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Annwn by Will Barnes

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Album Title: Outside the Light
Cambrian Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 00:59:59

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About the Album

UK jazz guitarist and composer Will Barnes and his talented Quartet present 'Annwn', the dreamy and sedate second single to be taken from forthcoming album 'Outside the Light'. Annwn draws on the Welsh concept of 'Otherworld' a mysterious and transformative realm, thought to have been entered into through a mystical gateway at Pistyll Waterfalls within the Berwyn Mountains of Powys. A land of eternal youth, where nothing is quite as it seems, and souls of the deceased enjoy opulent feasts at the table of Gwyn ap Nudd. About Will Barnes Quartet Will Barnes (guitar) is joined by James Batten (drums), Jack Gonsalez (piano) and Clovis Phillips (bass) - a tight collective of experienced jazz instrumentalists from rural Wales. Presenting songs from their acclaimed debut album, ‘Source of the Severn’, an exploration of the rugged landscape of Mid Wales and the Marches. Expect music that reflects the rural isolation of their home with roots that penetrate bebop, post-bop and contemporary jazz. Original compositions are punctuated by inventive reworkings of pop, rock and jazz standards for an eclectic evening of improvised music. The quartet released their debut album on AAB Records to critical acclaim in October 2023 and have completed the first leg of a UK tour to sell-out audiences in arts centres and theatres throughout Wales and the Borders. The group have also performed at many of the country’s top jazz festivals and clubs as well as being invited to perform on BBC Radio 4 Loose Ends. The quartet now embark on leg two of their album tour, taking the project further afield, bringing the border landscapes to urban audiences. A slice of the Marches delivered to your door… Hiraeth! Will is endorsed by Rob Williams guitars and Rotosound Strings.

Tracks

Annwn; Devil’s Bridge; Bloom; The Longest Day; Never Done; Light of the Beacons; Lleuad Fedi; Otherworld.

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Outside the Light by Neil Duggan

Date featured

January 11, 2026

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