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- ↑ "Gwawr Edwards' road to singing fame". WalesOnline. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ↑ Wales Millennium Centre: Pontio: Gwawr Edwards & Hannah Stone [ permanent dead link ]. Accessed 24 February 2013
- ↑ St David's Weekend Gala Concert [ permanent dead link ]. Accessed 24 February 2013
- ↑ Sain: Gwawr Edwards Biography. Accessed 24 February 2013
- ↑ "New music festival launches in Cardiff". WalesOnline. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
