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 and inspired by the energy and attitude of the student… Candelas – Rhedeg i Paris
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 since the miners’ strike; it’s time we stopped grumbling and… Striking Miners, Dragons and Floating Castles
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 part of that crackpot minority who think Wales should be… Mr Phormula – Minority
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 – as far as the eye can see. But up… Gwenno Saunders: This is Cymru Calling
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 – and no Jools Holland. Colorama are about to release a… Carwyn Ellis & Debademba – Pan Ddaw’r Nos
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 was a place of debates and marches; of strikes and… Rhys Mwyn: Go Ahead, Punk
[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 Wales should aspire to be – an unstoppable force, running… Genod Droog – Breuddwyd Oer
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 and everything feels a bit weird and distant and…your kebab… Joe Goddard – Taking Over
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 fought for; something he speaks from experience on. Despite being… Meredydd Evans: The Man Don’t Give a Folk
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 MC Sleifar, aka Steffan Cravos. But by the time it… Welsh Rappers: The Maida Vale Session
Background It should have been over for Llwybr Llaethog – the moment they chose that name. It was done as a bit of a laugh – because it’s so tricky to say. And when you’re… Llwybr Llaethog: The Welsh Wubba Dubbers
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 teach kids about colours and numbers and mundane stuff; Y… Y Gelli: Tune In, Space Out
There comes a time when you have to say – enough is enough. When things have gone too far; when somebody needs to make a stand. And by sending their workmen to smash down a… Newport is Dead, Long Live Newport
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 remaining almost completely unknown to non-Welsh speakers. They’re a duo… Dau Cefn – Cariad
There are many good reasons to learn Welsh – but the music of Datblygu is the best one. Because when the ancient Celts were sat around on stones and inventing the language, some 2,000 years… David R Edwards: The No Holds Bard
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 psychotic attempts to drum up ‘royal fever’. A Government finding… Cian Ciarán: Protest, Riot, Make Art
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. Here’s a description of the group’s short but eventful life… The Legend of Kärnarvøn Kästle
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 it for free from their Facebook page here. Twitter is:… Y Reu – Symud Ymlaen
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 a makeshift hammock outside Poundland. Or why somebody’s just jammed… The Bizarre World of Welsh Bin Dipping Artist
A brilliant fan made video for a tune by Cardiff band Future of the Left. Band’s Facebook page here.