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This last week has been more than a little mind-blowing for me. I've been fortunate enough to visit the East coast of the States with one of my favourite bands, The Joy Formidable. I won't recap on the details; there are far too many of them, for a start.

This week's show - live from WGBH in Boston - reflects many aspects of the experience. There is a tour blog I assiduously recorded every day - despite varying levels of lack of sleep and blood alcohol, and an interview with the band.

There's more about my experience with the band here. Much, much more!

Feeling all ambassadorial, the music is a selection of my favourite Welsh tracks of the last year, or so. Not definitely all of them, but a fine selection nonetheless.

Elsewhere, Huw Williams celebrates Wales' most musically influential ex-pat, John Cale.

Send demos/new releases etc. as a download link/mp3 to themysterytour@gmail.com

Many thanks/diolch o galon.

- 'Cradle'
Mold

- 'Gouge Away'
Boston, U. S.

- 'Puts Me To Work'
Penboyr

- 'If We Were Words (we Would Rhyme)'
Bethesda

- 'Joy Formidable Toy Diary - Day 1 (new York)'
Mold

- 'A Heavy Abacus'
Mold

- 'Treehouse ( E. P. Version )'
Llanrug

- 'Pressure'
Penarth

- 'The Snap Featuring Mudmowth, Rtkal & Ruffstylz ( Radio Edit )'
Cardiff

- 'Flux'
Hebron, Pembrokeshire

JOHN CALE - 'Big Apple Express ( Excerpt )'
Garnant

HUW WILLIAMS - 'Spoken Contribution'
Swansea

JOHN CALE - 'Ghost Story'
Garnant

- 'Joy Formidable Toy Diary - Day 2 (new York)'
Mold

- 'The Magnifying Glass ( Radio Edit )'
Mold

- 'Polymers Are Forever'
Cardiff

- 'Miami Spider ( Ponciau Edit )'
Wrexham

- 'Joy Formidable Toy Diary - Day 3 ( New York )'
Mold

- 'Austere (single Version)'
Mold

- 'Never Thought I'd See The Day'
Cardiff

- 'Love At Arm's Length ( Live )'
Cardiff

- 'No One's Ever Gonna Leave You ( Live )'
Cardiff

- 'Loyal To The Cause ( Live )'
Cardiff

- 'Interrupt ( Live )'
Cardiff

- 'Joy Formidable Toy Diary - Day 4 ( Philadelphia )'
Mold

- 'The Greatest Light Is The Greatest Shade'
Mold

- 'U. S. Tour Interview Pt. 1'
Mold

- 'Maruyama'
Mold

- 'U. S. Tour Interview Pt. 2'
Mold

- 'I Don't Want To See You Like This'
Mold

- 'Chwech'
Gwynedd

- 'Breast Fed'
Llanfairfechan

- 'Sunset'
Swansea

- 'Battleships Feat. Abigail Wyles'
Swansea

- 'Entwined Pines'
Cardiff

SUE DENIM - 'Brewster Mccloud'
Bangor

- 'Joy Formidable Toy Diary - Day 5 ( Boston )'
Mold

- 'Whirring ( Edit )'
Mold

- 'Bones'
Aberystwyth / Cardiff