H. Hawkline

H. Hawkline
Background information
Birth name Huw Gwynfryn Evans
Born (1985-03-15) 15 March 1985[1]
Cardiff, Wales
Genres Indie folk, indie rock, lo-fi, psychedelic rock
Occupation(s) Songwriter, musician, presenter
Instruments Vocals, guitar, bass guitar
Labels Shape Records, Trash Aesthetics, Turnstile, Heavenly Recordings
Associated acts Cate Le Bon, Sweet Baboo, Gruff Rhys, Tim Presley
Website hhawkline.org

Huw Evans (born 15 March 1985), also known as H. Hawkline, is a Welsh singer-songwriter and radio and television presenter, formerly based in Cardiff and now working in Los Angeles. He performs in both English and Welsh.

Life and career

Evans was born in Cardiff and lived in Prestatyn in north-east Wales from the age of 10 until returning to Cardiff at 18.[2] He is the son of TV and radio presenter Hywel Gwynfryn and his wife Anya and has four siblings. He also has two half-siblings from his father's first marriage.[3]

Prior to becoming a full-time musician, Evans presented the S4C music show Bandit with Huw Stephens up to the show's cancellation at the end of 2011. He also presented a weekly radio show on the C2 evening slot on BBC Radio Cymru until summer 2012. In December 2015 he temporarily returned to the station to present a Thursday-night show.[4][5][6]

Hawkline's debut release, the album A Cup of Salt, was put out in 2010 by the Cardiff-based label Shape Records.[7] His second album, The Strange Uses of Ox Gall, was released by the same label in 2011.[8]

He supported Gruff Rhys on tour in 2010 in the UK and Ireland.[4]

Following UK festival gigs and touring, in 2012 Hawkline released a new EP, Black Domino Box, on the Trash Aesthetics label. His Ghouls EP was released in 2013 by Turnstile Records.[9] The same year his songs Cric Yn Y Cymylau and Llenwi appeared on the "Y Record Las" compilation, the second release from the Cardiff label Recordiau Lliwgar.[2][10]

In 2013 Hawkline moved to Los Angeles with his partner Cate Le Bon, and there the two continue to collaborate musically.[11] Stateside, they've also played with White Fence (Tim Presley).

In August 2014 Hawkline was signed to Heavenly Recordings. The label released a free compilation of some of his previous work titled Salt Gall Box Ghouls.[12] His debut album of new material for the label, In the Pink of Condition, was released in February 2015. It was produced by Le Bon. In September 2015, the album was nominated for the 2014-2015 Welsh Music Prize.[13]

Hawkline regularly plays guitar or bass guitar in both Cate Le Bon and Sweet Baboo's live bands and records. His own live band currently consists of Sweet Baboo on guitar (formerly on bass guitar), Guto Pryce on bass and Andy Fung on drums.[11] Hawkline also played bass on Kevin Morby's albums Harlem River, and Still Life. As a solo artist, he supported Foxygen on their 2015 European tour.[14]

Evans is also a graphic designer, and among others designed the artwork for his own releases and for Cate Le Bon's album Me Oh My.[4]

Discography

Solo albums

EPs

Compilations

References

  1. ↑ "H.Hawkline on Twitter".
  2. 1 2 Ian Lloyd-Hughes (29 March 2013). "Review: Y Record Las a little bit of Welsh music heaven". The Daily Post Wales.
  3. ↑ "Yr ifanc a ŵyr? Hywel Gwynfryn a Huw Evans". BBC Cymru Fyw. 3 March 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 Dave Owens (20 January 2011). "TV presenter Huw Evans forges musical career as alter-ego H Hawkline". Wales Online.
  5. ↑ "BBC - Cymru - C2 - Huw Evans - Huw Evans".
  6. ↑ "Huw Evans, C2 - BBC Radio Cymru".
  7. ↑ "hhawkline.com - This website is for sale! - hhawkline Resources and Information.".
  8. ↑ "hhawkline.com - This website is for sale! - hhawkline Resources and Information.".
  9. ↑ "H. Hawkline – "Ghouls" EP – out now". Turnstile. 17 June 2013.
  10. ↑ "Y Record Las, by Recordiau Lliwgar".
  11. 1 2 Craig and Rachel (10 February 2015). "Interview: H Hawkline. An Ear For A Melody". RockShot.co.uk.
  12. ↑ "Announcing our new signing, H. Hawkline and his debut release on Heavenly". Heavenly Recordings. 18 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "Nominees Archives - Welsh Music Prize".
  14. ↑ "H. Hawkline – Recent album release and brand new single Everybody's on the Line". The Listening Post. 23 March 2015.

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