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‘Together in creativity for peace!’ Sain, the indie label pushing Welsh music forward for 56 years

It’s gone from a cowshed to a cultural institution. As its 3,000-album archive gets digitised, different generations explain how Sain deepened Welsh identity

The Guardian - UK

Welsh record label to digitise entire catalogue of 26,000 recordings

Sain, co-founded by singer Dafydd Iwan, begins painstaking process of preserving tracks to inspire future artists

The Guardian - UK

Song for Wales winner inspires fresh bid to get country its own Eurovision place

Sara Davies hopes release of song and glitzy video will ‘drive the idea forward and get people talking about it’

The Guardian - UK

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Dafydd Iwan sings Yma O Hyd next to coffin of 19-year-old football fan killed in suspected hit and run

Josh Roberts sadly died in an alleged hit and run earlier this month

Wales Online

Campaign group opposed to 'asylum seeker hotel' apologises to Dafydd Iwan after singing Yma o Hyd at protest

Protestors say they did not mean to offend Mr Iwan and have explained the reasoning behind their choice of song

Wales Online

Dafydd Iwan speaks out as Yma o Hyd 'used by people opposing housing asylum seekers'

Many on Twitter have praised the Welsh folk singer for taking a stand in the matter

Wales Online

The Welsh singers we'd love to see make a guest appearance at Coldplay in Cardiff

The band has already featured Stormzy and Steve Coogan during the UK leg of the 2023 Music of the Spheres tour

Wales Online

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23 proper Welsh ways to avoid the coronation completely if you want nothing to do with it

Our Welsh guide to those who aren't bunting enthusiasts and hate sultanas in their chicken sandwiches

Wales Online

Welcome to Wrexham, where it's never been cooler to be Welsh

Ryan Reynolds reminded Wrexham that being Welsh was "cool". Now some are wondering whether they’d be better off outside the United Kingdom.

ABC News

Dafydd Iwan joins crowds for Welsh language rally calling for action

Protestors were calling on the Welsh Government to take action after a drop in the number of Welsh language speakers in Carmarthenshire

Wales Online

Wales fan makes epic last-minute trip to Qatar to watch England match - without telling his girlfriend

David Jones said he couldn't miss out on the opportunity of a lifetime

Wales Online

Fan flies last minute to watch Wales in World Cup – without telling girlfriend

David Jones, 31, an electrician from South Wales, said could not miss watching the historic match with his friends in Qatar.

The Independent UK

Yma o Hyd: Wales’ World Cup anthem leads to rise in tattoos

The Dafydd Iwan song has been adopted as Wales’ World Cup anthem as they compete for the first time in 64 years.

Evening Standard

Dafydd Iwan pays tribute to Wales fan who died in Qatar and pledges to 'remember his smile forever'

'A heartfelt Welshman and one of the dearest,' said the Welsh folk singer

Wales Online

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The Independent UK

‘I will remember his smile forever’ – Singer Iwan pays tribute to Wales fan

Kevin Davies, from Pembrokeshire, died in hospital in Doha following Wales’s 2-0 defeat to Iran, which he did not attend due to feeling unwell.

Wales Online

Welsh protest anthem Yma o Hyd adopted by striking postal workers

The decades-old song is once again striking a chord with so many different people

Wales Online

Egyptian migrants welcome Wales fans in Qatar with sweets, chocolates, dates and tea

They were there in the blazing sun to greet fans

Wales Online

Hundreds of Wales fans gather with Dafydd Iwan and Barry Horns for World Cup mini-music festival

Fans have been getting the party started ahead of this morning's game against Iran

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Daily Mirror

Yma o Hyd: How Wales reaching Qatar World Cup has helped revive Welsh language

The Welsh language has been "suppressed and undermined" but football team's success in reaching first World Cup since 1958 has unlocked a renewed sense of investment in the nation's own culture

Wales Online

A taxi driver in Qatar stunned a group of passengers from Wales

"Hands down one of the most surreal moments I’ve ever had"

The Conversation

'Still here': Welsh world cup song Yma o Hyd and how the language is adapting to survive

The official Wales song for the FIFA Men’s World Cup 2022 is “Yma o Hyd” (“Still here”), a protest song first released by Dafydd Iwan and Ar Lôg in 1983. Its unashamedly patriotic verses describe the adversity that Welsh people have endured over the centuries, including:

Wales Online

I saw Wales play at the World Cup and it was quite frankly magnificent

Spending the day with the Red Wall in Qatar is an experience none of us will ever forget

Wales Online

Welsh song Yma O Hyd lyrics, meaning and how it became a Wales football anthem

The song has soared in popularity and is now the official anthem for Wales' World Cup campaign

Wales Online

Dafydd Iwan turns up at Wales World Cup party in Doha and sings Yma o Hyd

The Welsh fans were already having the time of their lives - then this happened

Wales Online

This Welsh Male Voice choir's rousing version of Yma o Hyd can't possibly fail to spur on Wales in the World Cup

As goosebump-inducing versions go, you can't get much better than this

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