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The Bards' Journey
Follow our progress as we grow...


New single: Dunstan’s Bay
Spring 1919: Two women from neighbouring villages cross paths near the cliffs along the Cornish coast. The First World War has left both...
Oct 91 min read


An AWEN Equinox
Our Autumn Equinox Rite was held in a woodland grove, close to Bath, in the West of England. With a twilight Bardic ritual, songs to mark...
Sep 221 min read


Singing-in the Harvest...
Our Lughnasadh festival celebrations took us to the hills of Wessex with music and mead, to bless the land, sing traditional songs – and visit the local pub. Who wouldn’t?
Aug 21 min read


Get on the Mezzanine!
Through the dark winter months we’ve been busy writing material for a new show. Mezzanine is an imaginative, original and topical...
Mar 302 min read


Lucy’s on a folklore quest
Lucy Spencer, irrepressible folklore forager, has joined the AWEN troupe, making our shows and events even more colourful with her...
Feb 11 min read


A Winter Solstice visit
So... it’s a few degrees above freezing and we’re standing at 5am in a field in pitch darkness, with the cold seeping from the muddy...
Dec 21, 20241 min read


New show on the way
This autumn we’re out with some Bardic events, to share our mystical musical storytelling ahead of a new show which is in development....
Sep 21, 20241 min read


Glastonbury visit
On a sweltering summer day we climbed Glastonbury Tor to play beneath the tower...
Jul 31, 20241 min read


The Senedd Sessions
Well, 2024 took an unexpected twist… Back in March an opportunity arose to write an Anthem for the 25th Anniversary of the Welsh...
Jul 15, 20241 min read


Bards in High Places...
It’s official – the Bards are Back in Town! And we’re part of the 25th Anniversary Celebrations of the Senedd – the Welsh Parliament. Why...
Jun 15, 20242 min read


A guitar for an Anthem
What instrument do you need when you’re composing an Anthem for the Welsh Parliament? How do you make the connection between ancient...
May 28, 20241 min read


Gina brings a gypsy vibe
Adding her expertise to The 
Bardic Band, please welcome… the exceptional Gina Griffin! Since turning pro at eighteen, Gina has worked...
May 1, 20241 min read


The player-manager on team AWEN
Our new manager, Steve E. Nortrop, has taken a front-facing role as the first point of contact for bookings and promotion of AWEN, The...
Apr 25, 20241 min read


Two days of filming...
OK – we can’t say much about Location X, and why we’re even there, until this is all out of the bag at the start of June. Of course, the...
Apr 14, 20241 min read


Back in the studio
On a misty morning in February, Awen‘s Call were a-laying down percussion tracks for three new songs, Beltane Flame, Green Room and Three Ships....
Feb 20, 20241 min read
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