Short bio/blub / bywgraffiad byr
Worldwide Welshman is Liam Rickard, a singer-songwriter, folk-musician and multi-instrumentalist from North Wales, currently based in Machynlleth. Since 2016, Worldwide Welshman and his ever-changing band have been entertaining audiences in cafés, clubs, pubs, boats, squats, living rooms, community gardens and festivals across the UK and abroad with their multi-lingual, tragi-comic mix of folk-pop ballads, party-bangers, spontaneous improvisations, folk songs from Wales and beyond, and dark comedy. His performances touch upon a diversity of themes including climate change, migration, mental health, cognitive dissonance, lockdown, and face-cream. Liam has collaborated with musicians from all over the world, but in particular, with his brother, Siôn, with whom he founded the Welsh indie-folk band, Lo-fi Jones.
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Y 'Worldwide Welshman' ydi Liam Rickard, cerddor, canwr, cyfansoddwr, ac arlunydd o Fetws-y-coed sydd bellach yn byw ym Machynlleth. Mae Liam wedi bod yn perfformio o dan yr enw Worldwide Welshman ers tua 2016, ac wedi difyrru cynulleidfaoedd mewn tafarnau, clybiau, gwyliau, gaffis, gerddi cymunedol, stafelloedd byw, cychod a sgwatiau ar draws Ewrop gyda'i chaneuon tragi-comig, amlieithog, doniol a ddawnsiadwy, yn ogystal â chaneuon gwerin o Gymru a thu hwnt. Mae caneuon Worldwide Welshman yn delio gydag amrywiaeth eang o themâu yn cynnwys y newid hinsawdd, ffoaduriaid, iechyd meddwl, cognitive dissonance, y cyfnod clo a hufen croen. Mae Liam wedi cydweithio gyda cherddorion o bob cwr y byd, ond yn bennaf gyda'i frawd, Siôn. Bydd rhai yn nabod y brodyr yma fel sefydlwyr a prif aelodau'r grŵp Lo-fi Jones.
Longer bio / bywgraffiad hirach
Worldwide Welshman is a modern-day travelling bard from North Wales, currently based in Machynlleth. The project began as “Worldwide Welshman & Beyond", and was formed out of the jamming scene of North-East London in 2016. Over the next few years the project expanded internationally to become one of Europe's best-loved underground, unknown and underpaid tropical-gypsy-funk-folk-party bands, with alternative lineups in London, Belgium, Germany & Wales. Worldwide Welshman and his bandmates have entertained crowds in cafés, clubs, pubs, boats, squats, living rooms, community gardens and festivals in the UK and abroad with their energetic live shows and catchy, upbeat songs, which touch on a wide variety of themes including, but not limited to: climate change, migration, mental health, cognitive dissonance and skin-cream. Regular haunts past & present include the Bank Vault (Aberystwyth), Braich Coch (Corris), Canolfan Owain Glyndwr (Machynlleth), Word on The Water (London), Treehouse Festival (Oxfordshire), Festival of Jim (Lewes), Tandem Festival (Oxfordshire), Folk Marathon (Europe) and Floating Castle (Slovenia).
Worldwide Welshman and his band will take your head, heart and hips on an exhilarating musical journey from Wales to China via the rest of the world with their multi-lingual mix of tragic-comic pop ballads, party bangers, jazz/rock/funked-up Welsh folk, songs from around the world, spontaneous improvisations, and mildly surrealist humour. The band's international rotating line-up come from different musical backgrounds, fusing east & west, traditional & modern, rock, folk & jazz to create an exciting pan-global alt-pop sound.
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Prosiect cerddorol global-alt-pop a chomedi ydi Worldwide Welshman, wedi ei arweinio gan Liam Rickard (un rhan o'r band Lo-Fi Jones, ac o'r cyn-fandiau Timestealers a Naughty Magic Simon). Ganwyd y syniad yn 2015 yn Eryri, ac yn fuan ar ôl hynny, symudodd Liam i Lundain i ddilyn ei freuddwyd o greu band rhyngwladol traws-genre. Symudodd Liam nôl i Gymru 2021. Mae caneuon Worldwide Welshman yn defnyddio sawl iaeth wahanol ac yn delio gydag amrywiaeth eang o themâu yn cynnwys y newid hinsawdd, ffoaduriaid, iechyd meddwl, cognitive dissonance, y cyfnod clo a hufen croen. Mae Liam yn perfformio ar ben ei hun a gyda band, ac mae o wedi cydweithio gyda cherddorion o bob cwr y byd. Bydd rhai pobl yn ei adnabod fel aelodau o'r grŵp Lo-fi Jones. Mae Liam a'i grwpiau gwahanol wedi bod yn difyrru cynulleidfaoedd mewn tafarnau, clybiau, gwyliau, gaffis, gerddi cymunedol, stafelloedd byw, cychod a sgwatiau ar draws Ewrop gyda'u chaneuon tragi-comig, amlieithog, doniol a ddawnsiadwy, yn ogystal â chaneuon gwerin o Gymru a thu hwnt.
Worldwide Welshman is Liam Rickard, a singer-songwriter, folk-musician and multi-instrumentalist from North Wales, currently based in Machynlleth. Since 2016, Worldwide Welshman and his ever-changing band have been entertaining audiences in cafés, clubs, pubs, boats, squats, living rooms, community gardens and festivals across the UK and abroad with their multi-lingual, tragi-comic mix of folk-pop ballads, party-bangers, spontaneous improvisations, folk songs from Wales and beyond, and dark comedy. His performances touch upon a diversity of themes including climate change, migration, mental health, cognitive dissonance, lockdown, and face-cream. Liam has collaborated with musicians from all over the world, but in particular, with his brother, Siôn, with whom he founded the Welsh indie-folk band, Lo-fi Jones.
*****
Y 'Worldwide Welshman' ydi Liam Rickard, cerddor, canwr, cyfansoddwr, ac arlunydd o Fetws-y-coed sydd bellach yn byw ym Machynlleth. Mae Liam wedi bod yn perfformio o dan yr enw Worldwide Welshman ers tua 2016, ac wedi difyrru cynulleidfaoedd mewn tafarnau, clybiau, gwyliau, gaffis, gerddi cymunedol, stafelloedd byw, cychod a sgwatiau ar draws Ewrop gyda'i chaneuon tragi-comig, amlieithog, doniol a ddawnsiadwy, yn ogystal â chaneuon gwerin o Gymru a thu hwnt. Mae caneuon Worldwide Welshman yn delio gydag amrywiaeth eang o themâu yn cynnwys y newid hinsawdd, ffoaduriaid, iechyd meddwl, cognitive dissonance, y cyfnod clo a hufen croen. Mae Liam wedi cydweithio gyda cherddorion o bob cwr y byd, ond yn bennaf gyda'i frawd, Siôn. Bydd rhai yn nabod y brodyr yma fel sefydlwyr a prif aelodau'r grŵp Lo-fi Jones.
Longer bio / bywgraffiad hirach
Worldwide Welshman is a modern-day travelling bard from North Wales, currently based in Machynlleth. The project began as “Worldwide Welshman & Beyond", and was formed out of the jamming scene of North-East London in 2016. Over the next few years the project expanded internationally to become one of Europe's best-loved underground, unknown and underpaid tropical-gypsy-funk-folk-party bands, with alternative lineups in London, Belgium, Germany & Wales. Worldwide Welshman and his bandmates have entertained crowds in cafés, clubs, pubs, boats, squats, living rooms, community gardens and festivals in the UK and abroad with their energetic live shows and catchy, upbeat songs, which touch on a wide variety of themes including, but not limited to: climate change, migration, mental health, cognitive dissonance and skin-cream. Regular haunts past & present include the Bank Vault (Aberystwyth), Braich Coch (Corris), Canolfan Owain Glyndwr (Machynlleth), Word on The Water (London), Treehouse Festival (Oxfordshire), Festival of Jim (Lewes), Tandem Festival (Oxfordshire), Folk Marathon (Europe) and Floating Castle (Slovenia).
Worldwide Welshman and his band will take your head, heart and hips on an exhilarating musical journey from Wales to China via the rest of the world with their multi-lingual mix of tragic-comic pop ballads, party bangers, jazz/rock/funked-up Welsh folk, songs from around the world, spontaneous improvisations, and mildly surrealist humour. The band's international rotating line-up come from different musical backgrounds, fusing east & west, traditional & modern, rock, folk & jazz to create an exciting pan-global alt-pop sound.
*****
Prosiect cerddorol global-alt-pop a chomedi ydi Worldwide Welshman, wedi ei arweinio gan Liam Rickard (un rhan o'r band Lo-Fi Jones, ac o'r cyn-fandiau Timestealers a Naughty Magic Simon). Ganwyd y syniad yn 2015 yn Eryri, ac yn fuan ar ôl hynny, symudodd Liam i Lundain i ddilyn ei freuddwyd o greu band rhyngwladol traws-genre. Symudodd Liam nôl i Gymru 2021. Mae caneuon Worldwide Welshman yn defnyddio sawl iaeth wahanol ac yn delio gydag amrywiaeth eang o themâu yn cynnwys y newid hinsawdd, ffoaduriaid, iechyd meddwl, cognitive dissonance, y cyfnod clo a hufen croen. Mae Liam yn perfformio ar ben ei hun a gyda band, ac mae o wedi cydweithio gyda cherddorion o bob cwr y byd. Bydd rhai pobl yn ei adnabod fel aelodau o'r grŵp Lo-fi Jones. Mae Liam a'i grwpiau gwahanol wedi bod yn difyrru cynulleidfaoedd mewn tafarnau, clybiau, gwyliau, gaffis, gerddi cymunedol, stafelloedd byw, cychod a sgwatiau ar draws Ewrop gyda'u chaneuon tragi-comig, amlieithog, doniol a ddawnsiadwy, yn ogystal â chaneuon gwerin o Gymru a thu hwnt.
