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Musician John Grant's journey from addiction, to recording three seminal solo albums.

Cerys Matthews' guest John Grant has been on a spectacular journey, from a place where he feared he would never make music again or escape a life of addiction, to winning awards, accolades and Top 20 chart positions, and collaborating with Sinead O'Connor, Goldfrapp, Elton John, Hercules and Love Affair, and the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Philharmonic Orchestra. Formerly associated with the Denver-based alternative rock band The Czars in the 1990s and 2000s, John Grant now has three seminal solo albums under his belt.

He speaks to Cerys about the "persecution" of his religious upbringing, living with HIV, and his musical resurrection. We will also take a journey through the music of his life.

(Photo: US singer-songwriter John Grant attends the Q Awards, at The Grosvenor House Hotel, London, 2013. Credit: Ian Gavan/Getty Images)

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