Gwenno
Born: 23 / 5 / 1981
Location: Wales
Gwenno Mererid Saunders (born 23 May 1981) is a Welsh musician, known mononymously as Gwenno. She has released three critically acclaimed albums as a solo artist: Welsh Music Prize winner Y Dydd Olaf (2014); Le Kov (2018), her first album in Cornish; and Tresor (2022), which was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize.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."
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Album of the Week: Gwenno - Tresor
Welsh avant-pop icon delights on ethereal third album.
Gwenno Explains Why She Wrote An Entire Album In A Minority Language
Gwenno talks to Anthony Carew about traversing British history - and historical languages - to craft her latest album, and how it rejects the growing homogenisation of culture under late capitalism.
Live Review: Gwenno
"An underlying, post-industrial musical motif, can be detected."
Gwenno Saunders On Making Peace With Your Roots
"Welsh language... There was a point for it to be political because actually it was about a voice just wanting to keep on existing, political in itself."
Welsh Singer Gwenno Announces October Tour
'Y DYDD OLAFF' is coming!
Album Review: Gwenno - Y Dydd Olaf
"A blissful experience that effortlessly transcends the language barrier."
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