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Part One: The Story of Welsh Language Music

As Beatlemania gripped the world, something was stirring in Wales' rural concert halls.

Part One of Six. In the 1960s, as teenagers around the world were losing their minds to Beatlemania and Bob Dylan was plugging his guitar into the mains for the first time, something too was stirring in the concert halls of rural Wales. Huw Stephens and Sian Eleri tell the story of Welsh language pop in the decade which if you remember, you weren’t really there. It’s the story of how Welsh youth found its voice; a story of rebellion and of youthful abandon.
A story of defiance and irreverence. The story of how one of Europe’s oldest tongues has forged its own way and morphed into a medium for some of the most creative individuals of the 21st century. Dafydd Iwan and Heather Jones do remember the 60s, sharing stories of protest and prison, while Carwyn Ellis tells how his modern day music is inspired by what went before.

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17 minutes