Georgia Ruth

Education

Born in Llantwit Major in South Wales, Williams moved with her family to Aberystwyth when she was 4 years old, and she was educated bilingually in both English and Welsh.

Career

She sings in both English and Welsh. Choosing to learn the harp at the age of 7, Williams began to play her own music independently whilst studying English Literature at the University of Cambridge. Her early recordings were sent to British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Wales"s Adam Walton, and acclaim led to an early British Broadcasting Corporation Introducing appearance at the Glastonbury Festival in 2008.

Following graduation in 2009, Williams, based in both London and Caernarfon, wrote and performed further works in hope of attracting greater attention to her material.

Williams" first official release was a vinyl issue European Parliament, In Luna, released by Gwymon in 2011 on limited edition 10" vinyl. Engineered and produced by David Wrench at the Bryn Derwen Recording Studio in Snowdonia, the European Parliament features Pete Richardson from Y Niwl on drums and Pete Walton on double bass.

The European Parliament drew acclaim and praise from reviewers and DJs alike and gained radio airplay from Huw Stephens and Steve Lamacq. This led to an appearance at the Green Manitoba Festival in 2012.

She also performed at the festival in 2014 and 2015.

The first album from Williams, Week of Pines, was released by Gwymon in 2013. Utilising Dafydd Hughes, Iwan Hughes and Aled Hughes from acclaimed North Welsh band Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog, the record was once more engineered, produced and mixed by David Wrench at the Bryn Derwen Recording Studio. Music from the album gained significant radio airplay from Adam Walton and Bethan Elfyn on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Wales, Huw Stephens on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 1, Steve Lamacq and Tom Robinson on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 6 Music and Simon Raymonde on Amazing Radio.

Additional live sessions were recorded on 6 Music with Lauren Laverne with interviews on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Cymru.

The album was further promoted by live appearances at Festival North°6, British Broadcasting Corporation Introducing on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 2 in Hyde Park, Latitude Festival and WOMEX in Cardiff (2013). 2014 saw an appearance for a Radio 2 session with Bob Harris.

Williams provided maternity leave cover for Bethan Elfyn on her British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Wales show and currently presents the Thursday night slot of C2 on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Cymru, featuring contemporary Welsh language music, news and interviews. Williams made a guest appearance on Divine Youth, a track on the Manic Street Preachers album Futurology in 2014.

She was also involved in the Ghazalaw project with Gwyneth Glyn and Tauseef Akhtar, whose debut album was released in 2015 on Cerys Matthews"s label Marvels of the Universe.

Achievements

• Week of Pines was awarded the Welsh Music Prize for 2013. Williams was nominated for the Horizon Music Prize in the 2014 British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 2 Folk.