Gruff Rhys performs the title track from his new record for Best Fit
Super Furry Animals man Gruff Rhys is one of a few British musicians to have transcended the ‘90s music scene and taken on semi-legendary status.
The 43-year old Welshman returned this year with his four solo record American Interior, a conceptual undertaking on the life of 18th-century explorer John Thomas Evans who produced an early map of the Missouri River. We met Rhys ahead of a six night run at the London’s Soho Theatre for an acoustic take on the album’s title track, which you can watch above.
Rhys has recently announced details of a new London date and an ambitious multi-media tour of Glastonbury Festival - full dates below.
May
26 - Hay Festival
31 - Merthyr Rising
June
13 - Bristol Festival Of Idea
21 - Westonbirt, Gloucester (with Suede)
22 - Dinefwr Literary Festival
27-29 - Glastonbury Festival
July
25– 27 - Port Eliot Festival, Cornwall
26 - Indie Tracks, Derbyshire
August
1 - Castlepalooza Music & Arts Festival, Ireland
29 - Gwyl Gwydir Festival, Llanwrst
30 - End of the Road, Salisbury
September
13 - Long Division Festival, Wakefield
20 - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
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