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Western Telegraph
13-05-2025
- Business
- Western Telegraph
Pembrokeshire woman wins marine energy sector award
Hayley Williams, Pembrokeshire College's curriculum development manager, was announced as the winner of the second-ever Ysbryd Y Môr award at the annual Marine Energy Wales conference in Cardiff. Accepting her award at the conference's networking dinner at the Parkgate Hotel, Ms Williams said: "When it comes to good projects and trying to inspire people, I don't do this on my own, I rely heavily on many others: Arwyn Williams and Kadi Berry of Pembrokeshire College, the lovely Holly Skyrme from PCF, and the rest of you guys. "Thank you very much." Ms Williams has been instrumental in launching initiatives such as the Destination Renewables programme and the Maritime Pre-Cadetship during her time at Pembrokeshire College. She is also credited for the creation of the SPARC Alliance, established to tackle the issue of the gender disparity in STEM and energy sectors. A colleague said of her work: "When she stepped into her curriculum development role, it was completely new. "New for the college, and new for her. "But she shaped it from the ground up, drawing on her experience in international education and marketing. "Because of that, she's not just building courses – she's building futures. "For the students of Pembrokeshire, and for the renewable sector as a whole." The SPARC Alliance had significant impacts in its first year. A total of 172 female learners signed up, and more than 880 students across seven secondary schools in Pembrokeshire have engaged in the initiative, securing real-world exposure to industries they might never have considered. The Destination Renewables project she spearheaded is a two-year programme that connects 16-18-year-olds with Wales's green energy sector whilst the Maritime Pre-Cadetship is an initiative that projects pathways into blue careers. Tom Hill, programme manager at Marine Energy Wales, said: "Hayley's passion and persistence to help carve new paths for the industry is truly inspirational to us all at MEW. "Her unwavering efforts and achievements, and what she's made possible for so many others is quietly, steadily and powerfully shaping the future of our sector. "We want to recognise that spark, that courage to say yes, and that ability to bring people together to make the impossible seem quite normal, actually." After working in advertising in London, Ms Williams returned to Wales, originally working in marketing and recruitment before moving into a curriculum development role. Now recognised with the Ysbryd Y Môr award, a testament to her dedication to Wales's marine energy sector, she continues to innovate and impact the sector positively.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Miley Cyrus cries over a doomed relationship this New Music Friday
Columbia Records and Live Nation present a Miley Cyrus and XYZ Films Production Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus Another week, another batch of new songs from our favorite LGBTQ+ (and adjacent) musicians to add to your playlists! Miley Cyrus continues her new album rollout with "More to Lose," David Archuleta enters his flirty era on "Can I Call You," singer-songwriter Jake Wesley Rogers is ready to sing "In The Key Of Love" on his debut album, and Kali Uchis releases her sixth studio album Sincerely. And the collabs are stacked this week! Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams teamed up with Moses Sumney for "I Like It I Like It," Halsey and Amy Lee combine their powers for the Ballerina soundtrack, Doechii joins The Weeknd and Playboi Carti on a remix of "Timeless," and UMI and 6LACK face some "HARD TRUTHS" on their new R&B track. Scroll through to listen to this week's best new bops, and follow this writer's New Music Friday playlist on Spotify. Miley Cyrus is otherworldly in her ethereal new ballad "More to Lose." Time to accept some hard truths with UMI and 6LACK's steamy new R&B track. Kali Uchis channels Old Hollywood in the morose music video for "All I Can Say." Jake Wesley Rogers's debut album has arrived, and "Happy Accidents" is just one of the stellar songs on In The Key of Love. Moses Sumney & Hayley Williams - I Like It I Like It [Lyric Video] The duo we didn't know we needed? Moses Sumney and Hayley Williams show off some insane vocals on "I Like It I Like It." Maren Morris realizes she was always "too good for your ass anyway" on her new track. David Archuleta's flirty new track delivers a smooth guitar lick and his sultriest vocals. Halsey and Evanescence frontman Amy Lee revive the 2000s emo rock ballad for the film Ballerina. Rapper Cortisa Star brings the drama on her latest. Kesha joins k-pop group f5ve's for their banger "Sugar Free Venom." Ready to "Sweat"? Add Snow Wife's latest banger to your workout playlists! Latin superstar Karol G released a song to accompany her new Netflix film Tomorrow Was Beautiful. Kesha's latest is an A.G. Cook remix to "YIPEE-KI-YAY." Lord Huron - Looking Back (Official Video) Lord Huron gets nostalgic on their latest single "Looking Back." Boyfriend and Jake Shears are ready to "FIGHT" on their new single. The Weeknd enlists Doechii for his latest remix of "Timeless." It feels illegal to make a song this good, but PinkPantheress did it anyway. Rio Romeo is heaven's most wanted on the playful new track "God's Got Something Out For Me" New pop girl? SAILORR is letting these "BITCHES BREW" on her aesthetic new music video. Fiona Apple says she "observed thousands of court hearings as a courtwatcher," which inspired her latest song "Pretrial ( Let Her Go Home)."
New York Times
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Fiona Apple's Statement About Jailed Mothers, and 8 More New Songs
Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week's most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes) and at Apple Music here, and sign up for The Amplifier, a twice-weekly guide to new and old songs. Fiona Apple, 'Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)' Fiona Apple's first solo single in five years is topical, focused on poor women who are imprisoned before trial and drawing on Apple's time spent as a court watcher. Over a percussive track built on hand drumming, Apple sings about a single mother who can't afford to post bail; by the time her case is dropped, she has lost her home and her family. Her voice is bitterly sympathetic; the video adds stark statistics. Moses Sumney and Hayley Williams, 'I Like It I Like It' Hayley Williams of Paramore joins Mosey Sumney for a song he wrote with a co-producer, Graham Jonson (a.k.a. quickly, quickly) about desire thwarted by its own intensity. 'I turn cactus when we touch,' Sumney moans; 'My lips clutch when you open up,' Williams admits. Deep, loping, stop-start synthesizer lines and a lumpy beat underline both their hesitancy and their obsession; all they can agree on is, 'I like it too much.' Billy Woods and Preservation, 'Waterproof Mascara' The most harrowing track on 'Golliwog,' the new album by the rapper Billy Woods, is 'Waterproof Mascara.' A sobbing woman and an elegiac melody share the foreground of the production, by Preservation, as Woods recalls domestic abuse and suicidal thoughts and tries to numb himself with weed. Like the rest of the album, it's bleak and uncompromising. Kali Uchis, 'Lose My Cool,' 'Sincerely,' the new album by Kali Uchis, is one long, languorous sigh of relief at finding true love, then basking in it. The production luxuriates in relaxed tempos and reverbed guitars in songs like 'Lose My Cool,' a two-part song — slow and slower — that shows off her jazzy side with melodic leaps and airborne crooning. She revels in clinginess: 'Whenever I'm without you babe, it don't feel right,' she coos. Hxppier, 'Aller' Hxppier — the 20-year-old Nigerian songwriter Ukpabi Favor Oru — lets smoldering irritation boil over in 'Aller,' singing, 'I can't right now with your wishes / You try but you lie.' The bass-loving production, by ValNtino, is grounded in an earthy low drumbeat and keeps expanding — with call-and-response voices, ululations, shouts, horns, strings, organ, even a crying baby — as if Hxppier is mustering allies from all sides. Little Feat, 'Dance a Little' Little Feat has every right to celebrate its own longevity, as it does on its new album, 'Strike Up the Band.' Formed in 1969, barely grazing the Top 40 albums through the decades, breaking up and reconvening, the band has persisted through the death of its central singer and guitarist, Lowell George, and many changes since, maintaining its unique fusion of blues, country, funk, New Orleans R&B, gospel, zydeco, jazz and beyond: roots-rock that embraces brilliant tangents. There's a Bo Diddley beat behind the mandolin, accordion and horns of 'Dance a Little,' a rolling, kicking song about traveling, homecoming and seizing the moment. 'Tomorrow is forever, so tonight let's dance together,' it urges, wresting pleasure from mortality. I'm With Her, 'Wild and Clear and Blue' Regrouping after seven years between albums, the string-band supergroup I'm With Her — Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan and Sara Watkins — allowed itself some new studio leeway and guest musicians on its new LP, 'Wild and Clear and Blue.' But the group's essence is still in its close harmonies and delicate picking. The album's title track pays homage to Nanci Griffiths and John Prine and touches on the inevitability of change and loss, listening to a car radio as 'the static is slowly replacing the sounds of my childhood days.' DJ Haram, 'Voyeur' The Brooklyn-based DJ Haram, who collaborates with hip-hop avant-gardists like Moor Mother and Billy Woods and has a regular Monday slot on the Lot Radio, pushes Middle Eastern sounds well into the red with 'Voyeur.' Violin lines wail and slide over programmed beats, hand drums and untraceable distorted sounds. It's relentless in the best way. André 3000, 'And Then One Day You'll …' André 3000 has moved his instrumental experiments from flute to piano for a new EP, '7 Piano Sketches': brief, lo-fi, non-virtuoso keyboard doodles. 'And Then One Day You'll …' hints at Thelonious Monk, punctuating moody, descending chords with shards of whole-tone melody — fragments awaiting further development, or just whims.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Turnstile Unveil New Songs 'Seein' Stars' (Featuring Hayley Williams) and 'Birds': Stream
The post Turnstile Unveil New Songs 'Seein' Stars' (Featuring Hayley Williams) and 'Birds': Stream appeared first on Consequence. Turnstile have released two new songs, 'Seein' Stars' and 'Birds,' from their upcoming album, NEVER ENOUGH, along with a seamless music video for both tracks. The double single showcases the two sides of the band's sound. 'Seein' Stars' is the softer pop song, with guest vocals from some well-known singers — Devonté Hynes (Blood Orange) and Hayley Williams (Paramore) — and a disco-esque guitar riff that conjures up David Bowie's 'Let's Dance.' Get Turnstile Tickets Here Meanwhile, 'Birds' is a two-minute sprint that sees Turnstile in full mosh mode — a reminder they can still dish out some potent hardcore. The accompanying music video, directed by singer Brendan Yates and guitarist Pat McCrory, artfully bridges the disparate tracks like a short film. The clip for 'Seein' Stars' is appropriately more lilting and chill, whereas the 'Birds' portion is an energetic performance video, albeit with some stylized cinematography — particularly during the drum solo that bridges the two songs. We've now heard three singles from NEVER ENOUGH following the release of the title track earlier this month — a Heavy Song of the Week selection. The highly anticipated LP marks Turnstile's first album with new guitarist Meg Mills, with the rest of the lineup rounded out by Yates, McCrory, bassist Franz Lyons, and drummer Daniel Fang. So far, no headlining US tour dates have been announced in support of the album's release, although Turnstile have several European and UK festivals lined up for June, followed by the Ottawa Blues Festival in July and the Aftershock festival in Sacramento in October. Get tickets here. Stream the video for 'Seein' Stars'/'Birds' below. Popular Posts LAPD Releases Body Cam Footage of Shooting Involving Weezer Bassist's Wife Jillian Lauren Katy Perry Goes Viral for Cringe Choreography at "Lifetimes Tour" Kickoff Phish Snubbed by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Despite Winning Fan Vote Jack Black's Minecraft Song "Steve's Lava Chicken" Sets Billboard Record for Shortest Hot 100 Hit Bruno Mars Adds New Dates to His Eternal Las Vegas Residency at Park MGM Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's 2025 Class: The White Stripes, OutKast, Soundgarden & More Subscribe to Consequence's email digest and get the latest breaking news in music, film, and television, tour updates, access to exclusive giveaways, and more straight to your inbox.
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Watch Paramore's Hayley Williams join Deftones to sing Minerva in Nashville
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Paramore's Hayley Williams joined Deftones onstage for a performance of the nu metal-era band's 2003 track Minerva. The frontwoman sang with Chino Moreno and company onstage during their show in Nashville on Wednesday (March 26). Watch the footage below. This isn't the first time Williams has joined Deftones for a song live. In 2010, she sang White Pony favourite Passenger with the band during a show in Luxembourg. Deftones, who released Minerva as the lead single of their self-titled album, stopped at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena as part of their ongoing North American tour with The Mars Volta. They played a career-spanning 20-song setlist including such hits as Change (In The House Of Flies), Hole In The Earth and Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away). Meanwhile, The Mars Volta have reportedly been playing material from an as-yet-unreleased studio album called Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos Del Vacio. According to a recent report by Brooklyn Vegan, the progressive rockers' ninth album will come out on April 11 and is available for preorder. One Reddit user claims to have heard the album after being given Cedric Bixler-Zavala's personal copy by the frontman himself. Deftones and The Mars Volta will tour North America together until April 9. After that, Deftones will head to Europe for a leg of festival slots and headline shows. The tour includes stops at London's 15,000-capacity Crystal Palace Park and The Eden Project in the West Country. They'll also appear at Glastonbury festival. The band are also set to headline two shows at Rogers Stadium in Toronto, Canada, alongside System Of A Down on September 3 and 5. The gigs are part of a larger North American run in August and September. See all of Deftones' upcoming live plans and get tickets via their website. Deftones released their latest album Ohms in 2020 and have been working on a follow-up. In an interview with Billboard Español in December, Moreno said the band's new album will drop in 2025. Paramore released their sixth and latest album, This Is Why, in 2023. The band have no future tour dates set at time of publication.
