Alys Williams Deuawdau Rhys Meirion

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-I'm at Sesiwn Fawr Dolgellau

-to hear this week's artist.

-I've never heard her sing live.

-I'm looking forward to it

-because she has quite a voice.

-She knows one of my heroes,

-Tom Jones.

-She's from Caernarfon,

-and she sings solo and with a band.

-Today, she's with the band.

-Her voice is world-class.

-She has incredible control of it,

-and the tone is perfect.

-She has a special

-and distinctive voice.

-It's always lovely

-to listen to her.

-Her voice is amazing

-and she's really cool.

-Alys Williams's voice

-is rich and sexy.

-Yes, this week's guest

-is the talented Alys Williams.

-Hello, Alys, how are you?

-Are you alright?

-It's nice to meet you.

-Thanks for accepting the invitation.

-Thanks for accepting the invitation.

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-Thank you for the invitation.

-I'm looking forward to it.

-I feel as if I've made it now!

-I feel as if I've made it now!

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-Don't be daft!

-You've sung with Tom Jones!

-Tom Jones was one of the judges...

-..when Alys appeared

-on The Voice back in 2012.

-She's now a professional singer...

-..and has developed

-her own unique vocal style.

-It'll be interesting to see

-how our voices sound together.

-If voices are really different,

-it does sometimes work well.

-I'm looking forward

-to the duets now.

-# And you believe in dreams

-# And you believe in dreams #

-Talking of dreams, it's my dream

-to sing a duet with Alys Williams.

-But this musical journey

-is set to be an adventure.

-This is the only music

-that Osian has given me.

-We'll find out how we get on

-as we go, I think.

-A different way of working.

-Alys and arranger Osian Williams

-have been close musical partners...

-..since first working together

-on Can I Gymru.

-Rhys Gwynfor and I

-were asked to adjudicate.

-Alys was adjudicating too,

-and that's when we met.

-After that, we clearly clicked.

-I wrote Llwytho'r Gwn

-with Candelas for her.

-That was incredible.

-# Shadows in the night?

-# Do you still listen

-to the old songs?

-# The old songs?

-# Hero

-# Load the gun #

-More recently, we've started

-to work as Alys Williams's band.

-There's lots of new music

-on the way, definitely.

-Talking of new music,

-we start work on Alys's duet.

-Her choice is Gerfydd Fy Nwylo Gwyn.

-It was written

-and performed by Twm Morys...

-..for a charity record in 1995.

-I have no idea

-what you're going to do.

-I'm not sure myself yet.

-Osian keeps saying,

-"We'll sort it out there."

-She does know what she's doing.

-I worked with Osian

-on the songs last night.

-I don't read music at all.

-I listen with my ear

-and try new ideas.

-I'm looking forward to it

-but I am quite nervous.

-# By my innocent hands

-# The most innocent hands ever

-# Lift me from here,

-from my father's house #

-I don't sing like Rhys at all.

-Our voices are totally different.

-Rhys has an incredible voice.

-Mam says it's like honey.

-I don't know how our voices will

-meld, but I hope it sounds nice.

-# And people in their place #

-# Look at the wall shaking

-# Look at the children running

-# Look at the woman with both hands

-# Trying to help them all

-# Until someone like us passes by

-# Someone like us passes by

-# Someone like us passes by

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-# Woo-ooo-ooo-ooo #

-Do you like it?

-Do you like it?

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-The words, I love it.

-I sang it at a concert years ago,

-but in the same pitch as Twm.

-It was really low.

-I remember thinking,

-this is a bad idea!

-But it was too late by then!

-When she's not in the studio,

-Alys loves cooking for friends.

-I was invited to join in the fun.

-It was an unusual menu for me.

-I'm looking forward to tasting

-vegan food for the first time.

-I can hear someone at the back.

-Hello!

-Hello!

-Are you ready?!

-How are you all?

-Are you ready for a party?

-I've got your favourite.

-I can smell the aroma from here.

-Wow!

-It smells nice.

-Very good.

-What have you got?

-I've made a chilli,

-and this is a veg type of dish.

-And a less spicy chilli

-for people who don't like it hot.

-Apart from singing, Alys's ambition

-is to open her own restaurant.

-Judging by the aroma here,

-I'd be a regular client.

-I've got salsa, home-made hummus,

-guacamole and what have you.

-You've been busy.

-I enjoy it, Rhys.

-I've had a lovely day today.

-I really have. Do you want a drink?

-I really have. Do you want a drink?

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-Oh, yes.

-I've been asking what you like.

-I've been asking what you like.

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-Have you? What did people say?

-Yes, that's it. Champion!

-Lager top. I'm easy to please!

-I did ask around.

-I did ask around.

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-Great!

-As well as being a musician,

-Alys is also a full-time mother...

-..to eight-year-old twins

-Catrin and Gruff.

-In no time, another child

-had joined in the fun.

-Once we got talking,

-there was no stopping us.

-One of each.

-One of each.

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-A bit of everything.

-Your plate's nearly full.

-You're right.

-It is.

-I don't have room for everything.

-There are olives there,

-and you could fit those on.

-OK. There?

-Like that?

-You don't have to do

-what we tell you.

-There's less food than usual, Alys!

-Is there, Osian?

-You don't get Rhys Meirion

-coming for food every day!

-What are you trying to say?

-I've made an effort!

-What do you think, Rhys?

-What do you think, Rhys?

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-Fantastic!

-Do you like it?

-I think I might have overdone it

-with this vegan feast!

-Blimey, I'm absolutely stuffed.

-Me too! And there's pudding.

-Me too! And there's pudding.

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-No!?

-I'll make room for pudding.

-Have you tried the cocktail?

-Yes.

-It's nice.

-Iechyd da!

-Iechyd da!

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-Iechyd da!

-Why the naughty laugh?

-Because I know how strong it is!

-With Alys Williams

-and Osian Candelas at the party...

-..it wasn't long

-before a guitar appeared.

-# I asked the robin

-where he got his red coat

-# And here's the answer I got

-# Mam made me a coat

-# From a piece of the sky above

-# When the sun was setting

-# La la la la la, la la la la la la

-# La la la la la la la

-# Mam made me a coat

-# From a piece of the sky above

-# When the sun was setting #

-It was time

-to say thanks for my meal.

-I've heard that Myfanwy

-was your grandfather's favourite.

-Yes.

-Osh and I are going to sing it now.

-Osh and I are going to sing it now.

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-Are you?

-Don't, I'll cry.

-Let's try it.

-I'll try.

-# Why does malice, Oh Myfanwy

-# Now burn so brightly

-in those glowering eyes

-# Why do your gentle cheeks,

-Oh Myfanwy

-# Not blush at my desperate cries

-# Forget thee

-all the vows of passion

-# You made to me,

-Oh fairest maid

-# Give me your hand

-my fair Myfanwy

-# "Goodbye"

-is all that can be said #

-Hey, good chords.

-Your turn.

-I can't. I'm crying!

-You will hear Alys Williams singing

-in part two...

-..and me as never heard before.

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-Anyone who has heard her sing...

-..can tell that music

-comes naturally to Alys Williams.

-But to hear

-about the performing side...

-..we met at Pontio in Bangor,

-where Theatr Gwynedd once stood.

-Have you seen this statue?

-I've seen a photo of it,

-and I've passed it.

-What's the connection?

-What's the connection?

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-This is Taid Berllan.

-Your grandfather? No.

-The pieces are starting

-to fall into place now...

-..about your artistic side.

-Taid Berllan to Alys,

-but to others...

-..Wilbert Lloyd Roberts,

-father of the Welsh theatre.

-In the late 1960s...

-..he founded the first

-professional Welsh theatre company.

-But he was Taid to me.

-But he was Taid to me.

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-Yes, exactly.

-He was also behind Theatr Gwynedd.

-He was an exceptional man,

-and you must be proud of him.

-I'm glad that this sculpture

-is here to commemorate him.

-What's on the back?

-Oh, yes, this is nice.

-I remember this englyn.

-"A literary man behind the curtain,

-he gave us his thrilling dream

-"A bright beam, and our stage

-was filled with his light."

-Do you have memories of him?

-How old were you when he died?

-How old were you when he died?

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-I was nine.

-I have lovely memories of him.

-I remember laughing a lot,

-he was brilliant with children.

-He loved gardening.

-I remember,

-in one part of the garden...

-..he let the grass grow

-really, really long.

-He went through it with a mower

-and made a kind of maze.

-I remember running through it

-as a child, unable to see anything.

-He knew what children would enjoy.

-That's how his mind worked.

-He was an exceptional man.

-He was an exceptional man.

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-Stay there. Don't move.

-There is a similarity.

-Do you think so?

-I wanted to hear more

-about Alys's childhood.

-Do you remember the first time...

-..that you sang as a small child?

-I don't remember this...

-..but Mam says,

-and I do believe her, obviously...

-..that I sang before I talked.

-I remember singing

-whenever relatives called by.

-There are loads of photos

-of me singing.

-I'd perform at every opportunity.

-Did you compete in the Urdd

-when you were at school?

-I won through to the main stage

-when I was quite young.

-I've never talked about this before.

-I got very nervous and began to cry.

-That put me off for years.

-I've suffered with nerves

-before singing for years.

-I've learnt to ride it out now.

-Once I start singing, I open out.

-Once I start singing, I open out.

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-Those minutes before going on.

-I've been in operas...

-..where I've heard other singers

-in the dressing rooms vomiting...

-..before going on.

-I used to be as nervous as that,

-but I'm not like it at all now.

-When the audience responds well

-after the first song, that helps.

-Yes. Yes, it does.

-It's OK after that.

-It's OK after that.

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-You're away then.

-And away we went to tackle

-Alys's duet, Gerfydd Fy Nwylo Gwyn.

-# Let me see the world

-# As I have never seen it #

-I try to Alysify songs.

-That's what I call it.

-Working on a song

-and making it suit me...

-..to see what comes out naturally,

-riffs, what sounds good.

-I must admit, watching Alys

-made me think how I should sing.

-# Let me see the homes

-# Where the curtains are all closed

-# Let me see the sun

-when it's not summer #

-I'm drawing my voice back

-and going close to the mic.

-Trying to match?

-I'll stay down there.

-I'll stay down there.

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-That worked.

-It's lovely, like honey.

-It's lovely, like honey.

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-I'll stay down and do it like that.

-I've never heard that range before.

-I didn't know you had it.

-I didn't know you had it.

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-It was stunning.

-Something weird happened there.

-I've never sung like that before.

-It was clear when we rehearsed

-and started to record...

-..that my usual voice

-wouldn't suit the song.

-I listened to Alys

-drawing everything back.

-The Alysisms.

-It's the total opposite...

-..of how we classical singers

-are trained to sing.

-Rhys Meirion

-as you've never heard him before.

-We'll see how it goes.

-Dear me, that Rhys Meirion,

-not supporting his voice.

-You don't need to listen to them.

-You've joined us now!

-You've joined us now!

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-The dark side!

-I may not have crossed fully,

-but I'm on a rock-and-roll journey.

-I'm on my way to Stiwdio Drwm

-in Llanllyfni.

-I've been invited to hear Alys

-and the band recording a new EP.

-The line-up features

-four well-known musicians.

-They've been together

-for over a year...

-..and a busy summer included

-the Pavilion gig at the Eisteddfod.

-I feel very privileged

-to be able to watch them recording.

-Who do we have here?

-Branwen and Osian, you're siblings,

-in case people didn't know.

-Aled, you're on the bass...

-..and Gwion on drums,

-and you're Elin Fflur's brother.

-You've known each other for years.

-You've known each other for years.

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-Yes, through gigging.

-That's why it comes easy

-for us to play together.

-We all get on so well.

-It's easy to make music together.

-# He was smiling at me

-# But the truth was burning me #

-She might give the impression...

-..singing live, that these

-vocal tones just happen.

-But she puts so much thought

-into the parts that she sings.

-People don't realize the work...

-..that goes into the vocal phrasing

-as well as the music composition...

-..and she takes it so seriously.

-Very good.

-That was perfect.

-I also heard about the first track

-that the band performed together.

-# I get up in the evening #

-We recorded Yr Un Hen Ddyn

-in an Eisteddfod pop-up studio.

-We did that in one take.

-It felt so right, it felt perfect.

-It probably wasn't.

-That gets a good response

-when we play it live.

-How different is singing solo

-to singing with a band?

-There's no comparison.

-I feel better on stage.

-I don't have to worry about them.

-It feels like one sound,

-and not all eyes are on me.

-It gives me confidence

-and I much prefer being in a band.

-I can feel vulnerable singing solo.

-I'm not sure if I enjoy it.

-But with the band,

-I really enjoy myself.

-You're going to sing Blodau Papur.

-Tell me about the song.

-It's hard to explain properly.

-I wrote this song a few years ago.

-The words weren't really suitable.

-I'd seen this show...

-Is this story suitable?

-..about women killing their husbands

-and getting away with it.

-The original lyrics had lines

-like "The knife in my hand".

-Mam said that it sounded horrific.

-It sounded as if I wanted to kill!

-So, I didn't use those lyrics.

-But it retains that sense

-of being someone else.

-It's a story about unfaithfulness

-and me seeing through that.

-The paper flowers are a sign

-that the love isn't real.

-I'm not sure if the story

-about murder was suitable, sorry!

-# Ooo-ooo ooo-ooo-ooo

-# Ooo-ooo ooo-ooo-ooo

-# Tossing and turning,

-there was something on his mind

-# Talking in his sleep,

-calling her name

-# Tossing and turning,

-there was something on his mind

-# Talking in his sleep,

-calling her name

-# He was smiling at me

-# Trying to deny it

-# He was smiling at me

-# But the truth was burning me

-# In his sleep, his sleep

-# In his sleep

-# Ooo-ooo-ooo oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-ooo

-# The flowers on the table

-# Are just paper flowers

-# Flowers on the floor

-# No tears in his eyes

-# Flowers on the floor

-# No tears in his eyes

-# Aaa-aaa-aaa-aaa-aaa

-# The truth was slipping out

-# His smile couldn't hide the deceit

-# His eyes said it all

-# Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo

-# Whispering in the darkness

-# Whispering

-# Whispering in the darkness

-# Whispering #

-After the break,

-I ask one question too many.

-I never discuss The Voice now.

-I never discuss The Voice now.

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-And my duet is coming up.

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-Even though I'd been there once...

-..I was invited back to Alys's home

-on the outskirts of Caernarfon...

-..where a surprise awaited me.

-Hello!

-Hello!

-Are you OK?

-It became clear who had invited me.

-My new friends, Catrin and Gruff.

-Come on then.

-You've been practising!

-Do you remember it?

-Do you remember it?

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-I think so.

-He's been doing it at school,

-saying that Rhys Meirion taught him.

-Are you alright?

-Are you alright?

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-I'm fine. Are you OK?

-We've been playing instruments

-and jamming.

-Jamming?

-I don't understand

-what jamming means.

-What does it mean?

-We all play instruments

-to make up a song.

-Can we hear you?

-Can we hear you?

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-OK.

-Here is the world premiere...

-..of Catrin and Gruff's new song,

-The Red Squirrel.

-The piano's out of tune, sorry.

-Don't worry about it.

-Don't worry about it.

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-We're used to it that way now.

-I've said to myself for three years

-that I'll get it tuned.

-# One day I saw a red squirrel

-# A little red squirrel

-running along the ground

-# I saw a little red squirrel

-running in the woods #

-The Red Squirrel.

-Remember where you heard it first.

-After singing, every rock star

-needs to relax on the trampoline.

-Do you want water or a cuppa?

-Do you want water or a cuppa?

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-Children are great, aren't they?

-Yes, they're lovely.

-Composing and writing

-their own songs.

-I've never seen such a thing.

-They experiment with instruments

-and come up with simple melodies.

-Catrin wrote those chords,

-but she can't sing and play.

-Simple tunes, but it's good

-for them to experiment.

-Playing instruments

-is brilliant for children.

-Hit them, do what they want.

-I've been listening

-to your way of singing...

-..and a lot of that

-is improvised, in a way.

-When you compose a song,

-do you write it out?

-I'm not brilliant at the piano.

-I play chords to myself

-and experiment with my ear.

-This is handy for writing songs.

-This is handy for writing songs.

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-What is it?

-It's an autoharp.

-I write the chords

-and the melody on this...

-..and take that to the band,

-or whoever I'm working with.

-So, that...

-You don't need to be able to play

-an instrument well to play this.

-All you do is press these buttons...

-..and the chords are there.

-It's out of tune,

-like everything else in this house!

-I felt very privileged to hear

-one of Alys works in progress.

-# Down by the well

-# There you were, looking down

-# Looking down

-# Silver shining in the sunshine

-# Secret hopes, secret hopes

-# Deep yearning

-# Naked yearning

-# Between the dark walls

-under the cloak of dusk

-# I hear dreams

-shattering in pieces

-# At the bottom of the well

-# At the bottom of the well

-# The well

-This is so out of tune.

-# At the bottom of the black well #

-I haven't learnt it properly.

-Did you write that?

-Did you write that?

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-Yes.

-I haven't learnt it yet,

-and it's not finished.

-Alys has come a long way

-since appearing on The Voice.

-In the first series,

-she only got to the early rounds...

-..but in series two,

-she reached the semis...

-..and millions knew her name.

-But series like these

-put so much pressure on performers.

-I wanted to know

-what inspired her to enter.

-I never discuss The Voice now.

-I'm only doing so

-because you brought it up.

-Sorry!

-I stopped singing for a while

-because I'd had the children.

-I sang a bit locally

-before that, nothing major.

-I thought it might

-give me the impetus...

-..to do what I wanted to do.

-When I first went on it,

-I was so nervous.

-I hadn't sung for years.

-I got this, you know...

-I couldn't get the notes out.

-I couldn't get the notes out.

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-Nerves.

-The nerves were so bad.

-It must have been

-a nightmare experience.

-It's a terrible feeling.

-It's a terrible feeling.

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-But you went back a second time.

-You knew you had to get it right.

-You knew you had to get it right.

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-To prove myself.

-That took a lot of guts.

-They phoned and asked

-if I'd want to do it again.

-Initially, I wasn't sure.

-But I wanted to prove that I could

-do better than I had the first time.

-I wasn't able to sing, in a way.

-It went much better the second time.

-It was a brilliant experience.

-Tom Jones is a lovely man,

-really nice.

-But it was strange.

-You had no real say

-in what you sang or what you wore.

-Ultimately, it was a TV programme.

-People always ask me how I felt.

-I enjoyed the experience.

-It was a brilliant career boost.

-But at the same time,

-you couldn't do what you wanted.

-Do you know what I mean?

-Do you know what I mean?

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-Absolutely.

-They chose the songs.

-They chose the songs.

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-The songs, and the clothes.

-I remember the dress I wore

-on the night I went out.

-They gave me a Bob Marley song,

-and I knew it wouldn't suit me.

-I wore something that made me look

-as if I was going to serve sushi.

-A big white kimono.

-It was awful.

-I felt like a big cloud.

-"Please don't make me wear this."

-"No, this has been

-allocated to you."

-In a way, I'm less nervous now...

-..after singing live on TV

-on front of millions.

-I can't think of anything more...

-I can't think of anything more...

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-In an awful dress!

-Singing a song

-I know doesn't suit my voice.

-You can't go through anything

-that makes you more nervous.

-I never expected to win it.

-I only wanted to make a career

-from what I love doing - singing.

-It's been great to that end.

-Beautiful Alys, beautiful singer.

-Really, really lovely.

-Really, really lovely.

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-I agree wholeheartedly, Tom.

-Alys chose Gerfydd Fy Nwylo Gwyn.

-A children's choir

-sang in the original.

-Alys wanted something similar

-in the new arrangement.

-Who better than Catrin and Gruff?

-Because we've slowed it down,

-and the sound is clean...

-..there's only a piano

-and a double bass...

-..I felt that a choir of children

-wouldn't work.

-I've trained

-Catrin and Gruff at home...

-..to sing it slowly

-and to keep it simple and breathy.

-Who's talking through this?

-He's there.

-Hiya!

-Hiya!

-

-Hello!

-# Give me your hand

-# And we shall see the countries

-# The roads that come

-# From the north and the south #

-Very good.

-Do you want to listen to it?

-They seem comfortable in my chair

-in the recording suite.

-# From the north and the south #

-# By my innocent hands

-# The most innocent hands ever

-# Lift me from here,

-from my father's house

-# By my innocent hands

-# Over fields and trees

-# Over glades and lakes

-# Over every city and country

-# Let me see the world

-# Every corner of it

-# Every street corner of every town

-# Let me see the world

-# As I have never seen it

-# Idols pulled down

-# And people in their place

-# Look at the wall shaking

-# Look at the children running

-# Look at the woman with both hands

-# Trying to help them all

-# Until someone like us passes by

-# Someone like us passes by

-# Someone like us passes by

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-# Woo-ooo-ooo-ooo

-# Let me see the court

-# Where a small boy plays

-# In a white shirt, kicking a ball

-# Let me see the court

-# Where the world revolves so slowly

-# Held between fingers and thumbs

-# So sweet and lovely

-# Let me see the homes

-# Where the curtains are all closed

-# Let me see the sun

-when it's not summer

-# Let me see the homes

-# Where sorrow is so deep

-# Where the children never hear

-# Any good news

-# Look at the wall shaking

-# Look at the children running

-# Look at the woman with both hands

-# Trying to help them all

-# Until someone like us passes by

-# Someone like us passes by

-# Someone like us passes by

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-# Woo-ooo-ooo-ooo

-# Give me your hand

-# And we shall climb the mountain

-# There is a road

-# But only children know the way

-# Give me your hand

-# And we shall see the countries

-# The roads that come

-# From the north and the south

-# From the north and the south

-# From the north and the south #

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-My choice of duet with Alys

-was Rhys Jones's classic, O Gymru.

-It was sung by Eleri Llwyd

-in the 1970s.

-I thought the song's slow

-and wistful sound would suit Alys.

-But having seen

-Osian's arrangement...

-..there was lots to do

-to make it a duet.

-There are gaps for Alys's voice,

-so I don't know what she's doing.

-I'll then have to work with that.

-# O Wales, o Wales,

-I'd give you my life

-# O Wales, o Wales #

-When Rhys said we were doing

-O Gymru, I was a bit worried.

-I imagined him

-belting out the high notes...

-..and that's not my style.

-I didn't know

-how I'd make it sound good.

-Nice.

-Nice.

-

-Wow!

-My part's easy!

-I've never had anyone

-sing so loudly so close to me!

-Loudly, maybe, but Alys

-can hit those high notes as well.

-# O Wales, o Wales

-# O Wales, o Wales

-

-Ooh! Wow!

-# My Wales, you are my sunshine #

-I was enjoying the experience

-of working with Alys...

-..but collaborating with other

-artists isn't new to her at all.

-She took me to Llanfrothen

-to meet Ed Holden.

-Do you work together?

-We met on Gweld Y Byd Mewn Lliw

-and I've known Ed for years.

-We've moved on and tried

-to do other projects together.

-Ed, or Mr Phormula,

-is a rapper and beatboxer.

-He and Alys are working on a project

-that uses just their voices.

-RAP MUSIC

-We both use our voices.

-That's the main link, really.

-You often use your voice

-as an instrument, don't you?

-I've always wanted to do

-something voice-based...

-..but I'm not great

-with the technical side.

-I know Ed's fantastic,

-having worked with him before.

-I thought I'd give

-something like this a go.

-I played some simple chords

-on a piano...

-..and recorded

-every note individually.

-Like a voice?

-Like a voice?

-

-The voice as the main instrument.

-Then Ed's done some superb sampling.

-Let's see then.

-I recorded every note individually.

-Then you play them together...

-Wow!

-So there are no instruments,

-just both your voices.

-Wow.

-I wanted to hear how my voice

-would sound electronically.

-I'll play it,

-and you sing whatever you want.

-Anything.

-Anything.

-

-Improvise.

-The pressure is on.

-The pressure is on.

-

-Improvising.

-That's new to me.

-I'm used to a manuscript.

-And a bloke with a white stick

-watching and keeping you in line.

-If you improvise, they go crazy.

-Ready?

-Ready?

-

-Yes.

-OK.

-# Aaaa-aaaa-aaaa

-# Aaaaaa-aaaaa

-# Aaaaaa-aaaaaa #

-Cool.

-Lovely, very good.

-Very good, very good.

-That's now been sliced up.

-Wow!

-Wow!

-

-Cool, isn't it?

-Then, if I use an arpeggiator...

-I'm beatboxing now!

-Very cool, Ed.

-The improvised style persists as

-Alys puts her own stamp on O Gymru.

-This is creepy.

-We have to work some parts out,

-and she's come up with some parts.

-I don't know if it'll work,

-but I've worked a lot with Alys.

-Her voice goes to places

-I've never heard before.

-I've never seen anyone

-working this way in a studio either.

-I came up with a hook

-in the outro at the end.

-I thought I'd just do some riffs,

-but it's turned out differently.

-Have you got it, Rhys?

-You could go down there.

-Try that.

-Eventually, there are three Alyses

-on the completed track.

-I've had a tremendous day today.

-I've looked forward

-to singing with Alys...

-..but I was unsure

-how the voices would sound together.

-I've had to change my style

-more with Alys.

-But I love how it's turned out.

-Singing two duets with Rhys Meirion

-has been an amazing experience.

-Our voices are so different,

-but I think it worked really well.

-This might never happen again.

-It's been great.

-Very good.

-# You're the only country for me

-# O Wales

-# You fill my heart with joy

-# You're my heaven

-# O Wales, o Wales,

-I'd give you my life

-# O Wales, o Wales,

-you are my paradise

-# My Wales, you are my sunshine

-# When trouble

-sometimes rears its head

-# I am lifted

-# By images of hill and home

-# The land of my birth

-# O Wales, o Wales,

-I'd give you my life

-# O Wales, o Wales,

-you are my paradise

-# My Wales, you are my sunshine

-# O my Wales,

-I'd happily sing you a song

-# A song to honour you, my sunshine

-# O Wales, o Wales,

-I'd give you my life

-# O Wales, o Wales,

-you are my paradise

-# My Wales

-# You are my sunshine

-# You are

-# You are #

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