Episode 6

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0:04:02 > 0:04:06THEY SPEAK GAELIC

0:09:19 > 0:09:20APPLAUSE

0:16:38 > 0:16:40SHE SINGS IN WELSH

0:19:45 > 0:19:48You're very welcome. That was a beautiful performance.

0:19:48 > 0:19:51Tell us about the song.

0:19:51 > 0:19:55It's called Hen Gitar, which means Old Guitar.

0:19:55 > 0:19:58It's a song asking my first guitar, when I was about 16,

0:19:58 > 0:20:00to help me write a good song.

0:20:00 > 0:20:03Looking for clever ways, clever words but in the end,

0:20:03 > 0:20:05a good song is simple.

0:20:05 > 0:20:09The chorus is very simple. Please can I have yesterday back again?

0:20:09 > 0:20:10So it's quite sad.

0:20:10 > 0:20:15You write all your own material. Where do you get your inspiration?

0:20:15 > 0:20:19Do you know, everything and anything, really.

0:20:19 > 0:20:22Everyday life. Life is inspiring, isn't it?

0:20:22 > 0:20:26You're a very successful contemporary Welsh language artist.

0:20:26 > 0:20:29What advice would you have for Irish language artists?

0:20:29 > 0:20:34I think the best advice anyone can give, really, is just do what you feel.

0:20:35 > 0:20:41Be yourselves and don't try and be anything else.

0:20:41 > 0:20:44You're expressing your own culture, in a way.

0:20:44 > 0:20:47It's what makes you different, isn't it?

0:20:47 > 0:20:52I mean, there's a lot of interest at the moment internationally in Celtic language music,

0:20:52 > 0:20:56so I'd say give it a go, really. Yeah.

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