John Peel's Sounds of the Suburbs

South Wales (1x3)

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John Peel continues his musical foray in the valleys of South Wales. He visits Rockaway Records in Newport, where he talks with the proprietor Simon Phillips about the local music scene. Also in Newport he talks with Richard Parfitt and Mike Cole of the group 60 Foot Dolls about the economic situation in Wales. In the Welsh hillsides he meets artist and singer-songwiter Lucie Chivers, who talks about the influence of landscape on her work. In Cwmaman, he meets Jason Knott the frontman of the group Reviver Gene who talks about life in the ex-mining town. Artist David Garner talks about his work, which is made from artifacts salvaged from closed pits and forms a commentary on the resulting unemployment. Electronic musician Richard Thomas talks to John about his approach to ambient sound. The programme ends with John Peel attending a performance by Reviver Gene at the TJ's venue in Newport.