Meic Stevens (born March 13, 1942) is a
Welsh singer-songwriter often referred to as "the Welsh
Dylan", who has been compared with
Syd Barrett. Stevens's songs have a mystical, faintly psychedelic flavour, and are mostly sung in his native
Welsh language. Still largely unknown outside Wales, he was discovered by DJ
Jimmy Savile, who saw him performing in a Manchester folk club in 1965. This led to Stevens recording his first single - with arranger
John Paul Jones (later of
Led Zeppelin) - for
Decca Records that same year, though it sold badly.