Don Leisure wins Welsh Music Prize

Don Leisure - the alias of producer Aly Jamal - was presented with a £10,000 award for winning the category of Best Album with his fifth album Tyrchu Sain (Digging Sain).

The ceremony took place last night at the Wales Millennium Centre. Upon receiving the reward, Huw Stevens - co-founder of the Welsh Music Prize - described Tyrchu Sain as "a complete one-off, a new take on a scene and sound." Stevens went on to congratulate Leisure, regarding him as "a much respected and adored musician on the Wales scene."

After the ceremony, Leisure shared: "It’s mind-blowing to win. My daughter’s already said she wants to take the award in for show and tell at school."

"Making the album was a real voyage of discovery. My ethos is always, 'Would this song sound good as a hip hop sample?’, and so much did. There’s so much amazing Welsh music of all genres that I’m still discovering."