Local Artist of the Week

Jerry Evans is the man who bought the old Haverfordwest post office and helped turn it into the marvellous community centre it is today - Haverhub. Jerry is also responsible for the creation of Dark Street Studios in what was the much missed Swales Music Centre, next door to the Pure West Radio HQ.

Dangerous Flamingo was a project to bring together musicians to develop the songs and writings of Lisa and Ali and has now become a fully-fledged (pardon the pun) band.

International Women’s Day has been celebrated at Haverfordwest Airport with recognition of the inspirational women involved in STEM careers in South-West Wales and a chance for young people to gain an insight into the wealth of opportunities available in Aviation and Engineering.

Jonski (aka Jon Hounsome of Haverfordwest) is one of the finest singer songwriters of his generation to come out of Pembrokeshire. He has a new CD out now.

Tim & Sarah Williams are husband and wife visual artists from Keeston. Tim is an accomplished sculptor working in metal and Sarah is a painter and collagist. They have exhibited regularly throughout Pembrokeshire, together and separately, including at St Davids Cathedral. Sarah is also featured in a recent book about 10 'Women Artists in Wales'. One of her latest works, a re-interpretation of the traditional Welsh women's costume which explores notions of gender identity, is pictured.

Jodie Marie, originally from Narberth, will be no stranger to PWR listeners. Since being 'discovered' over a decade ago by Bernard Butler (of indie band Suede, who also 'discovered' Duffy), Jodie's career has gone from strength to strength. During lockdown she released her critically and popularly acclaimed album The Answer, recorded at Carmel Chapel, Clarbeston which Jodie and her partner Owain Fleetwood Jenkins have loving restored and made into a state of the art studio called StudiOwz..

Bob Ellis of Haverfordwest is a high flyer - literally, for the former RAF and commercial pilot has built and flown his own light aircraft!

Billy Cole is a legendary figure on the Pembrokeshire music scene. As a singer and guitarist he has been performing in the Shire since the early 1960s with bands such as The Tremolos and Firewater though he is perhaps best known as a member of the late Lloyd Coles’ Country band, Black Gold.

Local Artist of the Week - Tia Lloyd

Tia is a young singer and guitarist from Pembroke Dock who began her career only a few years ago performing at the counties many Open Mic nights.

The songs she is playing were recorded exclusively for Pure West Radio.

Ross Gurney is a singer/songwriter who has recently returned to his home city of St Davids after spending a decade or so in Cardiff. He is beginning to get back into the county's music scene. His next local gig is on February 17th at the Lifeboat Tavern, Tenby.

Will Scott is an accomplished singer and guitarist who performs regularly at venues all over Pembrokeshire, either solo or with his band Loose Change. He is also a talented luthier.

2022 saw the return of BB Skone's legendary 'Live in Session' slot with musicians from all over Pembrokeshire playing live and unplugged in Pure West Radio's Studio 2 to great acclaim.

David Gray has been touring a show celebrating the 20th Anniversary of his 'White Ladder' album, the seminal album that is in the top ten best selling UK albums of all time and the album that launched his career and a host of singer/songwriters, including Ed Sheeran, who followed in his footsteps.

Dan Bettridge is a talented and exciting singer/songwriter who has already toured the UK, Canada, and the USA and whose star is definitely on the rise. His beautiful and cleverly arranged songs are complemented by an incredibly strong voice, impossible to really categorise though Soulful Americana comes close.

Paul Mallett is an accomplished singer/guitarist/songwriter from Fishguard who has recorded and performed under a number of aliases for many years. He has also been a regular at Open Mic nights.

The PWR sponsored Tenby Blues Festival takes place over the weekend of 18-20 November (tenbyblues.co.uk). There'll be Blues from National and International acts as well as local performers.

It's Blast from the Past time but with an up to date twist!

Phil Hallett, from Keeston, is an accomplished singer and guitarist. Now aged 84, he has been a professional musician since the 1950s and has a few stories to tell, as you can imagine, with periods spent working in the Bahamas, Las Vegas, and top London night clubs where Rod Stewart once sang with his band!

Preseli Pete and the Bluestone Boys are a well established and popular four piece band that performs regularly throughout Pembrokeshire and beyond.

Peter Doran, Artistic Director of the Torch Theatre, Milford Haven, is retiring after several decades at the helm, decades in which he has overseen an incredible number of successful shows. He will be sorely missed.

Local Artist of the Week: Tom & Abz

George Whitfield, from Narberth, is an accomplished accordionist and singer/songwriter who will be playing his own compositions and chatting to BB about the Food Festival which takes place on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th September 

Local Artist of the Week: SCENE RED

Rudi is a 21 year old singer and songwriter from St Davids who is a very talented lyricist and tunesmith, influenced by bands like The Strokes, The Arctic Monkeys, and Fontaines DC.

Euros Childs, from Freshwater East, is a singer, songwriter, guitarist and keyboards player who was a founder member of influential Welsh rock band Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci (GZM).

Lowri Evans, from Newport, is an entertaining and very successful acoustic performer of Roots, Folk, and Americana in both Welsh and English.

Ella Guru are husband and wife Arleen & Richie Westmacott from Tenby, they have been performing together for more years than they care to remember, and as a result are one of the most popular and in demand duos in west Wales.