In conversation with

S Mark Gubb

From a Prince to a Cross-dressing Wrestler: A Punk Rock Odyssey in Florida

Join Cardiff-based artist and musician, S Mark Gubb, as he takes us on a musical and historical journey through Pensacola, Florida, and its connections with Wales – from an ancient Prince to a cross-dressing wrestler.

This summer, Mark was artist-in-residence with The 309 Punk Project in Pensacola. Whilst there, he wrote and recorded an EP of songs with local musicians, breathing new life and visibility into the connections he uncovered.

The 309 Punk Project is an organisation based in the one of the longest-surviving punk houses in the southern American States, having been home to a revolving door of musicians, artists, activists, and gigs, for over 30 years.

In this one-off sharing event and listening party, Mark will talk about his time in Pensacola, the bizarre range of Welsh connections to the city, and play the songs from the EP he recorded whilst there, recently released across all digital streaming platforms by THURST Records.

(Mark’s residency in Pensacola was made possible by an International Opportunities Grant from Wales Arts International.)

This event is sponsored by Cardiff Music City festival

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Mewn sgwrs gyda S Mark Gubb

O Dywysog i Reslwr Croeswisgo: Odyssey Punk Rock yn Fflorida

Ymunwch â’r artist a’r cerddor o Gaerdydd, S Mark Gubb, wrth iddo fynd â ni ar daith gerddorol a hanesyddol drwy Bensacola, Fflorida, a’i chysylltiadau â Chymru – o Dywysog hynafol i reslwr croeswisgo.

Yr haf hwn, roedd Mark yn artist preswyl gyda The 309 Punk Project ym Mhensacola. Tra yno, ysgrifennodd a recordiodd EP o ganeuon gyda cherddorion lleol, gan roi bywyd newydd ac amlygrwydd i’r cysylltiadau a ddatgelodd.

Mae The 309 Punk Project yn sefydliad sydd wedi’i leoli yn un o’r tai pync sydd wedi goroesi hiraf yn nhaleithiau’r de yr UDA, ar ôl bod yn gartref i ddrws troi o gerddorion, artistiaid, actifyddion a gigs ers dros 30 mlynedd.

Yn y digwyddiad rhannu a pharti gwrando untro hwn, bydd Mark yn siarad am ei amser ym Mhensacola, yr amrywiaeth rhyfedd o gysylltiadau Cymreig â’r ddinas, ac yn chwarae’r caneuon o’r EP a recordiodd tra yno, a ryddhawyd yn ddiweddar ar draws yr holl lwyfannau ffrydio digidol gan Cofnodion THURST.

(Gwnaed preswyliad Mark ym Mhensacola yn bosibl diolch i Grant Cyfleoedd Rhyngwladol gan Gelfyddydau Rhyngwladol Cymru.)

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