\/i>, a lullaby that had been sung to him by his own mother, and was Rowland Walter\u2019s poem set to the traditional Welsh air <i>Morfa Rhuddlan<\/i> (\u2018The Marsh of Rhuddlan\u2019). A full circle, ensuring the preservation of an important protest song for future generations, as interpreted here by Huw M.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"one-half column-block  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-inner\"><p>The album is also influenced by another great folklorist and collector of folk music \u2013 Alan Lomax. The final song on Utica is a reworking of \u2018Worried now, won\u2019t be worried long\u2019 \u2013 sourced from a recording made in 1959 by Alan Lomax&nbsp;in Senatobia, Mississippi during his journey of the US southern states, and sung by Sidney Hemphill Carter.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to recorded Utica \u2018as live\u2019 brings out the dusty sole of each song, and provides us with beautiful, delicate moments as heard on originals such as \u2018I wanted you to cry\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Huw M\u2019s music has been described in the past as &#8220;stunningly beautiful\u201d by BBC 6 Music\u2019s Stuart Maconie, and Utica won\u2019t disappoint. Through borrowed songs and magical, timeless original compositions, the everlasting topics of sorrow and \u2018hiraeth\u2019 (Welsh for \u2018longing\u2019) are reborn once again.<\/p>\n<p>To read more about Utica and the story behind some of the songs, and to see some studio photos, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huwmeredydd.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Huw M&#8217;s blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Huw M wishes to thank&nbsp;Arts Council of Wales for their support.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/huwm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ACW_logo_black_landscape.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-202\" src=\"http:\/\/huwm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ACW_logo_black_landscape-300x86.jpg\" alt=\"ACW_logo_black_landscape\" width=\"276\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/huwm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ACW_logo_black_landscape-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/huwm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ACW_logo_black_landscape-1024x292.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/huwm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ACW_logo_black_landscape-175x50.jpg 175w, https:\/\/huwm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ACW_logo_black_landscape-650x185.jpg 650w, https:\/\/huwm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ACW_logo_black_landscape-1000x285.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/huwm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ACW_logo_black_landscape.jpg 1654w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"be-section         clearfix\" data-headerscheme=\"background--dark\" style=\" background-color: #769695;\"  ><div class=\"be-section-pad clearfix \" style=\" padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;\" data-padding-top = \"0\"><div  class=\"be-row be-wrap clearfix zero-bottom \"><div  class=\"one-col column-block clearfix  no-background    \" data-animation=\"\" style=\"  \"><div class=\"be-custom-column-inner\"><div class=\"call-to-action be-shortcode clearfix \" data-animation=\"fadeIn\" style=\"background: #769695\"><h6 class=\"action-content\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\">WANT TO DOWNLOAD HUW M PHOTOS AND BIOGRAPHY? 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