Wales Road



ABOUT WALES ROAD

Tommy Wales is a prolific recording artist from Rochester, NY. He is the frontman of the indie rock band WaLeS RoaD, capably handing vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, harmonica and songwriting duties. Steve Rousseau (bass & keyboards) and Skip Cleveland (drums & percussion) round out this energetic trio.


Wales Road have been impressing Western New York music fans for years, playing clubs, colleges and festivals with zeal. Wales Road has peformed at venues as diverse as Roberts Wesleyan College, Milestones (opening for The White Devils ), The Bug Jar (opening for the Lobster Quadrille for ‘The Heaven and Hell Show’), Beale Street Cafe (opening for Gordon Munding), Montage Music Hall, Richmonds Bar & Grill, The Penny Arcade, Seabreeze, Impact Theatre, The Sons of God Motorcycle Club, The Open Door Mission ,The House of Guitars and Record Archive.

Frank De Blasé, Music Editor of CITY describes the music of Wales Road as “...riff loaded heavy rock, power ballads, pop-esque ditties and even a little blues...” in the featured cover story: “Rock’n’Roll Soul: The Wales Road To Heaven”   (CITY, March 10,2004).

L. David Wheeler of The Daily Messenger pens in his CD review of Rock'n'Roll Dizzy Man: "...Wales Road maintains a high standard of musicianship and and lyrical development, much like Phil Keaggy, Jars of Clay, The 77's and REZ."

Wales Road albums listed in Free Time’s Top 10 Indie Albums

four years in row:

BLuR in 2004

Praying Mantis in 2005

Snake Hisses and Judas Kisses in 2006

& Rock Dove in 2008.

Wales Road's metal song ‘Your Words Are Killing Me’ received radio airplay on 'The Calvary Satellite Network'(over 300 radio stations nationwide).  

Wales tunes such as 'Take My Life', 'Love Shuffle', 'Have Mercy' receive radio airplay on ‘The Sunday Night Shake Down’ (WBZA 98.9 The Buzz). Tommy was a guest performer 2X on ‘Unsigned Talent / The Breakfast Buzz with Kimberly & Beck’.

Wales Road charted two number 1 singles ('Glimpses' & 'Candleshine')and two number 2 singles ('Pretty Obvious' & 'Blessed Hope') on the Independent Christian Rock Radio Charts

('Uncle Samoo's Zoo'- WITR 89. 7 FM)

 Wales Road was the featured artist 2X on 'The Family Life Network' with the acoustic singles 'Hear My Prayer' and 'Go On (In You)'.

Tommy was also interviewed & featured on 'The Mars Hill Network'.

 The band performed their acoustic blues staples 'Hand Me Down Blues''Have Mercy' on the cable access program ‘The Music Show’, which aired in Monroe, Livingston, Cayuga, Seneca, Ontario, Wayne and Yates Counties.


Wales Road  is currently booking shows in support of their new EP Beyond The Shadow Of A Doubt,recorded & engineered by Mike Muscarella at B.O.T.W Recording Studios in Canandaigua, NY

 

 

For rock’n’roll infolkmation contact

walesroad@yahoo.com



 

 


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WALES ROAD MUSIC

Spun Records

Mercy Cry


Ricochet

Snake Hisses

Praying Mantis

Cowkickers

BLuR

RRDM

Candleshine

Fretnot
Spun Records


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