Cerys Matthews
Cerys 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.
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| Birth name | Cerys Elizabeth Matthews |
| Born | 11 April 1969 Cardiff, Wales |
| Origin | Swansea, Wales |
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| Years active | 1990–present |
| Website | www |
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.