Elan Catrin Parry - Anfonaf Angel- Elan Catrin Parry (Official Video)

Listen here: decca.lnk.to/AnfonafAngelID
A year ago, Welsh schoolgirl Elan Catrin Parry made a pledge to Davina McCall on ITV’s life-transforming prime time show, ‘This Time Next Year’, revealing her dream: “I want to make an album.” Fast forward one year, and Elan has signed a major recording deal with Decca Records. The 15-year-old with the purest voice in Wales has now released her debut single Anfonaf Angel, with an album to follow later this year.
The teenage songbird is passionate about continuing the linage of Welsh choral music and keeping the tradition alive, and her debut album will feature both English and Welsh songs. Speaking of the track choices, she says “Musically it’s a mix of folky songs and classic tunes.” She is bilingual and switches naturally between Welsh and English - both on the album and at home. “I’ve always sung in Welsh and it’s something that comes naturally,” she says of her passion for the language. “It’s my generation’s responsibility now to bring it forward to the next generation.”
Charming and modest, Elan (a classic Welsh name pronounced ‘Elle-Ann’) has been competing since the age of four in the traditional Eisteddfod singing contests - a major festival series in Wales, celebrating music and culture and reaching over 150,000 people each year. Last year, Elan was a finalist her Eisteddfod category, which is where she was spotted by Decca executives and later offered a recording contract. Elan’s pure and authentic voice soars so effortlessly that, even in a country renowned for its singing, she is a standout.
Her single Anfonaf Angel - or ‘Guardian Angel’ in English - holds a special place in Elan’s heart.

[@jane9875]

"I'm sending you an angel" gorgeous

[@TheAnnabelle447]

Saw her singing this in English on Songs of Praise this afternoon and had to look her up, even more moving in Welsh, my wife and I were both crying

[@davidarmstrong4875]

We would love this song by the excellent Elan to be heard in every home in Great Britain during this very trying time. Rev. David and June Armstrong, Northern Ireland

[@Readinordertolive]

Beautiful, Welsh is such a nice language and you can tell she is a native speaker

[@user-kw9ue8wd9e]

Oh... So wonderful voice. I listen to her every day).

[@lukestephens773]

Wait she's only 15? This is so good! I'm Welsh and I swear this is one of my favourite songs in the world. I first heard it about six years ago when I got the chance to be part of a huge choir who sing it at the Cardiff Motorpoint Arena but I swear I've never heard it sung so beautifully and so purely, this is amazing.

[@shiftingobsessed6092]

She went to my highschool🤪🤪

[@geoffbayles3732]

What a beautiful voice

[@malinhessedahl]

I love her sing voice and love her music. Please do more song and music videos. From sweden

[@SuperTransvaal]

Wonderful. Brought me to tears.

[@stephaniebragg4730]

Beautiful.

[@jasminesakr1863]

You are one big star and your voice is amazing I love it

[@littlepe777]

One of my favorite singer❤️

[@closedown12]

BEAUTIFUL Voice and BEAUTIFUL Song

[@nicolosito]

I am stunned by the beauty of her voice and she is stunningly lovely to boot. Vive Wales.

[@andrewprice779]

I moved from North Wales to Canada four years ago and your singing of Anfonaf Angel brought tears of joy, I look forward to ordering your CD in August !

[@mattlee5523]

We'll keep a welcome in the hillside fyn brawd

[@allyjohnson646]

Beautiful

[@WinterfellEl]

this is so beautiful

[@OwletOfficial]

What a kind voice☺️amazing

[@celtphoto]

Truly beautiful voice. Diolch Cariad.

[@kpaxet9x]

Un angelo!!

[@katiealice1615]

Your voice is gorgeous!

[@DarranCariadCoins]

Wow.....such an emotional song that gets me every time. This rendition of the song is beautiful and superbly sung. Your voice matches the song beautifully. Stunning.

[@PhilBurnham75]

I saw you on TV you are a great singer I'm going to buy your CD on the 3nd August this year can't wait. All the best . Phil

[@daniel4486]

Phil Burnham 3nd?

[@Johan.Foralberg]

Просто прекрасно

[@arabellabaker7506]

Wow your voice is so elegant and peaceful 😍

[@ftumschk]

Diolch am ganu'r gân yma mor wych. Roedd yn anodd imi wrando hyd at y diwedd o achos fy nagrau :) Hyfryd wir!

[@tonyrosamusic]

I saw you on TTNY show and your voice and poise captivated me. From artist to artist I just wanna say: BRAVO!

[@sarabaines1597]

Can da gwrando arno fo ohyd wedi ei ganu yn wych, sara 11 oed 💕💕

[@cassandrathatsme4382]

Beautiful!!!

[@gmoney2181]

What has happened to my Elan, ...from years past singing for Arizona Veterans we weep from silence...

[@stanhughes3079]

Such a talent and such a moving song. I know English is the language of Shakespeare but the Welsh lyrics are far more moving but I'm biased, bendigedig

[@rhysparry2003]

I love you your best voice really slow good singer with Rhys parry I am in

[@whiskyfake]

Such a beautiful human being with such an amazing voice. I don't like female vocals, but you made me shiver, probably finally it is a time for me to discover a brand new world of music.

[@jeffersgomez3725]

no sé como te encontré pero esta buena la música

[@graybomusic]

brilliant

[@ioriedwards7554]

More beautifully sung than by any other female Welsh singer but I prefer Bryn Terfel's rendition,.The power and sweet clarity of his voice is truly amazing.

[@gutollyr781]

Elan. Ma dy dalent di yn rywbeth sydd yn mynd i aros efo chdi am byth. Ti’n wych. Caria ymlaen i ganu oherwydd mae o werth ei glywed. Guto x

[@erincrawford4467]

Dwin Caru yn Elan ❤

[@jessxox4612]

Da Iawn 😍

[@gmoney2181]

Please Elan, provide a link for a Physical CD for purchase here in America and American's who Love your Voice and gifted singing. Thank you..

[@thephilosopher2905]

I lie awake Alone as night is falling I listen, and it′s clear I hear you calling Don't be afraid, I love you I′ll save you and protect you And hold you gently in my loving arms A guardian angel Keeping watch 'til morning A guardian angel With undying love I'm safe with you to guide me I′ll rest with you beside me My guardian angel from above Sometimes I feel The world is unforgiving A daily battle Just to go on living But when all hope is fading An angel there descending And dawn is breaking full of hope once more A guardian angel keeping watch ′til morning A guardian angel with undying love I'm safe with you to guide me I′ll rest with you beside me My guardian angel from above You are my angel, my shield and protector You're the light in the darkness In the storm you′re the stillness You are my angel My strength and defender I will remember how you changed my life A guardian angel Keeping watch 'til morning A guardian angel with undying love I′m safe with you to guide me I'll rest with you beside me A guardian angel from above My guardian angel from above

[@amystr6238]

Mae hyn yn gwych fach. Dal ati. Mae hyn beth rwy’n galw dyfal barhau i wneud yn well. Yn fy marn I, bydd chi’n rhoi Cymru nol ar y map! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@harrihazard8008]

I'm a scary gargoyle on a tower That you made with plastic power Your rhinestone eyes are like factories far away When the paralytic dreams that we all seem to keep Drive on engines 'til they weep With future pixels in factories far away So call the mainland from the beach Your heart is now washed up in bleach The waves are rising for this time of year And nobody knows what to do with the heat Under sunshine pylons we'll meet While rain is falling like rhinestones from the sky [Chorus] (Uh) (Mmmmm) [Verse 2] I got a feeling now my heart is frozen All the verses and the corrosion Have been obstinate in my soul I prayed on the immovable Yet clinging to the atoms of rock Seasons see adjustment signs of change I can't see now, she said, "Taxi" Now that light is so I can see This storm bring strange loyalties and skies I'm a scary gargoyle on a tower That you made with plastic power Your rhinestone eyes are like factories far away [Chorus] (Here we go again) That's electric (Uh) That's electric [Verse 3] Helicopters fly over the beach Same time every day, same routine A clear target in the summer when skies are blue It's part of the noise when winter comes It reverberates in my lungs Nature's corrupted in factories far away [Chorus] (Here we go again) That's electric Your love's like rhinestones falling from the sky That's electric With future pixels in factories far away (Here we go again) That's electric Your love's like rhinestones falling from the sky That's electric With future pixels in factories far away (Here we go again)

[@cerabalcanibal4888]

JUST LIKE HAYLEY WESTENRA AGED 12 ON HER 1ST ALBUM "WALKING IN THE AIR" AN ANGEL SINGING

[@whiskyfake]

May I ask you which micro and headhones were used? 01:33 Headphones looks like Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro

[@artisticmelon9964]

Im related to her :)

[@elansings]

You are an angel. Please take me away. I want to get high fly and die 😘

[@jasonhughes726]

mae ene yn can ardderchog da iawn ti

[@annabu1278]

Очень нравится. Кто нибудь расскажите о чем песня

[@kingwaksy]

Mor brydferth

[@maredsmith9526]

Mae y gan yma yn helpu i mi gofio am nhad fy mam. Diolch am y gan yma.

[@rightwingcdr7234]

Ardderchog del.

[@heyitsme6400]

Mae’r can yma yn y can gorau yn y byd mae llais ti yn arbennig

[@jonathanbirch2401]

Well beth am can neis yn ysgol no Dan I yn gwrando I hon a mae rhei pobol on caru o dwin yn hefud a llais hyfryd x

[@ioriedwards7554]

Strange that this glorious songbird from WREXHAM (so called NORTH WALES) but admittedly N.E. pronounces some of the Welsh words as the South Walians do. ( which I really dislike) If you listen to Bryn Terfel's rendition, (which is the best of all,) you'll clearly hear the difference with words ending in "au" pronounced correctly and not as as "E." It bears little importance on the whole and of course the" foreigners" wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

[@JustWill17_]

bean

[@user-wt4fy2zj4p]

Will why

[@JustWill17_]

k for a laugh

[@user-wt4fy2zj4p]

Will delightful

[@XJokermanX]

That's Harsh cmon will

[@HaggRat]

Why did this make me laugh for a solid minute?

[@UNORTHODOX747]

Could shame a nightingale maid

[@rabbipink]

Божественно. Большой, большой талант.