Cerys

Cerys is far more than a simple healer — and the roots of her mission go deeper into the past than anyone can know.

New Diva Release! 2009

Return to a southern state: this year promises a new album from Janelle Monáe, Big Boi and Andre 3000 solo records, plus a reunited OutKast release.6 Music blows out the candles on the Thin White Duke's 65th birthday this week, with tributes from Cerys and Jarvis, plus archive live shows and documentaries.

Populist: Items of interest this week 2012

Cerys Matthews, singer of Catatonia and BBC 6 Music DJ: Nashville Here's how to do Nashville, where I used to live.

Insider's guide to musical pilgrimages: Country, soul, blues, folk, world music 2011

It's a three-hour road trip and so worth it, but that's a whole different story … • Cerys Matthews's new album, Explorer, and her debut children's book Tales from the Deep Gomer Press, £5.99 are both out nowNoah Ball, festival organiser: Philadelphia The musical pilgrimage I'd been planning for a couple of years with a friend from Manchester involved three US cities: Philadelphia, Detroit and LA.

Insider's guide to musical pilgrimages: Country, soul, blues, folk, world music 2011

A little bit country … Cerys Matthews advises on how to do Nashville

Insider's guide to musical pilgrimages: Country, soul, blues, folk, world music 2011

Cerys said eager to return to their room so they could continue drinking.

Freshers: Part two - Cerys 2010

I'll stick my nose out of the door to see if I can see something, Cerys said.

Freshers: Part two - Cerys 2010

Cerys said, horrified at the thought of her £100 Toni and Guy hair-do being ruined like that.

Freshers: Part two - Cerys 2010

Cerys Matthews, presenting, spoke over birdsong on a sultry day in the Mississippi Delta.

Radio review: Lady Plays the Blues 2010

Tickets for last week's Marmaris Rafting trip were sold by Seaside Tours, the Turkish agent that booked the expedition for Cerys and her relatives in the summer.

Turkish rafting guides still risking lives, says father of drowned schoolgirl Paul Lewis in Fethiye 2010