Gwenno Saunders | |
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.jpg) Gwenno in 2016 | |
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| Birth name | Gwenno Mererid Saunders |
| Born | 23 May 1981 Cardiff, Wales |
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| Years active | 2002–present |
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| Formerly of | The Pipettes |
| Website | www |
Gwenno Mererid Saunders (born 23 May 1981) is a Welsh-Cornish[1][2] musician, known mononymously as Gwenno. She has released three critically acclaimed albums[3] as a solo artist: Welsh Music Prize winner Y Dydd Olaf (2014);[4] Le Kov (2018), her first album in Cornish; and Tresor (2022), which was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize.[5]
She was also a singer in the indie pop group the Pipettes, whose debut We Are the Pipettes was described by Pitchfork as "a classic modern indie-pop album."[6]
- ^ "Gwenno – A Song for Cornwall". A Song For Us. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Go Cornish interview Gwenno: "This is Le Kov - an imagined place"". Go Cornish. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Gwenno". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "Gwenno wins Welsh Music Prize 2015". BBC News. 26 November 2015. Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "See the Mercury Prize 2022 shortlist in full". The Independent. 26 July 2022. Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "The Pipettes: We Are the Pipettes". Pitchfork. Retrieved 26 July 2022.