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CARDIFF MUSIC WOMEN aims to help get (and keep) more women and non-binary people into our local music industry - Cardiff & surrounding areas. This will include: 

- Events
- Signposting to information, support, services, networks, training
- Opportunities for women in music
- Sharing best practice
- Celebrating local females as positive role models
- Working with promoters, small festivals and other music businesses

WHY? Women make up 16% of UK songwriters, and only 5% of the audio industry. We believe it's our responsibility to try and help start the change locally. 

Get Involved - We'd like as many people involved as possible, please email liz@themooncardiff.com

Cardiff Music Women is a project by non-profit organisation Creative Republic of Cardiff, who also run live music venue The Moon.

ANGHARAD is the alt-pop project of song-writer and fiddle player Angharad Jenkins. A powerful, and fearless artist, her new music has been drawing comparisons with the likes of John Cale, PJ Harvey, and Patti Smith. Her music explores the female experience, motherhood, and our relationship with time.

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Swansea-based mother and daughter duo DnA: Delyth and Angharad Jenkins breath a new lease of life into the ancient music of Wales through their intimate and irresistible conversations on the harp and fiddle.

Both musicians have been at the forefront of different generations of traditional music in Wales, through bands such as Aberjaber and Calan. By joining forces to create the mother and daughter duo, DnA instantly stand out. There's a compelling and intriguing connection between the two musicians, which is achieved through that special family connection. 

Their performances have been described as "visceral and intense" (Timber and Steel blog) and "a thing of beauty" Cerys Matthews, BBC6 Music. Their debut album Adnabod, released on the fflach:tradd label in 2013, generated praise and critical acclaim, with fRoots magazine describing the album as "one of the best Welsh instrumental folk albums available, and could become a classic in its genre." In May 2018, the duo will be releasing their much anticipated second album, “Llinyn Arian.”

DnA’s aim is to give Welsh traditional music a fresh and innovative sound that avoids stereotype and cliché. Their material comes from a variety of sources. Old collections of Welsh music are a rich seam for them, and they also look in hymn books, where old Welsh tunes have been adapted or ‘hymnified’. And in the time-honoured way, they also learn tunes by ear from other musicians. They seek to re-create these old tunes, making them new and fresh.

Both musicians compose music, which they see as growing out of the Welsh tradition. The sources of our inspiration are as varied as life itself. The landscape of Wales, and most especially their native Gower, is important to them. Their new music is also inspired by and celebrates a wide range of relationships, including that of the mother and daughter. Their instrumental music conveys the emotion of these relationships where words are often inadequate.

Followers of DnA: Delyth &amp; Angharad Jenkins

Followers of DnA: Delyth & Angharad Jenkins