Who are your favourite Welsh musicians?

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Wales is the land of song, but you’re surprised how many people don’t know that many Welsh musicians, so we’re finding out who’s people favourites.

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00:00Oh, this is Tom Jones, and I think that's...

00:02Oh, wait, what, there was... That lady, what was her name?

00:08Shirley Bassey? No.

00:10It's Tom Jones, really.

00:12That's the only one I can think of off the top of my head.

00:15Erm...

00:17No, I don't think they're represented enough, really.

00:20I'm not very good when it comes to, erm,

00:23knowing where people are from, either,

00:24so I'll probably do no more, but...

00:27Catfish and Bottom Man. Catfish and Bottom Man.

00:29I know they're North Wales, but I don't know many other...

00:34Other than my friend's one, he's from Swansea,

00:37called Motel Thieves.

00:39Shout-out Callum.

00:41Oh, well, obviously the go-to would be Max Boyce,

00:44Tom Jones, or Stereophonics.

00:46Those are my absolute go-tos.

00:49But, yeah, that comes straight to mind, so...

00:52Well, I mean, I guess you could say Mr Traumatic, but, yeah.

00:56And who's Mr Traumatic? Tell me about that.

00:58He does... He's a rapper who does German bass.

01:02I would... Yeah, more German bass, a bit of grime,

01:05but, yeah, he majority does German bass, yeah.

01:07I don't know how big he is in comparison to, like,

01:10other, like, rappers in the UK,

01:13but I think in terms of, like, Welsh rappers,

01:16he's got to be the biggest. Yeah, I would say so, yeah.

01:19Who's that opera singer lady that has CDs always in the charity shop?

01:22Catherine Jenkins? Yeah. Yeah.

01:23She's got a CD of her own.

01:25Yeah, she's a classic. Yeah.

01:26Charlotte Church.

01:28Um...

01:30Who else is there? Is there Duffy?

01:33Is Duffy Welsh?

01:35How do you not know she was Welsh? I did not know that.

01:38Um...

01:39But, yeah, I didn't realise there was that many artists

01:42that were from Wales. Yeah.

01:44I mean, if, like, the locals support their local artists,

01:47then hopefully things are going to be right.

01:48And, you know, it's not the end of the world.

01:50People still manage to succeed and make it to the big venues

01:53and, you know, be lucky enough to even support Stereophonics,

01:57as such, so...

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