Wales is the lesser-known/"mysterious" Celtic country, often called the Land of Song. "Singing is a big part of the identity of Wales whether it be in the churches ...

Gwyneth Glyn, a Welsh singer who performs original and folk songs in her native tongue, will perform at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival this year as part of the “One World, Many Voices” program.

While the revival of folk music in Wales can be traced back to the formation of the Welsh Folk Song Society in the early years of the 20th century, the more modern revival began in earnest during the ...

For Alice Whitmore, Welsh bara brith bread reminds her of the Welsh banquets in Waukesha that drew up to 300 people in their heyday. Filipino chakoy reminds Angelica Varona Camara of the plates her ...

Those are the opening notes of an album released this week that has a dark and atmospheric sound and a human voice that seems otherworldly. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "LLIWIAU") SIMON: That's Lisa Jen, ...

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 ...

Gareth Bonello’s latest album sees him excavating his homeland’s folk classics, interpreting each with drowsy, melancholic voice, guitar, cello and piano The Gentle Good is Cardiff-based folk musician ...

Rambling facial hair, open-toed sandals and an acoustic guitar all help create the image of the lovable folk fan. Saima Razzaq dispels the myth. The caricature of the grizzled, hippy-ish music fan can ...

When he left Cardiff for Chengdu, Gareth Bonello was determined to blend Welsh folk music with traditional Chinese sounds. Here The Gentle Good frontman tells Nathan Bevan about the difficulties in ...

Folk singer revives music believed to have been rejected by hymn book committees, after she found recordings in archive A trove of Welsh hymns believed to have been “cancelled” by all-male committees ...