Person

Gwenno

Gwenno Mererid Saunders (born 23 May 1981) is a Welsh-Cornish 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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Artist details

Type
Person
Area
Wales, United Kingdom
Born
May 23rd, 1981
Genres
Labels
Heavenly Recordings
Crai
Last updated: September 27th, 2016