Yws Gwynedd

Yws Gwynedd is a Welsh rock band from North Wales named after its lead singer Ywain Gwynedd.

Yws Gwynedd
Background information
OriginGwynedd, Wales
GenresIndie Rock, Rock
Years active2014–2017, 2020–
LabelsRecordiau Côsh Records
Associated actsSŵnami
Frizbee
Members
  • Ywain Gwynedd
  • Ifan Davies
  • Emyr Prys Davies
  • Rich Roberts
Yws Gwynedd

Background

The band achieved acclaim after their debut album Codi / \ Cysgu ("wake-up /\ sleep" in Welsh) in 2014 which won Best LP at Y Selar music awards that year[1] and was nominated for best Welsh-language album at the Eisteddfod in 2015.[2]

Their second album was released in 2017 having been recorded in two weeks. It was nominated for the 2017 Welsh-language album of the year award.[3][4] and won the best album at Y Selar's awards.[5]

The band perform regularly at Welsh music events and have headlined festivals such as Tafwyl[6] and Maes B. In 2015 they performed at Festival Number 6 on the Clough stage and returned in 2017.[7] They have performed on S4C and Radio Cymru multiple times.[8]

One of the band's guitarists, Ifan Davies, is also the lead singer of the band Sŵnami.

"Perta" (originally called "Hi yw y Berta"), the Welsh entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018, is written by lead singer Ywain. It was chosen internally by S4C and was be performed by Manw, the winner of the national final of S4C's Chwilio am Seren.[9] Gwynedd has said that the lyrics were written with a focus on sounding nice to non-Welsh speakers, as well as being easy for viewers to sing along to.[10]

#40Mawr

#40mawr is a radio programme and compilation CD of the 40 most popular Welsh-language songs as voted for by listeners of Radio Cymru each year. In 2016 the band's song "Sebona Fi" topped the #40Mawr chart and "Neb ar Ôl" came 35th.[11][12] The next year "Sebona Fi" and " Drwy dy Lygid Di" featured on the updated list in first and 33rd place respectively.[13]

Discography

Singles
Title English translation B-side Release From Album Notes
Fy Nghariad Gwyn My White Love n/a 2014 n/a Christmas single
Dy Anadl Di Your Breath Pan Ddaw Yfory (When Tomorrow Comes) 2015 n/a
Hogia Ni Our Boys All the Way 2016 n/a Collaboration with Gwerinos
Sgrîn Screen n/a 2016 Anrheoli
Anrheoli Destabilise n/a 2016 Anrheoli
Deryn Du Black Bird n/a 2020 TBA First single in four years

Albums
Title Length Format Label Release
Codi / \ Cysgu 32'39" CD, download, streaming Recordiau Côsh Records 2014
Anrheoli 32'20" CD, download, streaming Recordiau Côsh Records 2017

Compilation albums
Title English translation Yws Gwynedd Tracks Note
2017 #40Mawr[14] #Big40 Sebona Fi
Neb Ar Ol		 Radio Cymru vote-based tracklist

References
  1. Wales Online - Yws Gwynedd, Candelas and Sŵnami triumphant at Welsh music awards 2015
  2. https://eisteddfod.wales/node/2724 - Albwm Cymraeg y Flwyddyn 2015
  3. "Welsh Language Album of the Year 2017 - National Eisteddfod". eisteddfod.wales. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  4. "Winner of the Welsh Language Album of the Year Announcement - National Eisteddfod". eisteddfod.wales. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  5. "Lluniau: Gwobrau'r Selar 2018". 18 February 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. "Yws Gwynedd – Tafwyl". tafwyl.org. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  7. http://festivalnumber6.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/lineup2015.jpg
  8. "Yws Gwynedd". IMDb. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  9. "Manw is the winner of Chwilio am Seren Junior Eurovision". S4C Press. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  10. https://www.dailypost.co.uk/special-features/perta-story-behind-junior-eurovison-15410459
  11. "BBC Radio Cymru - #40Mawr". BBC. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  12. "#40 Mawr Radio Cymru - Artistiaid Amrywiol". www.siopypethe.cymru. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  13. "#40Mawr Radio Cymru 2017". 28 August 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  14. "#40 Mawr Radio Cymru, Sain SCD2743 - Na-Nôg". na-nog.com. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
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