Candelas – Rhedeg i Paris
This is Candelas performing Rhedig i Paris at the Tafwyl festival in Cardiff. The song was originally released in 1990 by punk band Yr Anrhefn… Read More »Candelas – Rhedeg i Paris
Culture
Striking Miners, Dragons and Floating Castles
The shutting down of Welsh industry; the ripping apart of communities with no plans to rebuild them – that was bad. But it’s 30 years… Read More »Striking Miners, Dragons and Floating Castles
Mr Phormula – Minority
It’s hard to be Welsh and not a minority. Whether it’s the language you speak. Or not having a furious passion for monarchy. Or being… Read More »Mr Phormula – Minority
Gwenno Saunders: This is Cymru Calling
The Welsh media landscape can be a grey and gloomy place. A place of suffocating blandness. Of sports banter and traffic updates and Jason Mohammads… Read More »Gwenno Saunders: This is Cymru Calling
Carwyn Ellis & Debademba – Pan Ddaw’r Nos
This is Carwyn Ellis from Colorama doing a version of Pan Ddaw’r Nos (When Night Falls) with Parisian African group Debademba. Sounds so good –… Read More »Carwyn Ellis & Debademba – Pan Ddaw’r Nos
Rhys Mwyn: Go Ahead, Punk
Back in the C19th, Wales was a gobby country. It was a place known for its activism; where radical groups were challenging the establishment. It… Read More »Rhys Mwyn: Go Ahead, Punk
Genod Droog – Breuddwyd Oer
[x_video_embed type=”16:9″ no_container=”true”][/x_video_embed] If Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones represents what Wales currently is – a grey, gutless and limp country. Then this is what… Read More »Genod Droog – Breuddwyd Oer
Joe Goddard – Taking Over
A classy video, filmed in Cardiff, and directed by Welsh graphic designer Mark James. It captures that dreamy post pub/club vibe when you’re going home… Read More »Joe Goddard – Taking Over
Meredydd Evans: The Man Don’t Give a Folk
This is Welsh folk historian and singer Meredydd Evans talking about language and culture. He talks about how identity is something that needs to be… Read More »Meredydd Evans: The Man Don’t Give a Folk
Welsh Rappers: The Maida Vale Session
This is from one of the last sessions recorded for John Peel. It was arranged in 2004 and originally meant to be for Welsh rapper… Read More »Welsh Rappers: The Maida Vale Session
Llwybr Llaethog: The Welsh Wubba Dubbers
Background It should have been over for Llwybr Llaethog – the moment they chose that name. It was done as a bit of a laugh… Read More »Llwybr Llaethog: The Welsh Wubba Dubbers
Y Gelli: Tune In, Space Out
This is a sequence from the greatest ever show for pre-school Welsh stoners – Y Gelli on S4C. While some programmes may be happy to… Read More »Y Gelli: Tune In, Space Out
Newport is Dead, Long Live Newport
There comes a time when you have to say – enough is enough. When things have gone too far; when somebody needs to make a… Read More »Newport is Dead, Long Live Newport
Dau Cefn – Cariad
It’s testament to the divided culture of Wales that Dau Cefn can have been creating beautiful music like this for the past 15 years whilst… Read More »Dau Cefn – Cariad
David R Edwards: The No Holds Bard
There are many good reasons to learn Welsh – but the music of Datblygu is the best one. Because when the ancient Celts were sat… Read More »David R Edwards: The No Holds Bard
Cian Ciarán: Protest, Riot, Make Art
Background The UK is a mad place – and getting madder by the day. Government vans driving around, telling immigrants to ‘Go home’. The media’s… Read More »Cian Ciarán: Protest, Riot, Make Art
The Legend of Kärnarvøn Kästle
What you’re seeing here is the brief moment in human history when Bangor band Kärnarvøn Kästle was, quite possibly, the greatest thing in the world.… Read More »The Legend of Kärnarvøn Kästle
Y Reu – Symud Ymlaen
This is Dyffryn Nantlle band Y Reu with one of those tunes which plants itself in your head and refuses to leave. You can download… Read More »Y Reu – Symud Ymlaen
The Bizarre World of Welsh Bin Dipping Artist
If you’ve ever been wandering around Wrexham and wondered why a bloke has planted himself inside a bin. Or why somebody’s having a kip in… Read More »The Bizarre World of Welsh Bin Dipping Artist
Future of the Left – Failed Olympic Bid
A brilliant fan made video for a tune by Cardiff band Future of the Left. Band’s Facebook page here.