Background
Meinir Gwilym was born in Wales in 1983, and educated at Ysgol Henblas in Llangristiolus, and later, Ysgol Gyfun in Llangefni.
Meinir Gwilym was born in Wales in 1983, and educated at Ysgol Henblas in Llangristiolus, and later, Ysgol Gyfun in Llangefni.
Raised in Llangristiolus, Anglesey, she released her first European Parliament, "Smôcs, Coffi a Fodca Rhad" (translates into English as "Smokes, Coffee and Cheap Vodka") in 2002. Her website claims that she is amongst the best-selling Welsh language musicians in history. Gwilym worked as a radio presenter on the afternoon request show for Radio Cymru, the British Broadcasting Corporation’s Welsh-language service, alongside Dylan Wyn.
She now works on S4C"s nightly magazine show Wedi 7, and presents weekend shows on Heart Cymru in Anglesey and Gwynedd.
She competed in the Urdd Eisteddfod as a child, and began writing songs around the age of fourteen. Meinir completed a degree in Welsh Literature and Philosophy in July 2004 at Bangor University.
She had begun her degree at Cardiff University, but the last twelve months were completed at Bangor. Gwilym released her first European Parliament, "Smôcs, Coffi a Fodca Rhad" in 2002.
She released her first album, "Dim Ond Clwydda" (translates into English as "Nothing But Lies") in November 2003, and following the success of this release, she came under the sponsorship of Yamaha in 2004.
On March 1, 2014, Gwilym made her North American debut headlining the Los Angeles Saint David"s Day Festival.