{"id":16,"date":"2015-02-23T10:53:41","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T10:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kokakola.co.uk\/magazine\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2016-04-30T17:52:17","modified_gmt":"2016-04-30T16:52:17","slug":"home-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/folk.wales\/magazine\/?page_id=16","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the NEW FolkWales Online Magazine!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/folk.wales\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Mick-Magazine-2016.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1050 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/folk.wales\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Mick-Magazine-2016-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/folk.wales\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Mick-Magazine-2016-207x300.jpg 207w, http:\/\/folk.wales\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Mick-Magazine-2016-705x1024.jpg 705w, http:\/\/folk.wales\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Mick-Magazine-2016.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are deliriously delighted and so very\u00a0excited to present to you\u00a0the all-singing, all-dancing <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">NEW<\/span> FolkWales Online Magazine &#8211; it&#8217;s\u00a0packed with posts concerning the Folk Scene that we love so much, centred on the Welsh Nation which is undergoing a cultural renaissance right now.\u00a0Please have a good look at it and tell us what you think, via the email posts placed at your convenience. The beauty of FolkWales Online Magazine is that anyone can contribute &#8211; with\u00a0judicious editing, of course! And we are still\u00a0in the look-out for\u00a0loads of reviews, both &#8216;live&#8217; concerts and CD highlights.<\/p>\n<p>We envisage FolkWales OM as a &#8220;rolling&#8221; updated magazine, with no edition deadline &#8211; and, in fact, with no editions.\u00a0News, articles,\u00a0information and\u00a0opinions\u00a0can be uploaded easily and instantly to create a new interest and keep the cauldron boiling and bubbling.\u00a0Obviously, the emphasis\u00a0will be on Llantrisant Folk Club. but\u00a0we want to invite all\u00a0Welsh performing centres\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0clubs, pubs, arts centres, theatres, festivals and the music world &#8211; to join\u00a0the never-ending dance.<\/p>\n<p>Wales is an exciting, rewarding and beautiful country to live in, and FolkWales OM will focus on events, topics and stories that matter;\u00a0the movers and the shakers, folk development organisations, the traditional and the inspirational musicians living in Wales, an instant all-Wales and the borders Listings Diary of folk and roots events, CD and live reviews from concert halls down to the tiniest of folk clubs, dance and traditional drama in Wales, BBC radio folk personalities &#8211; the list is endless.<\/p>\n<p>FolkWales OM is edited by Mick Tems, Llantrisant Folk Club co-founder and Life President,\u00a0journalist and former Calennig musician, who says: &#8220;FolkWales Online Magazine is reaching around the world, to Australia, New Zealand, America, Canada, Europe &#8211; and Wales, too. I&#8217;m proud to be playing a part of this showcase for the Welsh tradition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks and warm hugs must go to Llantrisant Folk Club membership secretary and committee member Olly Athelstan-Price, FolkWales OM&#8217;s guru, and Creative Industries Manager David Lewis of\u00a0Grew Media, Pontypridd. Our vision is to\u00a0regard Cymraeg, the Welsh language, as an equal partner with English, and we will work towards this welcome outcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">We are deliriously delighted and so very\u00a0excited to present to you\u00a0the all-singing, all-dancing NEW FolkWales Online Magazine &#8211; it&#8217;s\u00a0packed with posts concerning the Folk Scene that we love so much, centred on the Welsh Nation which is undergoing a cultural renaissance right now.\u00a0Please have a good look at it and tell us what you think,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/folk.wales\/magazine\/?page_id=16\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/folk.wales\/magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/folk.wales\/magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/folk.wales\/magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/folk.wales\/magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/folk.wales\/magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/folk.wales\/magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1052,"href":"http:\/\/folk.wales\/magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/1052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/folk.wales\/magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}