2021 | 1 Season

The Story of Miwsig

Produced for Radio Wales and available on BBC Sounds, The Story of Miwsig explores the history of Welsh language music over six episodes. Huw Stephens and Sian Eleri time travel through the history of Welsh language pop music. Available exclusively on BBC Sounds, the six-part series traces Welsh language music's journey from the chapels to the charts, featuring interviews with the instigators at the heart of the story and new artists making noise in their native language.

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The Brief

We worked alongside the team to produce this wonderful six part series, alongside partners Working Word, it was a dream come true to be able to make telling this story a reality.

Our Approach

Digging deep into decades from the 1960s onwards, it’s a story of rock and revolution, protest, prison and punk rock. It’s a story of how the underground emerged and gave voices from the margins the microphone. From the eisteddfodau to the Cool Cymru years, guests including Rhys Ifans, Dafydd Iwan, Gwenno, Euros Childs, Heather Jones, Gruff Rhys, Pat Morgan, Caryl Parry Jones and Eadyth tell the unheard tales of how one of Europe’s oldest tongues took on the establishment and became a platform for some of today’s best new music.

The Result

Available for download on BBC Sounds, this podcast took a look at each decade of music and the impact that Welsh language music has had over time.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p095xvkc/episodes/player