SCOTLAND AT FOCUS WALES
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SCOTLAND AT FOCUS WALES -
08-10 May, 2025
Wrexham, Wales
We’re back in Wrexham flying the flag for Scotland at FOCUS Wales 🏴
Full details below, and drop us a line if you’re at the event and want to connect 👋
AjForty7
(presented by PITCH Scotland)
Friday 09 May | 19:10 | Penny Black (Room 1)
AjForty7, known as “The Young King,” embodies confidence, charisma, and conviction. Born on July 7, 2001, he was raised in Clydebank, a vibrant town on Scotland’s West Coast that shaped his identity and sound. Emerging as a leading voice in Scottish rap, AjForty7 fuses bold energy with authentic storytelling, drawing on his life experiences to create deeply resonating music. His unique blend of hip-hop, grime, trance, reggae, and Motown influences sets him apart as a dynamic artist on the rise.
EYVE
(presented by PITCH Scotland)
Friday 09 May | 18:35 | Penny Black (Room 1)
Eyve is a spirited voice, fearlessly fusing powerful vocals, rap, jazz and 70s Afro influences she grew up with in Zimbabwe. – It is bold, innovative & coupled with a strong social message. Since releasing her 2nd EP – Sister Beyond The Sky Isn’t the Limit she’s spent most of the year touring it across Scotland. First playing the record in its entirety at Grammy Award Winner – Alison Russel’s – Celtic Connections Show.
This year was all about Live & sharing the EP with new audiences. – fanned on by the Live
Lloyd’s House
Thursday 08 May | 19:05 | Wynnstay Hotel
Lloyd’s House is the eccentric pop brainchild of Lloyd Ledingham who wraps a warped lens around the world that surrounds him. The result is a sometimes surreal, but always intensely personal reflection of his reality, mapped against an eclectic musical backdrop. Lloyds House are non-conformists; an antithesis to insipidity. On The Masochist they revel in the knowledge that finding beauty in the absurdity of life is what will see you through. After the release of their latest single, ‘Ah’, Lloyd’s House continue to explore the weirdness of existence in 2025 through sonic experimentation and lyrical inanity.
Iona Fyfe
Saturday 10 May | 17:50 | St Giles
Aberdeenshire folksinger, Iona Fyfe, has become one of Scotland’s finest singers, rooted deeply in the singing traditions of the North East of Scotland. In 2021, she became the first singer to win the coveted title of Musician of the Year at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards. Iona is a fierce advocate for the official recognition of the Scots Language, leading a successful campaign to pressure Spotify into recognising Scots and add it to its list of languages. Honoured at the Scots Language Awards with the title of Speaker of the Year in 2021, Iona performs both folk and pop songs in the Scots language, remaining true to her rooting in tradition. Iona has featured in several publications including The Sunday Post, The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Times. She won the title of Scots Singer of the Year at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards in 2018 and was described as “one of the best Scotland has to offer.” (Global-Music.de)
Kathryn Joseph
Saturday 10 May | 19:30 | St Giles
Known for her fearless storytelling, raw emotional depth, and unflinching honesty, Kathryn Joseph has made a lasting mark on contemporary music. A relentless pursuit of truth runs through each of her albums, from the devastating beauty of ‘bones you have thrown me and blood i’ve spilled’ (2015), which won the Scottish Album of the Year Award, to the grief-stricken intensity of ‘from when i wake the want is’ (2018), and the haunting ‘for you who are the wronged’ (2022), a powerful reckoning with abuse in all its forms.
Now, Kathryn embarks on a new chapter with her fourth album, ‘WE WERE MADE PREY’. Recorded in the remote Black Bay Studio on the Isle of Lewis, the album explores the collision of want and loss, self-fulfillment and shame, embracing a newfound intensity—bigger, angrier, and full of want.
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