13.05.2012 MORE NEW ALBUM REVIEWS
To read new reviews click here
30.04.2012 BAND UPDATE
“..What an incredibly busy few weeks we’ve all had! Since we last posted to you all we have....” more...
24.04.2012 NEW ALBUM AND CONCERT REVIEWS
To read new reviews click here
09.04.2012 NEW ALBUM “PWNCO” RELEASED TODAY.
The album is distributed by Proper Music Distribution and will be available from all good online retailers and from this website. Click here
02.04.2012 PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW ALBUM “PWNCO” FROM THIS WEBSITE NOW.
To be released on the 09 April 2012. Click here
13.02.2012 ST DAVIDS DAY PARADE
“...Allan Yn Y Fan to perform at the St Davids Day parade, 11:30, 1st March 2012, at the Band Stand, The Hayes, Cardiff...”
23.01.2012 First Concert Of 2012 To Benefit Tredegar House Folk Festival!!
“...Allan Yn Y Fan is delighted to announce that their first concert appearance of 2012 in Wales will be on Saturday 25th February, at the Morgan Rooms of Tredegar House Newport, as a benefit for the Tredegar House Folk Festival.....” more...
12.01.2012 NEW YEAR, NEW ALBUM, NEW TOUR!!
“...Allan Yn Y Fan spent the last weeks of 2011 putting the finishing touches to their latest album, their fourth, entitled “Pwnco” which will be released on Steam Pie Records in early April...To accompany the release of “Pwnco”, Allan Yn Y Fan will be undertaking a 12 date tour of England and Wales - thanks to the support of an Arts Council of Wales grant....” more...
17.12.2011 CHRISTMAS NEWSLETTER 2011
“...happily ensconced in the warm indoors while outside the tops of my mountains are white and pausing, briefly, to reflect on what has been an amazing year for Allan Yn Y Fan...” more...
JOINT CONCERT WITH FRIBO THURSDAY 1st DECEMBER
“..Fresh from their eight dates supporting Max Boyce Allan Yn Y Fan is delighted to be sharing the concert stage with their musical friends FRIBO — nominated in this year’s Scottish Trad Music Awards for Best Album for “Happ” released in March this year.....” more...
02.11.2011 TALES FROM THE ROAD WITH THE LEGENDARY MAX BOYCE
“..So here we are basking the glow of an hour’s extra daylight in the early morning, the month of October done and dusted and Allan Yn Y Fan has completed its 8 dates supporting Max Boyce. What an experience it was — for us and Max and his crew too!!....” more...
11.09.2011 ANNOUNCEMENT
Allan Yn Y Fan is delighted to announce that they will be appearing as the special guests of Welsh entertainment legend MAX BOYCE for a string of dates in Wales and England this Autumn.
13.08.2011 SUMMER NEWSLETTER 2011
“..we thoroughly enjoyed our spring tour dates which took us to venues new for AYYF such as Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan; Trowbridge’s legendary Village Pump FC and the gorgeous Savoy Theatre in Monmouth. Plus it was great, as usual to play home ground in the shape of the Borough Theatre Abergavenny and Blackwood Miner’s Institute. It was lovely to meet people coming to hear our music for the first time, and to welcome some good folks who turn out whenever we hit the road — we thank you all for making all the nights really enjoyable....” more...
14.05.2011 LLE ARALL ALBUM REVIEW (fROOTS Magazine)
“..The rate at which Allan Yn Y Fan have gone from being just another instrumental Celtic outfit to front-runners is nothing short of astonishing...” more...
09.04.2011 SPRING TOUR
The Spring Tour is now over. Thank you to all those people who came to the concerts, and a big thank you to the venues and their staff during the concerts.
19.02.2011 ON THE ROAD AGAIN
We are still basking in the acclaim of a packed audience in Chichester’s Festival Theatre last Saturday 12th February — two Welsh victories on the same day!.... more...
13.12.2010 CHRISTMAS NEWSLETTER 2010
Here we are nearly at the year end — and what a year it has been for Allan Yn Y Fan. It started with rehearsals and recording for the Home Ground tour and the Lle Arall EP and has ended with our plans for the Spring Tour 2011 established... more...
13.12.2010 SEASONAL SALE
Buy a TROSNANT album and get 50% off BELONGING and/or OFF THE MAP albums... Click here...
19.10.2010 CONCERT WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
12th November 2010 at 8p.m. with special guests from Scotland Rachel Hair & Jenn Butterworth. Venue LIBANUS PRIMARY SCHOOL, LIBANUS ROAD, BLACKWOOD... more...
28.09.2010 ALBUM REVIEWS
Click here for more album reviews...
13.08.2010 TOURS ARE US!
Sorry folks — perennial scribe here trying to resume normal service! I can’t believe that nearly 4 months have flown by since our last posting — anybody would think we didn’t have anything to report!... more...
18.04.2010 READ ALL ABOUT US!
Allan Yn Y Fan is currently featured in the UK’s two major Folk/Roots/World music magazines R2 (formerly Rock’n’Reel) and fROOTS... more...
01.03.2010 NEW ALBUM "LLE ARALL/ANOTHER PLACE" ON SALE FROM WEBSITE
Click here
18.02.2010 NEW ALBUM "LLE ARALL/ANOTHER PLACE" RELEASE ON 1st MARCH
Steam Pie Records is delighted to announce the release on 1st March (St.David’s Day - naturally!) of a new 5 track CD (SPCD 1014S) showcasing the musical partnership between Allan Yn Y Fan and leading Welsh Celtic harpist Delyth Jenkins.....
more...
16.02.2010
‘HOME GROUND’ TOUR
Allan yn y Fan, one of Wales’ leading Celtic folk groups are getting in their van and on the road, and as they’re inspired en route, they’ll be composing and adding to the traditional music cannon of their ‘home ground’ — Wales..... more...
07.02.2010 HEATH "RUFF" CEILIDH
Allan Yn Y Fan is delighted to be participating in the Heath Public Ceilidh series for 2010, with a performance for South Wales’ longest running public ceilidh at the Recreation Hall of the University Hospital of Wales on Saturday 27th February, commencing at 8.00 p.m.... more...
06.02.2010 WEDDING FAYRE
Are you organising a wedding and not sure what music to have. Come and see the band at the Wedding Fayre, at the Hilton Newport on Sunday 7th February 2010 between 11a.m. and 4:30p.m.
18.12.2009 MORE TROSNANT ALBUM REVIEWS
More 4star reviews for the new album Trosnant in R2 Rock'n'Reel magazine and fRoots magazine... more...
11.11.2009 AUTUMN NEWSLETTER
Suddenly we are in the dark days of November when it doesn’t seem five minutes since we were playing outdoor festival dates - mainly in hot sunshine!... more...
07.10.2009 THE PURE DROP - DANCE FOR LIFE!
With the nation once again gripped by the Strictly Come Dancing series, here is the perfect excuse to vacate the sofa and experience the benefits and delights of dancing, whilst simultaneously providing life’s essential ingredient to those for whom clean drinking water is simply not a given... more...
22.08.2009 AIRPLAY CAMPAIGN
As all of you visiting this website are probably aware we released our new album “Trosnant” on Steam Pie Records at the end of July. It is distributed throughout the UK by Proper Music Distribution. One of the really hard things for the makers of independent music to achieve is coverage and reviews in the general press and airplay on national and regional radio stations... more...
