Musicians in Wales have today started a three-day protest against the "pitiful" sums of money being paid by the BBC for airing music on Radio Cymru. As many as 450 musicians, composers, folk singers ...

There is no reason Welsh language songs can't be the next Gangnam Style, says a BBC radio DJ and presenter. Welsh language music has evolved and expanded across genres over the years, breaking the ...

A celebration of three centuries of Welsh heritage in Philadelphia is coming to the city August 27 through September 4 during the inaugural Philadelphia Welsh Week. The festival, hosted by the North ...

Don Leisure has won the Welsh Music Prize for his album Tyrchu Sain. The Cardiff-based producer picked up the £10,000 prize for the best album at the event held at the Wales Millennium Centre on ...

The music of Wales grew up around the coal pits, the steel mills and the churches. It's a thriving tradition today in a nation known for singing. "The perception is that everyone sings," says John ...

We're noting the Welsh holiday St. David's Day with Welsh singer and harpist Sian (SHAHN, rhymes with John) James, who sings and plays a setting of the poem, Under Milkwood, by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas ...

Future of the Left have been awarded the second annual Welsh Music prize. The post-hardcore four-piece picked up the prize, which celebrates music by Welsh musicians or of Welsh origin, for their ...

When Celtic singer and songwriter Mali Hâf wrote “Llais,” which means “voice” in Welsh, she wasn’t in the best mood. “I often turn to songwriting when I feel like that, but this time, I thought ‘What ...

His Welsh language reggae music is “rooted deep in peace and positive vibes” with memorable melodies. Morgan Elwy quit his job as a physics teacher to create music in the hope his “quality tunes” will ...

Two Welsh musicians have been nominated for the coveted BBC Jazz Awards. Karen Price catches up with Ian Shaw and Gwilym Simcock. Another man who knows all about writing is jazz pianist Gwilym Simcock ...