Cerys Matthews

Cerys Matthews
MBE
Matthews in 2014
Matthews in 2014
Background information
Birth nameCerys Elizabeth Matthews
Born (1969-04-11) 11 April 1969 (age 55)
Cardiff, Wales
OriginSwansea, Wales
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active1990–present
Websitewww.cerysmatthews.co.uk

Cerys Elizabeth Matthews MBE (/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 now 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.[2] 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. Matthews' illustrated version of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood was published in November 2022, by Weidenfeld and Nicolson.[3]

  1. ^ "WALES 1999 – the year of Cool Cymru". BBC News. 25 December 1999. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Young Fathers, Gossip and The Smile to headline 2024 BBC Radio 6 Music Festival in Manchester". 26 July 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Cerys Matthews' Under Milk Wood". Weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2023.