Welsh Music Podcast | Podlediad Miwsig Cymreig

To celebrate the release of Neil's new book, International Velvet: How Wales Conquered The '90s Charts out 25th July on Calon Books, Neil and James talk all things 90s.

Featuring Catatonia – International Velvet.

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Buy the book: https://www.uwp.co.uk/book/international-velvet/

International Velvet Tour!

Book Launch: Cardiff Waterstones - Tues 30 July, 7pm

Swansea Waterstones - Weds 31 July, 6pm

CWRW, Carmarthen - Thurs 12 Sept, 7pm (FREE!)

Tyddyn Street Arts Centre, Mold - Sat 14 Sept, 7pm

Storyville, Pontypridd - Sat 19 October, 6.30pm

Full details: https://linktr.ee/neilcollins123

To celebrate Dydd Miwsig Cymru, Neil and James share their top 10 favourite Welsh language albums.

Featuring Izzy Rabey – Gwaed.

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Following the release of his book Brittle with Relics: A History of Wales, 1962–97 we talk to author Richard King about his oral history and the importance of music during that time.

He also talks about founding the Bristol-based record label Planet Records before moving to London to work for Domino Records.

Richard chose the Gorky's Zygotic Mycnci 2007 album Bwyd Time as his favourite Welsh album and inducts it in to the Welsh Music Hall of Fame.

Featuring Sage Todz – Rownd a Rownd.

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With no guest this week, Neil and James talk about the latest news in Welsh music.

Featuring Armstrong – Disinformation

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To coincide with the 30th anniversary of the release of Manic Street Preachers' ambitious debut album, we talk to Terri Hall who chose Generation Terrorists as her favourite Welsh album and inducts it in to the Welsh Music Hall of Fame.

She also talks about her career working alongside some of the biggest names in music, how she and her late husband shared their home with the Manics in their early days as well as the heartbreaking period surrounding Richey's disappearance.

Featuring Himalayas – Thank God I'm Not You.

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As part of Dydd Miwsig Cymru, we talk to Pat Morgan - one half of the legendary Welsh language band Datblygu - who talks about growing up in a vicarage, starting a pop group with her sister before moving away to university and feeling like she lost her Welsh.

She also talks about being introduced to Datblygu's music before joining them with a shared frustration at the state of Welsh language music and wanting things that held a mirror of the welsh life they knew.

Pat also chose Swci Boscawen's 2007 debut album Couture C'ching as her favourite Welsh album and inducts it in to the Welsh Music Hall of Fame.

Featuring Tacsidermi & Sister Wives – A Oes Heddwch.

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We talk to Lucy Squire, head of music and sound at University of South Wales, who also ran the legendary Cardiff record shop and label, Catapult.

Lucy talks about growing up in England, moving to Wales, setting up Catapult before moving into education.

Featuring new music from Adwaith, who recently covered Super Furry Animals' Demons for Corona Logic, a compilation album of Furries songs covered by Welsh musicians.

Corona Logic, featuring artwork by Pete Fowler, is completely free to download but It’s completely free to stream and download, but we strongly encourage you, if you have the means, to donate to Llamau whose mission is to eradicate homelessness for young people and vulnerable women.

Please donate here referencing ’SFA’: www.llamau.org.uk

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We talk to novelist and podcaster Llwyd Owen in his 'shed' about his contribution to Welsh language culture including his award-winning novels, hilarious podcast 'Does Dim Gaer Cymraeg Am Random', the Welsh Music Prize-nominated collaboration with Yr Ods and the growing Welsh independence movement.

Featuring new music from Eädyth, Cait (from Mawpit) and Foxxglove.

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As part of Dydd Miwsig Cymru, we talk to musician Laura Nunez aka She's Got Spies about learning Welsh due to her obsession with Welsh language bands, despite being brought up in London which led to her moving to Wales and producing her debut album Wedi in the Welsh language.

Laura also chooses Gorky's Zygotic Mynci 1994 classic Tatay as her favourite Welsh album and inducts it in to the Welsh Music Hall of Fame.

Featuring El Goodo's Fi'n Flin, their first Welsh language track taken from their latest album Zombie.

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We talk to Welsh music icon Mark Roberts about his time in seminal Welsh bands like Cyrff, Catatonia and his solo project MR.

Featuring new music from She's Got Spies.

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