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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Welsh record label to digitise entire catalogue of 26,000 recordings

Black and white image of Dafydd Iwan performing on stage while playing an acoustic guitar
Dafydd Iwan, co-founder of Sain, rose to fame writing and performing folk music in the Welsh language. Photograph: Sain Records

For 55 years, the record label Sain, which is based in the north-west Wales village of Llandwrog, has been behind some of the most important Welsh-language music, promoting genres as diverse as pop, hip-hop, folk and classical.

Now the painstaking process of digitising its sprawling back catalogue is under way to ensure that no gems are lost and, hopefully, to inspire future musicians.

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