Cerys Matthews
Cerys Matthews MBE (born Cerys Elizabeth Matthews on 11 April 1969 in Cardi… Read Full Bio ↴Cerys Matthews MBE (born Cerys Elizabeth Matthews on 11 April 1969 in Cardiff) 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 learnt to play guitar at the age of nine, sang Welsh folk songs and taught herself traditional songs from all over the globe including blues and Irish folk songs. She was a member of the West Glamorgan Youth Orchestra. The band Catatonia formed in 1992 after Matthews and guitarist Mark Roberts began dating, as well as writing songs together, at the end of 1991. Catatonia split in mid-2001, and Matthews released her first solo album , Cockahoop, in May 2003. Her second album Never Said Goodbye was released in August 2006. In November 2007 she released a mini-album of Welsh language songs Awyren=Aeroplane.
At the 2013 Sony Radio Academy Awards, Matthews won Gold for her popular BBC 6 music Sunday morning show, which she programmes and hosts. She is the One Show’s cultural reporter and writes and presents radio and television documentaries on subjects as diverse as Cuba, early classical composers, shark fishing and early female blues players. A collector of songs for over thirty years, Matthews is a columnist for the world music magazine ‘Songlines’, and her sing-along book, ‘Hook, Line and Singer’, published by Penguin was a Sunday Times bestseller. She is the author of children’s stories ‘Tales from the Deep’ and ‘Gelert: A Man’s Best Friend’.
Matthews has curated for theatres and the Tate Modern and was artistic director for the opening ceremony of the World Music Expo 2013. She was awarded an inaugural St David Award for her services to culture this year from the First Minister of Wales.
Also in 2013, Matthews wrote and presented a six-part television series looking into the history of centuries old folk songs in her native Wales. In October 2014 Matthews releases an album of music and poetry by Dylan Thomas as well as an Archive Hour programme for BBC Radio 4 looking into her uncle Colin Edward’s role in amassing a huge archive on this great lyrical poet. Matthews has created a cultural festival, 'The Good Life Experience'. She is a judge for the Dylan Thomas Prize for young writers, and for the Forward Prizes for poetry.
Her 2010 self-produced album of traditional Welsh songs, ‘Tir’, is the biggest selling Welsh language album of the decade; the second volume, ‘Hullabaloo’ followed in 2013.
Matthews dueted with Sir Tom Jones on the perennial winter favourite, ‘Baby it’s Cold Outside’. She is Vice President for the homeless charity, Shelter, Vice President of the Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts, is patron of the Dylan Thomas Society and Ballet Cymru, and is Arts Ambassador for the Linden Lodge School - a specialist school for sensory impairment.
Matthews lives in West London with her husband and children.
Matthews learnt to play guitar at the age of nine, sang Welsh folk songs and taught herself traditional songs from all over the globe including blues and Irish folk songs. She was a member of the West Glamorgan Youth Orchestra. The band Catatonia formed in 1992 after Matthews and guitarist Mark Roberts began dating, as well as writing songs together, at the end of 1991. Catatonia split in mid-2001, and Matthews released her first solo album , Cockahoop, in May 2003. Her second album Never Said Goodbye was released in August 2006. In November 2007 she released a mini-album of Welsh language songs Awyren=Aeroplane.
At the 2013 Sony Radio Academy Awards, Matthews won Gold for her popular BBC 6 music Sunday morning show, which she programmes and hosts. She is the One Show’s cultural reporter and writes and presents radio and television documentaries on subjects as diverse as Cuba, early classical composers, shark fishing and early female blues players. A collector of songs for over thirty years, Matthews is a columnist for the world music magazine ‘Songlines’, and her sing-along book, ‘Hook, Line and Singer’, published by Penguin was a Sunday Times bestseller. She is the author of children’s stories ‘Tales from the Deep’ and ‘Gelert: A Man’s Best Friend’.
Matthews has curated for theatres and the Tate Modern and was artistic director for the opening ceremony of the World Music Expo 2013. She was awarded an inaugural St David Award for her services to culture this year from the First Minister of Wales.
Also in 2013, Matthews wrote and presented a six-part television series looking into the history of centuries old folk songs in her native Wales. In October 2014 Matthews releases an album of music and poetry by Dylan Thomas as well as an Archive Hour programme for BBC Radio 4 looking into her uncle Colin Edward’s role in amassing a huge archive on this great lyrical poet. Matthews has created a cultural festival, 'The Good Life Experience'. She is a judge for the Dylan Thomas Prize for young writers, and for the Forward Prizes for poetry.
Her 2010 self-produced album of traditional Welsh songs, ‘Tir’, is the biggest selling Welsh language album of the decade; the second volume, ‘Hullabaloo’ followed in 2013.
Matthews dueted with Sir Tom Jones on the perennial winter favourite, ‘Baby it’s Cold Outside’. She is Vice President for the homeless charity, Shelter, Vice President of the Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts, is patron of the Dylan Thomas Society and Ballet Cymru, and is Arts Ambassador for the Linden Lodge School - a specialist school for sensory impairment.
Matthews lives in West London with her husband and children.
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Cerys Matthews Lyrics
A Bird In Hand midday sun and my world's begun to come up roses i…
A Captain Needs a Ship On a leap of faith I found myself On the banks…
All My Trials Hush little baby don't you cry You know your mama was…
Ar Hyd Y Nos Holl amrantau′r sêr ddywedant Ar hyd y nos "Dyma'r ffordd i …
Arglwydd Dyma Fi Mi glywaf dyner lais Yn galw arnaf i I ddod a golchi…
Arlington Way Arlington Way Whose idea was it, anyway To stay the night Ou…
baby it I really can't stay But baby, it's cold outside I've got to…
Blue Light Alarm let the lights turn green and let the roads be clear and…
Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn Mi sydd fachgen ieuanc ffÃ'l Yn byw yn Ã'l fy ffansi Myfi'n…
Calon Lân Nid wy′n gofyn bywyd moethus, Aur y byd na'I berlau mân: Gof…
Carolina now you say that you're leaving to see the world and…
Caught In The Middle Been crying a little Been caught in the middle It's someth…
Chardonnay Chardonnay, chardonnay How I love you Chardonnay As I reac…
Elen dyro gan i ni elen oriau maith y bum yn gweithio llefydd…
Evelyn Evelyn Evelyn Evelyn Evelyn You bring on a new sensation, o…
Gypsy Song Rainclouds, moon shines, I know Sun burns, stars earn shadow…
Heron I spend inordinate amounts of time Looking at pretty faces i…
I Believe In You The guilty undertaker sighs The lonely organ grinder cries T…
If You're Lookin' For Love Maybe I'm sad, maybe you're gone Maybe you're right, baby, a…
Into the Blue Well, I woke up this morning like I've always done With…
La Bague See'est pas La Bague que j'ai regretee see'est le capon que…
Louisiana Rain fell; it called off play We ran for shelter Laughing at…
Morning Sunshine I came to see you in the morning sunshine Salt water…
Myfanwy Paham mae dicter, O Myfanwy, Yn llenwi'th lygaid duon di? A'…
Ocean Two ships passing in the night Drop an anchor for a…
Only A Fool Only a fool to stick by your side Struck by your…
Open Roads I took a ride on your fingertips Heaven high with the…
Oranges to Florida Mad as a catapult I walked beside you Black as the ocean On…
Oxygen by the great missouri pacific line there goes the last train…
Ruby ruby it fills the sky your southern lips on mine i give…
Seed Song lost and troubled minds they can never bring sunshine they o…
Smash the Glass Why can't I believe it when you tell me that…
Sosban Fach Mae bys Meri-Ann wedi brifo, A Dafydd y gwas ddim yn…
Streets of New York Boy, you take me by surprise again you take me…
The Good in Goodbye You took the wind from my sails And left me there…
This Endless Rain this endless rain makes it hard to decide if i should…
Weightless Again We stopped for coffee in the redwood forest Giant dripping l…
What Kind of Man what kind of man is this kind who can make me…