Parti Cut Lloi
Choir
Parti Cut Lloi are a group of “lads” from the Banw Valley in Montgomeryshire who perform under the leadership of the Welsh folk singer Sîan James. They began singing together after winning the 2003 National Eisteddfod in Meifod, and are well known for their honest renditions of Welsh traditional music and Plygain carols.
www.particutlloi.co.uk

Only Men Aloud
Choir
Established in 2000, Only Men Aloud! is a twenty-man choir with members aged nineteen to forty-two. They gave the first live performance in the Wales Millennium Centre and were winners of the BBC-sponsored television show “Last Choir Standing.” Director Tim Rhys-Evans describes them as “a bunch of fun-loving guys who get a massive kick out of coming together and singing.”
www.onlymenaloud.com

Linda Griffiths & Lisa Healy
Linda Griffiths hails from Montgomeryshire, an area steeped in the traditional music of Wales, and Linda’s roots are firmly anchored in that tradition. But as a singer she has not been content to accept the tradition passively, but has drawn on it to create songs which are of today, relevant and evocative at the same time. She sings traditional songs, and also new compositions by some of Wales’ best contemporary songwriters and lyric writers. Linda is also a talented songwriter and arranger in her own right and she makes a notable contribution to the contemporary music scene in Wales.

Lisa Angharad, Linda’s eldest daughter, has her heart set on a career in Musical Theatre and is currently in her second year at the Arden School of Theatre in Manhcester. However, she also shares her mother’s passion for the traditional and contemporary music of Wales.

Sild
Martin Leamon has been at the forefront of the South Wales traditional music scene for nearly fifteen years. Playing in a number of influential bands as a multi-instrumentalist he has been integral to the continued development of Welsh traditional music. He plays guitar in the duo SILD, with Sille Ilves. Ilves emigrated from Estonia to South Wales in 2003 and has firmly established herself in the traditional music scene. She plays fiddle, bowed lyre, hurdy gurdy and sings in Welsh, English & Estonian! SILD have released two acclaimed albums.
www.sildmusic.com

Siân James
Singer, harpist & Parti Cut Lloi conductor
James is the most celebrated and modern of traditional singers in Wales. She has to date released 8 albums of her work, each album presenting a unique mix of traditional and original songs. James has toured extensively for many years, performing in countries as far as Japan and the US as well as all over Europe.
www.sianjames.co.uk

Christine Cooper
Fiddler & storyteller
Cooper spent several years travelling the world with her fiddle on her back, but Wales will always be her musical home. An award-winning fiddler and storyteller, she uses live loops and voice to gently blow away the thin layer of dust that has settled over old folk songs, drawing the listener into a world of fragile beauty.
www.myspace.com/christinecoopermusic

Catrin and Ceri Ashton
Fiddler & flutist
Sisters Catrin and Ceri Ashton grew up in Conwy and developed an interest in Welsh traditional music through playing for a local dance group. They play fiddle and flute and also sing in harmony, and write some of their own material. They are also committed to sustainability: Ceri is a vegan and studied Conservation at Bangor University.

Wales National Opera MAX
Welsh National Opera is a world-class touring opera company with a permanent company of 250 people.
www.wno.org.uk

Ceri Rhys Matthews 
Piper & flutist
Matthews is a nationally and internationally acclaimed piper and flute player. As a soloist and a member of the band Fernhill, he has numerous recordings; he also produced the Smithsonian Folkways CD, Blodeugerdd—Song of the Flowers. Matthews has traveled around the world to share Welsh folk music, and has researched and taught traditional music and culture in Wales.

Gareth Bonello
Singer songwriter
Bonello, also known as “The Gentle Good”, performs traditional and original folk songs in Welsh and English. His music is a blend of old and new delivered through tender vocals and confident guitar picking. He has performed nationally and internationally at festivals such as Glastonbury and South by Southwest and has released two records: Dawel Disgyn and While you slept I went out walking.
www.myspace.com/gentlegood

Gai Toms 
Singer songwriter
After his Welsh rock band Anweledig enjoyed great success throughout Europe, Toms released the album Rhwng y Llygru a’r Glasu, which means “In between the age of pollution and the age of green ideology.” Primarily self-produced at his home in the mountains, it conveys important environmental messages. The lyrics explore ideas about climate change and our planet’s condition.
www.gaitoms.com 
www.myspace.com/gaitoms

Chris and Mark O’Connor
Inspired by many different styles of roots-driven music from around the world, Chris performs on double bass with Fernhill, Burum, Ffynnon, and numerous other groups in a variety of styles. His brother, Mark, performs on drums with the Jones O’Connor Group, Burum, Paula Gardiner Trio, Gareth Roberts Quintet, Os Sambistas, Wonderbrass, and Ffynnon. Both Chris and Mark teach at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff.

Wyn Pearson
Guitarist
Pearson is a musician for studio recordings, radio, television, and film. He is also a composer and has won several awards, including the instrumental ensemble category for composition at the Welsh National Eisteddfod in 2000, and the composers’ medal at the Eisteddfod in Flintshire in 2007. Pearson currently appears regularly on Channel 4 Wales.
www.wynpearson.co.uk

Gwyneth Glyn
Writer and musician
Glyn is a native Welsh-language singer-songwriter, poet and writer. Having graduated in Philosophy and Theology from Oxford University, she returned home to Wales. She draws inspiration from her beloved landscape, the Welsh folk heritage, and her American country icons, Gillian Welch and Gram Parsons. Accompanied by her guitar, she celebrates a unique marriage of these two great traditions.
www.myspace.com/gwynethglyn

Aneirin Karadog
Poet/rapper
Aneirin Karadog was born in North Wales and raised in the valleys of South Wales.  He writes poetry in the strict Welsh meter called Cynghanedd and raps with several hip-hop groups. Aneirin is a presenter on the daily Welsh language television programme Wedi 7 and established the first Welsh language programme on the internet called Siaradog.
www.academi.org/list-of-writers/i/131877/

John Evans
Instrument maker
After leaving school at the age of fifteen, Evans completed his apprenticeship as a carpenter and developed a keen interest in wood turning and carving, particularly Welsh love spoons. After getting in a serious accident in 1993 and reevaluating his life, he combined his knowledge of working with wood and his family background in music to make traditional Welsh instruments.

Bryan Blackmore
Instrument maker
Blackmore has been working as a professional harpmaker since 1975. His harps, varying in size from the Telyneg knee harp with 22 strings to the Cleddau triple harp with 97 strings, all have the traditional Welsh design. Blackmore hand-crafts each harp, using the finest materials, to meet each customer’s unique needs.
www.welshharps.co.uk  

Trefor Owen
Clog maker
Using traditional tools and methods, not a museum demonstrator or machine maker, Owen is the UK’s last remaining full-time professional handmaker of British traditional clogs. He recently relocated home to Wales after starting clogmaking over 31 years ago in Yorkshire. Owen supplies over 300 pairs of clogs per year.