CHARLOTTE CHURCH has sung for her queen, our president and even the pope. So the biggest question left for the littlest soprano was: Is she ready to solo in New York City? Last night at Lincoln Center ...

The 1983 tune by Dafydd Iwan, a Welsh folk singer, seems to follow the team everywhere. By Andrew Keh The chorus of the song comes crashing down in an irresistible wave. You may not have any clue what ...

The iTunes UK song chart is currently topped by a rather unlikely track: a song by a Welsh folk band which was recorded in 1981 and released in 1983… The song is Yma O Hyd by the decidedly non-famous ...

...the introduction of tonic-solfa...meant that congregations could participate in part-singing at the cymanfa ganu or singing festival. "When they make music together, they sing their songs not in ...

Wales, that curious land of quaint, unpronounceable names, might be best-known in musical circles for choral traditions. Some of the world’s most well-known male choruses are those in Wales, and even ...

When five young musicians from Wales came together to play traditional music almost a decade ago, they settled on the band name Calan for two reasons. First, “calan” is the Welsh word for the start of ...

The Ceredigion Harp Ensemble performed a breathtaking Welsh Medley at the 2025 Music for Youth Proms, showcasing Welsh ...

Wales' "fragile" folk music tradition could "die within a generation" without urgent action, a new report has said. Research commissioned by Arts Council Wales found fewer young people were learning ...

Tafwyl features a variety of artists and musicians and celebrates the Welsh language Tafwyl returns to Cardiff on 13-14 July, with a variety of artists and musicians celebrating the Welsh language.

Dafydd Iwan (born Dafydd Iwan Jones in Brynaman in Carmarthenshire, Wales on 24 August 1943), is a Welsh folk singer and politician. He spent most of his youth in Bala in Merionethshire before ...