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Tomos Williams

Tomos, from Aberystwyth, is a unique trumpeter in Wales who straddles both the folk and jazz worlds. He has played internationally with the widely respected and ground breaking Welsh folk band 'fernhill' for the past 15 years.

​As well as leading Khamira he also leads the Welsh jazz/folk band Burum which uses Welsh traditional melodies in a modern jazz context, which has played and toured in the US, India and France.

He also leads his own jazz quartet 7Steps which focuses on the music of {{m: Miles Davis = 6144}}, which has toured Ireland with the Irish rhythm section of Kevin Lawler (drums) and Andrew Csibi (bass).

Tomos masterminded, played on and produced a trio recording with the eminent Welsh triple harpist Llio Rhydderch and Mark O'Connor on drums, called 'Carn Ingli' which was released in 2012.

He studied Jazz at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff as a Post-graduate student and is a recipient of a prestigious Creative Wales Award (2012-13) from the Arts Council of Wales.

Cwmwl Tystion III / Empathy

By Tomos Williams

Label: Tŷ Cerdd
Released: 2026
Track listing: Welsh Not; Streic y Glowyr 1984 / Miners' Strike 1984; Beth yw maddau? / What is forgiving?; Aberfan 1966; Paul Robeson yn canu yn Aberpennar 1938 / Paul Robeson sings in Mountain Ash 1938; Mynydd Epynt 1940; Cymru Cenedl Noddfa / Wales: A Nation of Sanctuary.

Tomos Williams: Cwmwl Tystion III / Empathy

by Ian Patterson
July 19, 2026

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow. So it has proven for Welsh trumpeter-composer Tomos Williams, whose intended one-off album Cwmwl Tystion / Witness (Tŷ Cerdd, 2019) unwittingly became the first installment of a trilogy charting Welsh identity, history and internationalism. Realizing there were still important stories to tell, Cwmwl Tystion II: Riot! (Tŷ Cerdd, 2021) picked ...

Tomos Williams: An Absolute Riot! Risings, Race And Identity In Wales

by Ian Patterson
January 12, 2024

Threads. They wind their way through history, overlapping, interconnecting and sometimes weaving strange and powerful narratives that never really end, but simply grow and evolve. In 2020, half a millennium after the first transatlantic slave ships set sail from Europe to Africa, cheering protesters in Bristol, England, dumped the statue of slave trader Edward ...

Tomos Williams: Cwmwl Tystion II: Riot!

by Ian Patterson
January 12, 2024

Billowing clouds of black smoke dominate a blood-red backdrop. From the cover alone, it is clear that trumpeter/composer Tomos Williams has something extra-musical to say. The Welsh language project name--Cwmwl Tystion means 'witness'--and the English title-- Riot!--writ large, expel any doubt. Inspired by events both famous and infamous in Welsh history--workers revolts, pogroms and race riots--this ...

Cwmwl Tystion II: Riot!

By Tomos Williams

Label: Tŷ Cerdd
Released: 2023
Track listing: Cadw tŷ mewn cwmwl tystion / Keeping house in a cloud of witnesses; Merthyr Rising 1831; Tonypandy Riots 1910; Tredegar Riots 1911; Bet yw byw?/What is living?; Cardiff Race Riots 1919; Mahmood Mattan 1952.

Khamira: Undod/Unity

by Ian Patterson
February 14, 2023

Khamira was born when Welsh jazz-folk band Burum--trumpeter Tomos Williams, bassist Aidan Thorne and drummer Mark O'Connor--toured India in 2015. There they collaborated with guitarist Aditya Balani, sarangi player & vocalist Suhail Yusuf Khan and tablaist & vocalist Vishal Nagar. The blend of Welsh traditional melodies, Hindustani classical music and jazz enthused all; two years later ...

Jazz Promotion Network Conference 2022

by Ian Patterson
November 29, 2022

Jazz Promotion Network Conference 2022 The MAC Belfast, Northern Ireland November 3-4, 2022 Jazz Promotion Network's (JPN) annual conference saw over one hundred delegates gather at Belfast's Metropolitan Arts Centre (The MAC) for two days of talks, exchange of ideas and music showcases (see separate article). Founded around a decade ago, ...