Al Lewis
“Celtic-influenced folk songs with a slight Nashville feel which gently creep into our consciousness”
Al Lewis, is a bilingual singer/songwriter from Wales.
His most recent album 'Fifteen Years' received significant airplay and widespread critical acclaim across the BBC network and from stations and publications across Europe and the US.
“This is a lovely album – incredibly personal, but all the more effective for it – passionate and cathartic songs which move and inspire in equal measures.” Americana UK (7/10)
"A collection rich with folk rock passion, a stairway to catharsis.” MOJO (4/5)
It examined the universal themes of grief and healing through his own experience of finally beginning to come to terms with the loss of his father while hoping to help others in similar situations.
Al has released multiple albums, won Best Song + Album at the UK Americana Awards (as part of Lewis & Leigh) been nominated for the Welsh Music Prize, Welsh Language Album of the Year and the Welsh Folk Awards (for his seminal single 'The Farmhouse').
His albums have all spent multiple weeks at #1 on the Welsh language charts.
Al has performed at iconic events such as Glastonbury Festival, Nashville's Americana Music Festival, the Philadelphia Folk Festival, Lorient Festival (Brittany) and Celtic Connections in Glasgow. His single based upon the Dylan Thomas story, ‘A Child’s Christmas in Wales’ was the first song sung partly in Welsh to make it onto the BBC Radio 2 playlist and has since been covered by artists as varied as Gary Barlow and John Owen Jones.
His 2020 album 'Te yn y Grug' (Tea in the Heather) was a choral-folk concept piece written initially for the musical of the same name and was performed at a sold-out concert at the 2019 Welsh National Eisteddfod.
2025 saw Al complete a hugely successful tour in partnership with Transport for Wales & Visit Wales; visiting towns and cities all along Wales’ stunning rail network.
With 2025 being the 200th anniversary of the modern railway; travelling by rail, Al not only experienced new parts of the country, but also practised a more environmental and social approach to touring to show how musicians can do their bit to help reduce our combined carbon footprint. See more here
Al Lewis headlines St Mary’s Church on Saturday 28 March. Full schedule coming soon.