BlackSabbath,Queen,TheStoneRoses,Oasis,Coldplay,SimpleMinds,RobertPlantandManicStreetPreachersaresomeofthegreatestbandsandmusiciansofourtime,butwhatistheonethingthesetitansofmusichaveincommon? ThisfilmtellstheunlikelytaleofhowtwoWelshfarmingbrothersturnedtheirdairyfarmintooneofthemostsuccessfulrecordingstudiosofalltime,producingfourdecadesoflegendaryrockmusic.It’swhereQueenrecordedtheirseminalBohemianRhapsody,featuredintheHollywoodblockbusterofthesamename.ButRockfield’sownstoryhasneverbeentolduntilnow. Fiftyyearsago,deepintheWelshcountryside,brothersKingsleyandCharlesWardwerestartingoutinthefamilydairyfarmingbusiness.Buttheyyearnedtodosomethingdifferent–theywantedtomakemusic.Sotheybuiltastudiointheatticoftheirfarmhouseandstartedrecordingwiththeirfriends.Kingsley’snewwifeAnnleftherjobinthelocalbanktodothebooks,andtheycontinuedfarmingallthewhile.Animalswerekickedoutofbarnstomakewayforrecordingequipment,andmusiciansweremovedintoNan’ssparebedroom.Inadvertently,they’dlaunchedtheworld’sfirstindependentresidentialrecordingstudio. Rockfield’sreputationspreadlikewildfire,quicklygarneringinternationalacclaim.FromBlackSabbath,HawkwindandQueen,toSimpleMinds,IggyPopandRobertPlant,andlaterOasis,TheStoneRoses,TheCharlatans,ManicStreetPreachersandColdplay-anunbelievablerollcallofartistshavemademusicandmayhematRockfield. Legendarymusiciansgiveustheirawe-inspiringRockfieldstories-sharingwithusthehighs,lowsandmagicalmomentsthatcreatedsometheworld’sbest-knownandlovedsongsofourtimes-fromWonderwalltoYellow. Innovativelytoldthrougharchive,animationandpersonal interviews,Rockfield:TheStudioontheFarmisanextraordinarystoryofrockandrolldreamsintertwinedwithafamilybusiness’sstruggleforsurvivalinthefaceofanever-changingmusiclandscape.Amazingly,KingsleyWardandhiswifeAnn,nowintheir80s,arestillatthehelmtoday,withdaughterLisa'frontofhouse'. ThefilmisthedebutdocumentaryfeaturefromdirectorHannahBerryman,producedbyCatrynRamasutfromaward-winningWelshproductioncompanyieieProductions.
