Shirley Bassey

All hail the diva: Dame Shirley from Tiger Bay celebrates her 72nd birthday on Thursday.

Browse her profile, listen to clips of her songs and even check out her live appearance at Glastonbury.

• Dame Shirley Bassey biography
• Shirley Bassey on BBC Music
• Shirley Bassey at Glastonbury

Choirs

Find out why Wales isn't known as the land of song for nothing. We trace the history of the choral tradition in Wales from the early minstrels to Only Men Aloud!

• The choral tradition
• A-Z of choirs
• Tell us about your choir
• Only Men Aloud! biography

Hootenanny

On this year's Hootenanny, Jools Holland was joined by a host of Welsh stars including Duffy, Dave Edmunds and Kelly Jones.

• Watch again
• More about Duffy
• Dave Edmunds
• Kelly Jones biography