Yws Gwynedd

This week my guest is Welsh singer/songwriter Ywain 'Yws' Gwynedd. Yws first came to prominence in the Welsh Language music scene with his band 'Frizbee', who released 3 albums before Yws took a break from music to work in television. In 2014, Yws returned to music with a brand new band, singing under his own name. The band have achieved huge success since then with well over 1 Million streams on Spotify after their debut album Codi / \ Cysgu won Best LP at Y Selar music awards and was nominated for best Welsh-language album of the year at the National Eisteddfod in 2015.We talk about how Yws has used his creativity and songwriting to help him firstly, through the grief of losing his brother, who died in a car accident when Yws was just 19 and then how the grief of losing a child during pregnancy inspired Yws to write one of his most famous songs 'Sebona Fi'.You can follow Yws on Instagram / Twitter @YwsGwyneddMusic featured in this episode:'Sebona Fi' by Yws Gwynedd (Listen here: https://bit.ly/3AFx21z)'Deryn Du' by Yws Gwynedd (Listen here: https://bit.ly/3c2DXYp)Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to creative people about how grief has shaped their art.These conversations are here to show how those who have suffered loss have found comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all better understand our grief and reach a place of healing.::You can follow Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcastProduced / Edited by Al LewisTheme music by Al Lewis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Feels like Healing is a series of conversations between myself Al Lewis and individuals who have turned to creativity as a way of helping them heal.Our need for healing is universal. However the reasons behind it can be oh so varied; a difficult childhood, a traumatic experience or perhaps a bereavement and our need to process grief.My search for healing stems from the death of my Dad, who died when I was 21 from Multiple Sclerosis.For over fifteen years I'd kept a quiet lid on my grief. However when it came to clearing out the last remaining boxes from my Dad's attic, that grief that I'd suppressed came rushing to the surface. It was then that I began to write songs about my Dad. Writing those songs was incredibly cathartic and I realised how useful creativity can be when confronted with the hardest parts of life.I believe that hearing other people's stories can help us to process ours and that the act of being creative can help turn something seemingly hopeless and incomprehensible in to something beautiful and hopeful.These conversations are here to provide solace and inspiration and to show you that healing can happen when we take our deepest pain and turn it into a work of art. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.