Monday, April 26, 2010 by Moderator.

So the waiting is over…

The on-line Votes have been cast…

Four regional heats, and now we’ve arrived at the final.

Recorded throughout Saturday April 24th 2010 the programme features sessions and interviews from Gathering finalists; Innovence, Decoy, Offset, Ladies Love a Superhero, Librarians worst nightmare, The Venue, Nexus and Stars and Flights.

All here exclusively worldwide on Celtica Radio, on-line, on digital wireless and the Nokia Mobile Phone Network.  Part two, featuring the Guns will be on-line shortly.

Let the ultimate Battle Commence!

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Saturday, April 17, 2010 by Moderator.

Bill Everatt presents the Rhondda Cynon Taff Heat of the Gathering, the 2010 Battle of the Bands.  Exclusively on Celtica Radio, On-line, on Digital Wireless and the Nokia Mobile Phone Network.

This concert took place on Tuesday the 30th of March at ‘The Muni Arts Centre’ which is a beautiful converted church, situated in the centre of Pontypridd.

As well as hosting the RCT Battle of the Bands, the centre also has a programme of events which include; band nights, music, events for children and young adults, exhibitions, dance, educational workshops, puppetry, mime, comedy, and productions by community groups.  The venue also has the Footlights Café Bar & Gallery Shop.

Over the course of this programme, you can hear the original music performed live on set by The Missive, Ladies Love a Superhero, The Kix, Indi-go Modem, Lucy Saved Dave and the Special Editions.

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Thursday, April 1, 2010 by Moderator.

Andrew John has a bumper length New Music Radio Show running to nearly ninety minutes this month featuring all the recent additions to the Celtica Radio Playlist.

Playlist tracks are:
Michael Behm - It’s My Time
Guido Mayer - Mechanix
Tim Gleeson - Right Here
The Myst - Too much beauty
Marbin - Mei
Shimeon - Sweet Love
Cat Blay - I Need You
Chris Summerill - Under The Sun
Andy Crawford - All Eyes On You
Ginger Otitis & The Sedimentary Brains - Only TV on your mind
Precyse - The Rain
The Pocket Gods - Trailer Park On Mars
Wilfred N and the Grown Men - Gotta Be Great To Be Good
Auto Pilot - Deeper Space (Right Stuff Mix)

Plus Bill Everatt will shortly be broadcasting the April update of the Underground Edition.

This month Bills special guest is the singer and songwriter Amy Rachman and Bill will be linking up with her from her home studio in New York City.  The Urban Legends tale features a place a little closer to home, just outside Swansea in fact, and is called Two Lonely Travellers.

We also have another chance to hear Andrew John and the Chronicles of Little Bibbling under Flossock.  No doubt it can’t have escaped your notice that a certain Doctor has become prominent on our TV sets of late.  But the folk of Little Bibbling under Flossock remember when the old one resigned and the search was on for a new one.  As often happens, events in that strange little hamlet uncannily reflect what’s happening in our own world, as we saw when this episode was first broadcast in November 2008, and we introduced our short-lived reporter, Elvis Twinge.  It’s odd how the world of Little Bibbling under Flossock always seems bigger on the inside than on the outside…

And in our “who said this?”  I’d like to know who said this; “A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.”  So, who said that?

Playlist Tracks are:
Chris Summerill - Under The Sun
Simon Star - Stellar
Andy Crawford - Shoot Me Down
Hayley Griffiths - Our Love
Slave to the Squarewave - The Last Day
Ryan Helman - Falling
Precyse - When I See You
Richard Gilpin - A Man of 33
Marbin - Abadaba
Auto Pilot - Deeper Space (Right Stuff Mix)
The Venue - Future
Blue Horses - Witch in Wedlock

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Monday, March 15, 2010 by Moderator.

Jordan Thomas is back with another helping of the Music Unleashed Top 40 Lite and we also have a brand new update of the Automatic Rock Show with Non-Stop Celtic Rock from our studios in the Heart of Wales.

This update features music from:
Side A - Brain Distortion
Andy Crawford - All That You Want
Phonic Rapture - Dirty Dog
Radio Edit - Leon
Eleven Eleven - Things go wrong
Leslie Alexander - The Jones
Without Warrant - Superego
Our Funeral Forgotten - A Shot of Clarity
Amber Souls - Dont Wanna Change
A New Day - Determination
Diner - Something Sounds Loose
Phase 9 - The Innocence of Ignorance
Ryan Helman - Arrested
David Sinclair Trio - Going to do Something
RainPops - The Way It Started

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Saturday, March 13, 2010 by Bill Everatt.

Hi, if you attended the Gathering at Blaenafon Workingmans Hall on Saturday March 13th, I have some bad news for you.

We’re really sorry about this, but due to circumstances entirely beyond Celtica Radio’s control.  Our recording of the event at Blaenafon on Saturday March 13th was destroyed, at the venue before we had even left the building!

I want to stress, that this was not our doing and we were completely unable to prevent the accident from happening, [which was committed by someone wholly unconnected with Celtica Radio.]  As you can imagine, I am personally annoyed by this and feel extremely let down too.

Please accept our apologies.

Best regards,

Bill Everatt
Managing Director
Celtica Radio Ltd.

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