If you've been watching the World Cup, you've probably heard a few renditions of Welsh-language folk song Yma o Hyd. Meaning "still here", Dafydd Iwan's tune has become an anthem for Wales football ...
The national anthems of the United States and Wales will have been played, the referee will have blown for kick-off and the Group B fixture at Doha’s Al Rayyan Stadium will be underway. But the music ...
Peredur Webb-Davies works for Bangor University and has received research grant funding in the past from the ESRC and Research Council UK. The Welsh language, Cymraeg, has changed linguistically a lot ...
Wales is a nation released. Regardless of what happens against Iran on Friday morning and England next Tuesday evening, Rob Page’s team have imbued their country with a renewed sense of investment in ...
The song begins with a strummed acoustic guitar, the tinkling of a harp and a metronomic, minor-key melody line that starts low and slowly ascends, like a primordial vapor rising from deep in the ...
A lot has changed in the past year for Dafydd Iwan. These days, people will stop him on the street, shake his hand and tell him how much they love his song. His calendar is fully booked with events, ...
Liam J Edwards wears a pearl necklace and a lemon yellow shirt when we meet. Liam recently went viral on social media for their version of Dafydd Iwan’s 1983 folk anthem, Yma o Hyd. The video itself ...