Peredur Webb-Davies works for Bangor University and has received research grant funding in the past from the ESRC and Research Council UK. The Welsh language, Cymraeg, has changed linguistically a lot ...

The national anthems of the United States and Wales will have been played, the referee will have blown for kick-off and the Group B fixture at Doha’s Al Rayyan Stadium will be underway. But the music ...

If you've been watching the World Cup, you've probably heard a few renditions of Welsh-language folk song Yma o Hyd. Meaning "still here", Dafydd Iwan's tune has become an anthem for Wales football ...

The song begins with a strummed acoustic guitar, the tinkling of a harp and a metronomic, minor-key melody line that starts low and slowly ascends, like a primordial vapor rising from deep in the ...

The folk singer behind Welsh language anthem Yma o Hyd has urged people to stop using his song to protest the housing of asylum seekers. Dafydd Iwan's 40-year-old song has seen renewed popularity ...

Wales is a nation released. Regardless of what happens against Iran on Friday morning and England next Tuesday evening, Rob Page’s team have imbued their country with a renewed sense of investment in ...

Striking postal workers have adopted Dafydd Iwan's classic protest song Yma o Hyd as part of their ongoing pay dispute with the Royal Mail over pay and conditions. The 39-year-old tune - which ...

A song by folk singer and former Plaid Cymru president Dafydd Iwan has reached number one in the iTunes UK song chart, beating out Tones and I and The Weekend. Yma O Hyd, which was originally recorded ...

Liam J Edwards wears a pearl necklace and a lemon yellow shirt when we meet. Liam recently went viral on social media for their version of Dafydd Iwan’s 1983 folk anthem, Yma o Hyd. The video itself ...

Yma O Hyd provided a renaissance late in Dafydd Iwan's career as it was embraced by Wales' football fans "Kneecap is a tremendous phenomenon." Praise from an octogenarian Welsh folk singer for a ...