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Welsh singer-songwriter (born 1969)
Cerys Matthews
MBE
Matthews in 2014
Background information
Birth name
Cerys Elizabeth Matthews
Born
(1969-04-11) 11 April 1969 (age 55) Cardiff, Wales
Origin
Swansea, Wales
Genres
Alternative rock
Cool Cymru
Britpop
indie rock
pop rock
folk
Occupation(s)
Singer
songwriter
Years active
1990–present
Website
www.cerysmatthews.co.uk
Musical artist
Cerys MatthewsMBE (/ˈkɛrɪs/; born 11 April 1969) is a Welsh singer, songwriter, author, and broadcaster. She was a founding member of Welsh rock band Catatonia and a leading figure in the "Cool Cymru" movement of the late 1990s.[1]
Matthews programmes and hosts a weekly music show on BBC Radio 6 Music, a weekly blues show on BBC Radio 2, and a weekly show on BBC Radio 4, Add To Playlist, which won the Prix Italia and Prix Europa 2022. She also makes documentaries for television and radio and was a roving reporter for The One Show. She founded "The Good Life Experience", a festival of culture and the great outdoors in Flintshire in 2014, and is author of Hook, Line and Singer, published by Penguin Books, and children's stories Tales from the Deep and Gelert, A Man's Best Friend, published by Gomer.
Her illustrated version of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood was published in November 2022, by Weidenfeld and Nicolson.[2]
^"WALES | 1999 – the year of Cool Cymru". BBC News. 25 December 1999. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
^"Cerys Matthews' Under Milk Wood". Weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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