mared
upcoming gigs
gwyl tafwyl - 15.06
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ty gwerin, national eisteddfod, wrexham - 05.08
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hwyrnos/maes b, national eisteddfod wrecsam - 06.08
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focus wales dome, wrecsam - 07.08
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caffi maes b - 07.08
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about my new music...
My latest EP, 'Mared & Friends, Live at Lightship 95' is a collection of live versions of my tracks, recorded with my full band at Lightship 95 Recording Studio in North Greenwich. It was funded by BBC Horizons Launchpad, and all the songs have been filmed, with videos up on my youtube! It was an incredible experience getting to record everything live in one take and documenting our live sound! Take a look at us in the studio below...
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short bio
Mared brings a Welsh flavour to deep indie-folk and pop. The singer-songwriter, originally from rural North Wales, now based in Cardiff, has the capability to arrange her music for an explosive and intimate 7-piece band. Welsh album of the year 2021. Mared's music has been described as 'a wonderfully intimate homage to the 'Laurel Canyon'' (York Calling) and as a 'power house vocalist' by Sian Eleri (Selector Radio/BBC Radio 1).
This year Mared is set to release a full band live EP in May, funded by BBC Horizons Launchpad, alongside brand new music in autumn.
The EP later this year is a collaboration with London-based producer, Ed Allen (Alice Kim, Kindelan, Rosie Miles). Mared has previously played Sŵn Festival (Cardiff), Focus Wales (Wrexham) and Celtic Connections Showcase (Glasgow) and also sold out the likes of Greennote Music (Ldn), and Clwb Ifor Bach (Cardiff). She is embarking on an autumn tour of her upcoming EP.
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reviews...
"Sometimes it's that simple...the most amazing music"
ADAM WALTON about my latest EP (BBC INTRODUCING, RADIO WALES)
"She’s an artist I’ve adored for a really long time…[who’s] also been triumphant in the Welsh language music scene after her debut album ‘Y Drefn’…won the Welsh language album of the year…and she’s such a power house vocalist" SIAN ELERI (SELECTOR RADIO / BBC RADIO 1)
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"North Walian Artist 'Mared' aka Mared Williams releases stunning new 'Lately' single on the 5th of April 2024. Taken from forthcoming EP 'Better late than never' 'Lately' is a wonderfully intimate homage to the 'Laurel Canyon' attitudes of the early seventies." GRAEME SMITH (YORK CALLING)
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"If ‘Lately’ is anything to go by it will be a spell binding release. Mared shows off her soulful, and delicate and compassionate tone that sketches out this gorgeous piece of song writing that peers into the future and holds onto hope, illuminated by Mared’s vocals that are woven by elements of classical folk and tinged with the embers of 80s soul and framed in wispy guitar motifs and sweeping production." BILL CUMMINGS (GOD IS IN THE TV ZINE)
"‘lately’ can easily sit beside Adele, Duffy and Lizzy McAlpine; however, there is an indefinable ease to Mared surpassing the established names...Warm, rich and bold, Mared draws you into a comfortable hug with a huge smile on her face." NICOLE MENDES (THE OTHER SIDE REVIEWS)
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