by powerful woman writers and artists such as Ithell Colquhoun, the Cornish language poet Phoebe Proctor, Maya Deren and Monica Sjöö, Tresor is an intimate view of the feminine interior experience, of domesticity and desire, a rare glimmer of life lived in and expressed through Cornish. On 26 July, Tresor became Gwenno's first album to be nominated for the Mercury Prize, and it was named one of the albums of the year by BBC Radio 6 Music. Cultural influence In December 2015, a giant mural of Saunders was erected on the wall of Clwb Ifor Bach on Womanby Street in Cardiff's city centre. In October 2018, the Cornish Language Board claimed that Saunders' album Le Kov had contributed to a 15% increase in the number of people taking Cornish language exams during 2018. Wales Arts Review included two of Gwenno's albums on their 2021 list of the greatest Welsh albums of all-time: Le Kov at 18 and Y Dydd Olaf at 64. Personal life Saunders is married to producer Rhys Edwards, who is behind the project Jakokoyak, and has one son. She was made a Bard of the Cornish Gorsedh in 2019 for "services to the Cornish language through music and the media". Saunders is a supporter of Welsh independence. She has said: "What if there are other ways of co-existing? What if we can organise ourselves differently? There is an innate anarchy to art and an absolute potential in utilising it for the good whilst imagining better futures. We want to continue a conversation about an inclusive self-determination by drawing on our past, embracing our neighbours across the UK and the world with open arms, whilst also making sure that we’re singing along to the best possible tune." Discography Solo Albums EPs With the Pipettes Appears on See also Julie Fowlis, sings in Scottish Gaelic Ruth Keggin, sings in Manx Mary Black, sings in Irish References External links Gwenno at Heavenly Recordings Gwenno radio show page, Cam O'r Tywyllwch 1981 births Living people Cornish language activists Cornish-language singers Welsh-language singers Cornish-speaking people Singers from Cardiff British people of Cornish descent Welsh keyboardists 21st-century Welsh women singers Welsh-speaking musicians Welsh pop singers Musicians from Brighton and Hove British women in electronic music The Pipettes members Heavenly Recordings artists Welsh electronic musicians Bards of Gorsedh Kernow Welsh language activists