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Gruff Rhys

Gruff Rhys is a person from Cardiff, active since 1970.

Person Cardiff since 1970 welsh british uk

TOTAL PLAYS

1,349

SONGS PLAYED

160

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2006-11-14 22:11 · 6 Music — "Candylion"

LAST PLAYED

1 month ago · 6 Music — "Sensations In The Dark"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026

300 225 150 75 0

'06 '09 '12 '15 '18 '21 '24

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 1,327 98%

Radio 2 15 1%

Radio 1 7 1%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 07:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Sensations In The Dark 156 2026-08-07

2 Shark Ridden Waters 156 2024-05-28

3 American Interior 89 2021-02-16

4 Liberty (Is Where We'll Be) 75 2015-02-21

5 Honey All Over 69 2024-01-23

6 Candylion 68 2022-06-02

7 Frontier Man 53 2024-03-03

8 Celestial Candyfloss 50 2025-08-11

9 Loan Your Loneliness 50 2021-12-09

10 Lost Tribes 50 2017-06-25

11 Pang! 43 2020-02-18

12 The Club 43 2018-09-23

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-07 21:28 Sensations In The Dark 6 Music

2025-12-10 12:42 Post Apocalypse Christmas 6 Music

2025-12-07 02:59 Different Snowy Peaks 6 Music

2025-11-22 09:18 Bad Friend 6 Music

2025-10-01 21:40 Taro #1 & #2 6 Music

2025-09-21 09:12 Cyflafan 6 Music

2025-09-16 15:51 Taro #1 & #2 6 Music

2025-09-12 00:00 Chwyn Chwyldroadol! 6 Music

2025-08-28 21:27 Saf Ar Dy Sedd 6 Music

2025-08-19 20:52 Taro #1 & #2 6 Music

2025-08-14 23:57 Taro #1 & #2 6 Music

2025-08-12 20:13 Taro #1 & #2 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

160 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

(If We Were Words) We Would Rhyme —

1 2013-07-16 ▶

100 Unread Letters —

1 2014-04-17 ▶

100 Unread Messages —

3 2014-05-20 ▶

A House With No Mirrors - Live from Festival Number 6 —

1 2012-09-18 ▶

A House With No Mirrors - Live from Festival Number 6 160912 —

1 2015-01-05 ▶

Acid Dream: The Great LSD Plot Theme —

1 2022-12-12 ▶

After Hours/Contentment —

1 2016-11-07 ▶

Allweddellau Allweddol (6 Music Festival 2015) —

1 2015-02-21 ▶

American Interior —

89 2021-02-16 ▶

American Interiro_For Gideon_Riley Session 17 September 18 —

1 2018-09-17 ▶

Ara Deg (BBC Horizons Session, Clwb Ifor Bach, 29 Jan 2020) —

1 2020-02-19 ▶

At The Heart Of Love —

3 2011-03-15 ▶

Atom Bomb —

2 2016-09-05 ▶

Bad Friend —

37 2025-11-22 ▶

Bad Friend (6 Music Session, 21st February 2024) —

1 2024-02-21 ▶

Bae Bae Bae —

2 2020-02-14 ▶

Bae Bae Bae (6 Music Festival 2022) —

1 2022-05-04 ▶

Bae Bae Bae (6 Music session 31 Oct 2019) —

1 2019-10-31 ▶

Bae Bae Bae (6 Music Session, 31 Oct 2019) —

2 2022-06-20 ▶

Bae Bae Bae (BBC Horizons Session, Clwb Ifor Bach, 29 Jan 2020) —

1 2020-02-19 ▶

Caitlin's Theme —

2 2016-11-29 ▶

Can't Carry On —

1 2021-05-27 ▶

Candylion —

68 2022-06-02 ▶

Candylion (6 Music Festival 2022) —

5 2022-05-04 ▶

Candylion (6 Music Session, 31 Jan 2011) —

1 2023-05-09 ▶

Candylion (Manchester Session Version) —

1 2011-01-31 ▶

Candylion - Live from Festival Number 6 —

2 2012-09-19 ▶

Celestial Candyfloss —

50 2025-08-11 ▶

Celestial Candyfloss (6 Music Session, 21 Feb 2024) —

1 2024-07-28 ▶

Celestial Candyfloss (6 Music Session, 21st February 2024) —

2 2024-03-01 ▶

Chwyn Chwyldroadol! —

8 2025-09-12 ▶

Conservation Conversation —

2 2011-02-19 ▶

Cyflafan —

1 2025-09-21 ▶

Different Snowy Peaks —

4 2025-12-07 ▶

Digidigol —

2 2019-10-07 ▶

Distant Snowy Peaks —

1 2021-10-17 ▶

Distant Snowy Peaks (Headphones On Mix) —

1 2022-08-07 ▶

Drones in the City —

4 2018-12-23 ▶

Eli Haul —

4 2019-11-19 ▶

Eli Haul (6 Music session 31 Oct 2019) —

1 2019-11-04 ▶

Eli Haul (6 Music Session, 29 Jan 2020) —

2 2020-02-02 ▶

Eli Haul (6 Music Session, 31 Oct 2019) —

1 2022-06-20 ▶

Eli Haul; —

1 2019-10-30 ▶

Far Side of the Dollar (6 Music Session, 21st February 2024) —

1 2024-02-21 ▶

Ffwydriad —

1 2009-08-12 ▶

Frontier Man —

53 2024-03-03 ▶

Frontier Man (6 Music Festival 2022) —

1 2022-05-04 ▶

Frontier Man (6 Music Session 170918) —

1 2018-09-17 ▶

Frontier Man (6 Music Session, 07 June 2018) —

1 2023-01-24 ▶

Frontier Man (6 Music Session, 7 June 2018) —

1 2018-06-07 ▶

GWN Mi WN - Southbank 2012 —

6 2022-10-11 ▶

Gyrru (6 Music Festival 2015) —

2 2015-03-01 ▶

Gyrru Gyrru Gyrru —

16 2020-03-22 ▶

Gyrru gyrru gyrru (6 Music Festival 2022) —

5 2022-05-09 ▶

Gyrru Gyrru Gyrru (BBC Horizons Session, Clwb Ifor Bach, 29 Jan 2020) —

1 2020-02-19 ▶

Gyrru Gyrru Gyrru (Summer Sundae 2007) —

1 2007-08-13 ▶

Gyrru Gyrru Gyrru Gyrru - Southbank 2012 —

4 2015-04-02 ▶

Gyrru Gyrru Gyrru Gyrru - Southbank 2012 —

4 2022-10-11 ▶

Hiking In Lightning —

5 2022-04-07 ▶

Holiest Of The Holy Men —

1 2021-11-07 ▶

Honey All Over —

69 2024-01-23 ▶

Honey All Over - Live From Southbank —

1 2012-03-16 ▶

Honey All Over - Southbank 2012 —

7 2022-03-31 ▶

I Tendered My Resignation (6 Music Session, 21st February 2024) —

1 2024-02-21 ▶

If We Were Words (We Would Rhyme) —

3 2011-08-11 ▶

If We Were Words We Would Rhyme (Live at Festival No 6 16.9.2012) —

1 2012-09-17 ▶

If We Were Words We Would Rhyme - Live from Festival Number 6 —

1 2012-09-18 ▶

If We Were Words We Would Rhyme - Live from Festival Number 6 160912 —

1 2015-01-05 ▶

If We Words (We Would Rhyme) - 6Music Session 23/02/2011 —

1 2011-02-26 ▶

Iolo —

1 2014-05-08 ▶

IOLO (6 Music session 10.09.14) —

2 2014-10-12 ▶

Iolo (6 Music Session, 29 Jan 2020) —

1 2020-01-29 ▶

Layer Upon Layer —

3 2023-03-07 ▶

Liberty (6 Music Festival 2015) —

2 2015-02-25 ▶

Liberty (Is Where We'll Be) —

75 2015-02-21 ▶

Liberty (Is Where We'll Be) - 6 Music Festival - RX 21/02/2015 —

1 2015-02-27 ▶

Liberty (Is Where We’ll Be —

4 2014-06-15 ▶

Liberty (Is Where We’ll Be) —

2 2014-06-17 ▶

Limited Edition Heart —

7 2018-10-28 ▶

Loan Your Loneliness —

50 2021-12-09 ▶

Loan Your Loneliness (6 Music Festival 2022) —

1 2022-05-04 ▶

Loan Your Loneliness (Don Leisure Remix) —

1 2021-11-19 ▶

Lone Your Loneliness (Don Leisure Remix) —

2 2023-01-16 ▶

Lonesome - Southbank 2012 —

6 2019-06-22 ▶

Lonesome Words (6 Music Session, 31 Jan 2011) —

1 2023-05-09 ▶

Lonesome Words - Live from Festival Number 6 —

2 2012-09-23 ▶

Lonesome Words - Live from Festival Number 6 160912 —

1 2015-01-05 ▶

Lost Tribes —

50 2017-06-25 ▶

Lost Tribes (6 Music Festival 2015) —

9 2016-01-18 ▶

Mausoleum Of My Former Self —

5 2021-07-28 ▶

Mausoleum Of My Former Self (6 Music Festival 2022) —

1 2022-05-04 ▶

Mausoleum Of My Former Self (Binaural Version) —

2 2021-05-26 ▶

Negative Vibes —

1 2020-08-11 ▶

Negative Vibes (6 Music Session 170918) —

1 2018-09-17 ▶

Negative Vibes (6Music Session 17 Sep 2018) —

2 2024-01-23 ▶

Ni Yw Y Byd - Glastonbury 2011 —

1 2011-07-03 ▶

Ni Yw y Byd - Southbank 2012 —

5 2015-04-02 ▶

No Profit In Pain (6 Music Session 170918) —

1 2018-09-17 ▶

No Profit In Pain (6Music Session 17 Sep 2018) —

2 2024-01-23 ▶

Oh Dear —

1 2018-06-07 ▶

Oh Dear! —

1 2018-06-11 ▶

Pang —

5 2019-08-05 ▶

Pang! —

43 2020-02-18 ▶

Pang! (6 Music Festival 2022) —

1 2022-05-04 ▶

Pang! (6 Music session 31 Oct 2019) —

1 2019-10-31 ▶

Pang! (6 Music Session, 29 Jan 2020) —

4 2020-02-03 ▶

Pang! (6 Music Session, 31 Oct 2019) —

1 2021-08-04 ▶

Penbedw —

1 2023-03-31 ▶

People Are P****d —

1 2022-03-11 ▶

People Are Pissed —

4 2024-12-26 ▶

People Are Pissed (6 Music Festival 2022) —

1 2022-05-04 ▶

Post Apocalypse Christmas —

33 2025-12-10 ▶

Pwdin Wy 2 —

1 2016-07-17 ▶

Sadness Sets Me Free —

1 2024-08-18 ▶

Saf Ar Dy Sedd —

6 2025-08-28 ▶

Same Old Song —

1 2018-06-11 ▶

Science & Fiction (Manchester Session Version) —

1 2010-11-22 ▶

Selfies in the Sunset —

1 2018-06-12 ▶

Sensations In The Dark —

156 2026-08-07 ▶

Sensations In the Dark (6 Music Session, 31 Jan 2011) —

1 2023-05-09 ▶

Sensations In the Dark - 6 Music session 11/10/2011 —

1 2016-04-11 ▶

Sensations In the Dark - 6 Music session 31/01/2011 —

1 2014-05-03 ▶

Sensations In The Dark - Glastonbury 2011 —

1 2011-12-20 ▶

Sensations In The Dark - Live from Festival Number 6 —

1 2012-09-18 ▶

Sensations In The Dark - Live from Festival Number 6 160912 —

1 2015-01-05 ▶

Sensations In The Dark - Live From Southbank —

3 2012-03-23 ▶

Sensations In The Dark - Southbank 2012 —

7 2019-06-22 ▶

Set Fire To The Stars —

6 2024-05-12 ▶

Shark Ridden Waters —

156 2024-05-28 ▶

Shark Ridden Waters (6 Music Festival 2022) —

5 2022-05-09 ▶

Shark Ridden Waters - 6 Music Session 22/11/2010 —

1 2010-11-28 ▶

Shark Ridden Waters - Southbank 2012 —

7 2022-03-31 ▶

Shark-Ridden Waters - 6Music session 23/02/2011 —

1 2011-03-20 ▶

Silver Lining (Lead Balloons) —

9 2024-04-11 ▶

Silver Lining Lead Balloons —

1 2024-09-11 ▶

Space Dust #2 —

20 2012-02-12 ▶

Spacedust #2 - Live From Southbank featuring Cerys —

3 2012-04-07 ▶

Take That Call —

7 2020-05-15 ▶

Take That Call (6 Music Session, 7 June 2018) —

1 2018-06-07 ▶

Taranau Mai —

1 2019-09-19 ▶

Taranau Mai (6 Music session 31 Oct 2019) —

1 2019-10-31 ▶

Taranau Mai (6 Music Session, 31 Oct 2019) —

1 2022-06-20 ▶

Taro #1 & #2 —

6 2025-10-01 ▶

The Club —

43 2018-09-23 ▶

The Keep —

1 2021-05-27 ▶

The Last Conquistador —

4 2015-03-07 ▶

The Last Conquistador (6 Music Festival 2015) —

1 2015-02-21 ▶

The Swamp (6 Music Festival 2015) —

1 2015-02-21 ▶

They Sold My Home To Build A Skyscraper —

1 2024-01-17 ▶

Tiger's Tale —

1 2025-02-23 ▶

Walk Into The Wilderness —

2 2024-12-15 ▶

Whale Tail —

2 2011-10-06 ▶

Whale Trail —

28 2023-10-24 ▶

Whale Trail - 6 Music Session 11/10/2011 —

1 2011-10-16 ▶

Whale Trail - 6 Music session 11/10/2011 —

1 2016-04-11 ▶

Whale Trail - Live From Southbank —

2 2012-03-22 ▶

Whale Trail - Southbank 2012 —

4 2022-10-11 ▶

Xenodocheionology —

1 2011-04-21 ▶

Y Mynydd Hud - 6Music Session 23/02/2011 —

1 2011-03-20 ▶

Ôl Bys / Nodau Clust (Muzi Remix) —

2 2020-01-27 ▶