Al Lewis

Al Lewis’s latest album 'Fifteen Years' examines the universal themes of grief and healing through Lewis’s own experience of finally beginning to come to terms with the loss of his father while hoping to help others in similar situations.

“Celtic-influenced folk songs with a slight Nashville feel which gently creep into our consciousness..” Rolling Stone (7/10)

“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)

He 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 and the Welsh Folk Awards (for his single 'The Farmhouse'). His albums have all spent multiple weeks at #1 on the Welsh language charts. He has also 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.

Al’s 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 album 'Te yn y Grug' (Tea in the Heather) was a concept choral-folk piece written initially for a musical of the same name that was performed at a sold-out concert at the 2019 Welsh National Eisteddfod. Al would later tour this album, collaborating with various choirs from across Wales.