Land Of My Fathers - Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau
The Welsh national anthem - Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau or Land Of Our Fathers - is one of the most rousing and inspiring of anthems.
Laura Collins
Describing herself as a "jazz poet", Cardiff's Laura Collins brings a contemporary flavour to the jazz medium.
Lisa Scott-Lee
The ex-Steps singer dipped her toe back into the world of music with her solo album, Never Or Now.
Lleuwen Steffan
Singer/songwriter Lleuwen Steffan is forging a unique fusion of jazz and Welsh folk from her home at Penmon, Anglesey.
Llwybr Llaethog
The seminal anti-establishment North Walian production outfit that invented Welsh-language hip-hop.
Los Campesinos!
Formed while they were students at Cardiff University, Los Campesinos! began as a student band at Cardiff University. Before long their demo was causing a fuss all over the web, and they became one of the hottest indie tickets around.
Lostprophets
Lostprophets are British rock sensations, plucked from obscurity on the underground punk-rock circuit by the American record industry.
Lowri Evans
Lowri Evans is a modern folk artist operating in both English and Welsh.
Mal Pope
Mal Pope was born in Brynhyfryd, Swansea on 18 May 1960. A musical family, Mal's grandmother was an accomplished organist and played at church events.
Man
Hailing from Swansea, Man evolved from a Merthyr Tydfil-based harmony-vocal pop group called The Bystanders, of which Micky Jones and Clive John were members. Deke Leonard defected to them from fellow Welsh group The Dream, and in 1968 Man was born.
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers, one of the most important bands ever to emerge from Wales, arrived in the late 1980s with heavy eyeliner, feather boas and political sloganeering. Not the sort of thing you'd usually find in the small South Wales town of Blackwood, but from unlikely beginnings came a band very much relevant 20 years later.
Marina And The Diamonds
Avant-garde spiky pop loveliness from a new indie press darling.
Mark Ruebery
"Writing songs and playing my own music is all I've ever wanted to do," says the Newport singer-songwriter.
Martin Carr
Martin Carr was the songwriter behind The Boo Radleys - hitmakers of the BritPop era. Now, he's recording solo.
Martyn Joseph
Originally hailing from Penarth, Martyn Joseph reached the charts with his 1992 single Dolphins Make Me Cry.
Mary Hopkin
Mary Hopkin was the Welsh teenager who became an internationally successful folk singer after signing to The Beatles' Apple label.
Matthew Jay
Abergavenny's Matthew Jay was on the cusp of success by the time of his tragically early death in 2003.
Mattoidz
When your very first gig is supporting Gruff Rhys, you know you're doing something right. Pembrokeshire's Mattoidz did exactly that in 2003.
Max Boyce
Having been a folk hero for over 30 years, Max Boyce has always resolutely remained true to his Welsh roots.
Mclusky
Black sheep of the Cardiff indie scene, Mclusky displayed a contempt for their peers that bordered on the misanthropic. Not for the fainthearted.
Meic Stevens
Meic Stevens is one of the most popular and influential traditional musicians from Wales.
Metabeats
Metabeats is a scene-leading Barry-raised hip-hop producer (and occasional rapper) drawing from an eclectic sonic palette.
Metro Weekender
In 2007 the Metro Weekender - consisting of Cardiff Calling and South West Four - came to Cooper's Field in Cardiff.
Morriston Orpheus Choir
The Morriston Orpheus is considered one of the premier choirs in Wales since its establishment in 1935 under the direction of the late Ivor E Sims.
Murry The Hump
Murry the Hump formed in Aberystwyth at the end of the last century. Singer-songwriter Matthew Evans recruited guitarist and sometime Tystion collaborator Gwion Rowlands, drummer Bill Coyne and bass player Curig Huws.
Natasha Marsh
Natasha Marsh is a classical crossover soprano delighting audiences with selections ranging from arias to classic pop.
Nicky Wire
The Manic Street Preacher has long been the lanky bass-playing lyricist of one the UK's biggest rock acts. But now he's launched his solo career.
Only Men Aloud!
Cardiff's Only Men Aloud! - a 20-strong male choral group - came to prominence in 2008 with their win on the BBC's reality talent show Last Choir Standing.
Parc and Dare Band
Founded in 1893, the Parc and Dare Band is one of Wales and the UK's best-known and respected brass bands.
Paul Child
Influenced by some of Wales' biggest vocalists and cabaret artists such as David Alexander and Tom Jones, Bridgend's Paul Child is a quiet but impressive success story.
Paul Potts
The brightest star from a TV talent show who wowed audiences worldwide.
People In Planes
People In Planes met at an Owen Money gig in Porthcawl. But despite such inauspicious beginnings they managed to quickly garner a reputation as a storming live act with a knack for melody.
Peth
A supergroup of sorts, The Peth was formed in 2006 by Super Furry Animals' drummer Dafydd Ieuan, their bassist Guto Pryce, and actor Rhys Ifans. Ifans, you may recall, was a one-time member of SFA back in the day.
Pooh Sticks
Ridiculously over-productive, stupidly catchy and archly clever, Swansea's Pooh Sticks were one of the indie scene's greatest mirror images, a reflection of itself and, as the All Music Guide called them, "rock's most inside joke".
Pop music in Wales
From Tom Jones and Shaky, through and Feeder to Charlotte Church and Goldie Lookin' Chain, Wales has given the pop world a number of stars.
Rock in Wales
Miners' benefits
Listen to Billy Bragg talking to us about the shows he played in aid of miners' families.
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