Welsh folk artists

Welsh folk artists of Britain and Ireland on Folk Calendar: 18 of them, with their dates, where they were born and died, and their recordings. Every artist, A to Z

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Robin Huw Bowen Welsh triple harp player
© Medwyn Jones CC BY 2.0 Lisa Jên Brown Singer and actor; 9Bach

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© Martinevans123 CC BY-SA 4.0 George Ewart Evans 1909 to 1988 Oral historian; Ask the Fellows Who Cut the Hay
Meredydd Evans 1919 to 2015 Singer and scholar of Welsh folk song

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Catrin Finch Harpist and composer

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Gwyneth Glyn Poet and singer songwriter in Welsh
Arfon Gwilym Singer; plygain and cerdd dant

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© Eric Koch for Anefo CC0 1.0 (Public Domain Dedication) Mary Hopkin Singer; Those Were the Days

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Dafydd Iwan Welsh language singer and songwriter; Yma o Hyd

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Siân James Singer and harpist; Welsh song
Delyth Jenkins Harpist and composer; Aberjaber

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© Wicym CC BY-SA 4.0 Phyllis Kinney 1922 to 2026 Singer and scholar of Welsh traditional music

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© Cerys_Matthews_Glastonbury_2008.JPG: Adam Smith, who uploaded the image using the handle Gingerblok…CC BY 3.0 Cerys Matthews Singer and broadcaster; Welsh traditional song
Julie Murphy Singer in Welsh and English; Fernhill

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© Geoff Charles CC BY-SA 4.0 Nansi Richards 1888 to 1979 Triple harp player; Telynores Maldwyn
© The original uploader was IanMRichards at Welsh Wikipedia.CC BY-SA 3.0 Georgia Ruth Harpist and songwriter in Welsh and English

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Roy Saer 1936 to 2026 Collector and scholar of Welsh folk song; St Fagans

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Phil Tanner 1862 to 1950 Traditional singer, the Gower Nightingale