Cerys Elizabeth Matthews MBE (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.
Matthews now hosts a weekly music show on 大象传媒 Radio 6 Music, a weekly blues show on 大象传媒 Radio 2, and a weekly show on 大象传媒 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. Matthews' illustrated version of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood was published in November 2022, by Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
Matthews was born in Cardiff, the second of four siblings. The family relocated to Swansea when she was seven. She went to Bryn Y Mor Welsh language school until 11 years of age, then attended St Michael's School, Llanelli. Later, she attended Ysgol Bro Gwaun comprehensive school when she lived in the Pembrokeshire village of Trefin, and Bryanston School, an independent school in Dorset, England.
Cerys Elizabeth Matthews MBE (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.
Matthews now hosts a weekly music show on 大象传媒 Radio 6 Music, a weekly blues show on 大象传媒 Radio 2, and a weekly show on 大象传媒 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. Matthews' illustrated version of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood was published in November 2022, by Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
Matthews was born in Cardiff, the second of four siblings. The family relocated to Swansea when she was seven. She went to Bryn Y Mor Welsh language school until 11 years of age, then attended St Michael's School, Llanelli. Later, she attended Ysgol Bro Gwaun comprehensive school when she lived in the Pembrokeshire village of Trefin, and Bryanston School, an independent school in Dorset, England.