1. Gwenno Mererid Saunders was born on 23 May 1981 and is a Welsh-Cornish musician, known mononymously as Gwenno.
17 Facts About Gwenno Saunders
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Gwenno Saunders has released three critically acclaimed albums as a solo artist: Welsh Music Prize winner Y Dydd Olaf ; Le Kov, her first album in Cornish; and Tresor, which was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize.
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Gwenno Saunders is the daughter of Cornish poet and linguist Tim Saunders and Lyn Mererid, who is an activist and member of the choir Cor Cochion Caerdydd and works as a translator.
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Gwenno Saunders represented Cornwall in the Liet International song contest, 2003, and won the People's Choice Award for her performance of "Vodya".
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In December 2004 Gwenno Saunders filmed the song "Ysolt y'nn Gweinten" by Celtic Legend for Classic FM TV.
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Gwenno Saunders joined the Pipettes in April 2005 after founding member Julia left.
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Gwenno Saunders is most notable for her lead vocals on the single "Pull Shapes" and the chorus of "Your Kisses Are Wasted on Me".
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Gwenno Saunders toured as a synth player with Pnau and Elton John in 2012.
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In June 2012, Gwenno Saunders released a five-song Welsh language EP, Ymbelydredd, available on hand-painted cassettes on Peski Records.
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Gwenno Saunders appears on The Boy Least Likely To's 2013 album The Great Perhaps, contributing vocals to the track "It Could Have Been Me".
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Gwenno Saunders released her first solo full-length album, the Welsh-language Y Dydd Olaf, in October 2014 on Peski Records.
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Gwenno Saunders co-produced and co-hosted a Welsh radio show on Cardiff Radio titled "Cam O'r Tywyllwch" with her Peski Records colleagues.
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Gwenno Saunders released her second solo album Le Kov in 2018, which was an all-Cornish language album.
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On 7 April 2025, Gwenno Saunders announced her fourth solo album, Utopia, set for release on 11 July by Heavenly.
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In December 2015, a giant mural of Gwenno Saunders was erected on the wall of Clwb Ifor Bach on Womanby Street in Cardiff's city centre.
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Gwenno Saunders is married to musician and producer Rhys Edwards, who is behind the project Jakokoyak, and they have two children.
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Gwenno Saunders was made a Bard of the Cornish Gorsedh in 2019 for "services to the Cornish language through music and the media".