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Cerys Matthews is a singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of Welsh rock band Catatonia; although she has also released solo work.

Catatonia was formed in 1992, reputedly after songwriter Mark Roberts heard Cerys busking in Cardiff city centre; Cerys subsequently sang lead vocals on the band’s hits. Outside Catatonia she performed on The Ballad Of Tom Jones and collaborated with Tom Jones on Baby, It’s Cold Outside (originally by Frank Loesser) on Reload. In September 2001 Cerys announced her departure from Catatonia after bouts of exhaustion and anxiety.

In 2002, Matthews moved to Nashville in search of a new beginning. She had collected 76 traditional songs with the idea of making an album of folk covers. In America, Matthews met Bucky Baxter, who had played lap steel guitar for Bob Dylan and Ryan Adams. Her debut album, Cockahoop, was recorded in seven months and appeared on Blanco y Negro in the UK in May 2003. She toured the album around Britain but with minimal promotion as she was heavily pregnant at the time. Its stateside release followed in October 2004.

21 August 2006 saw the release of the album, Never Said Goodbye. The new album was preceded by the single Open Roads (released 7th August 2006).

Until July 2006 Cerys lived in Nashville with her husband Seth Riddle, whom she married in February 2003, and their two children, Glenys Pearl Y-Felin and Johnny Tupelo Jones. The family have now moved back to Pembrokeshire for the foreseeable future, Cerys saying that they chose to move to Wales as her daughter was developing a Southern twang in her accent, and Cerys wanted to show her children the traditions and ways of her home land.
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  • LordOldington

    Dearest Cerys, marvellous work you are doing. Best wishes, Crow Hailer. http://www.last.fm/music/crow+hailer Do feel free to join us in the Baronial Hall some time.

    March 2012
  • m1a100

    "Since the earth stopped moving, the river lost it's flow / The willow below won't agree with me" (8

    December 2011
  • anemonlaut

    Cerys Matthews - Explorer

    May 2011
  • Ash-1990

    Finally, a different main pic! <3

    April 2011
  • James_Cole

    Hi there. I just created a Tumblr for Cerys Matthews and Catatonia. I'll upload news (when there are news to tell) or random lyrics, or images or so. I hope you can enjoy an follow it :) This is the address: http://cerys-catatonia.tumblr.com/

    April 2011
  • meredith999

    How I wish she could visit Poland one day...

    February 2011
  • websheldon

    Cerys!! CONGRATULATIONS on your engagement! I was with the Turkish guy you were singing Constantinople to in Dublin :-D

    December 2010
  • dakotaryan

    Phenomenal in Gloucester last week! Underrated!

    April 2010
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21 Jan 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/cerysmatthewsofficial

CERYS MATTHEWS'INTO THE BLUE' / 'MAE ANGEN LLONG AR GAPTEN'One of HMV's prestigious "albums of the year""Matthews has written some great pop singles...but this is her best work to date, …

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