Elin Fflur
{{Short description|Welsh singer-songwriter}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Elin Fflur
| image = ElinFflur.jpg
| caption = Fflur at the 2019 BAFTA Cymru Awards
| birth_name = Elin Fflur Llewelyn Jones
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|07|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey, Wales
| nationality = Welsh
| occupation = {{Hlist|Singer|television presenter|radio presenter|voiceover narrator}}
| television = {{Plainlist|
- Cân i Gymru (2011–)
- Heno (2012–)
}}
| years active = 2002–present
| education = Ysgol David Hughes
Bangor University
| spouse = {{marriage|Jason Harvey
|2012}}
| children =
| module = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed = yes
| instrument = Vocals
| genre = {{flatlist|
}}
| label = {{flatlist|
- Recordiau Grawn Ffrwyth
- Sain
- Jigcal Records
}}
}}
}}
Elin Fflur Llewelyn Harvey (née Jones; born 26 July 1984), known professionally as Elin Fflur, is a Welsh singer-songwriter, television and radio presenter.
Early life
Fflur was born in Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey and is the oldest of three children of Gerallt and Nêst Jones. She was educated at Ysgol David Hughes secondary school in the town of Menai Bridge, and later at Bangor University. Fflur began taking part in local Eisteddfodau from the age of three and became a familiar name in National Eisteddfodau thereafter. She later studied criminology at university, but left after her first year.{{cite news|author=Penny Fray|url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/pennys-people-elin-fflur-living-8594147 |title=Penny's People: Elin Fflur is living her dream |date=7 February 2015 |work=Daily Post|place=North Wales |accessdate=2018-07-02}}
Her musical roots began with her mother, who was the lead vocalist of the Welsh-folk band Bran in their early, prog-rock releases. The band Bran became known for winning Cân i Gymru in 1978.
Career
Fflur participated in Cân i Gymru in 2002, the 33rd edition of the competition. She won the competition with the song "Harbwr Diogel" ("Safe Bay") composed by Arfon Wyn. She competed again in Cân i Gymru in 2009, but was unsuccessful this time. She was part of bands like Carlotta (with her brother Ioan) and Y Moniars.{{cite news|author=Penny Fray|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Respectable+side+to+singing+in+English%3b+Ioan+and+Elin+Llewelyn+from...-a081587489 |title=Respectable side to singing in English; Ioan and Elin Llewelyn from Welsh band Carlotta are prepared to sing in English for their supper |date=11 January 2002 |work=Daily Post |place=North Wales}}
She now works as a presenter on S4C, initially on the music roadshow Nodyn,{{cite news|url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/film-tv/elin-fflur---homeward-bound-2785613|title=Elin Fflur - Homeward bound |date=8 June 2009 |work=Daily Post |place=North Wales |accessdate=2018-07-02}} which ran for 4 series between 2008–2011. Since 2011, Fflur has co-presented Cân i Gymru on S4C with Dafydd Meredydd (2011–2013), Gethin Evans (2014) and Trystan Ellis-Morris (2015–present).{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Branwen |title=Dafydd Iwan talks of the personal pain behind writing Yma o Hyd |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/dafydd-iwan-talks-personal-pain-25288952 |website=WalesOnline |language=en |date=18 October 2022}}{{cite web |title=Newtown police detective shortlisted for Wales' biggest televised song contest |url=https://www.countytimes.co.uk/news/19936917.newtown-police-detective-shortlisted-wales-biggest-televised-song-contest/ |website=County Times |language=en}}
In 2012, she became one of the main presenters of the evening magazine programme Heno. She presented her first show on 14 May 2012.{{cite web|url= https://www.s4c.cymru/en/press/post/27712/elin-fflur-joins-heno-team-and-starts-her-new-job-on-a-high|title=Elin Fflur joins Heno team, and starts her new job on a high |date=10 May 2012 |work=S4C |accessdate=2020-07-12}} Fflur later became an anchor for Welsh annual events such as the Urdd National Eisteddfod, Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod and the National Eisteddfod of Wales. She has also presented episodes of Noson Lawen.
On 9 September 2018, she took part in an S4C documentary, Chdi, Fi ac IVF, which followed the attempts she and her husband, Jason Harvey, had gone through to conceive a baby using IVF.{{cite news|author=Eryl Crump |url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/singer-elin-fflur-speaks-heartbreak-15079119|title=Singer Elin Fflur speaks of her heartbreak at losing a child just weeks after finding out she was pregnant|date=27 August 2018 |work=Daily Post |place=North Wales |accessdate=2019-03-02}}
In 2018, Fflur stood-in for the BBC Radio Cymru 2 breakfast show when main presenters Dafydd Meredydd and Caryl Parry Jones were absent.{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00046f5|title=Sioe Frecwast|date=16 June 2020|publisher=BBC}}
In 2020, she started presenting Sgwrs dan y Lloer ("A conversation under the moonlight"). The series features Fflur meeting with a celebrity guest and having an intimate conversation with them in their own back garden.{{cite news|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08dy46x|title=Sgwrs dan y Lloer |date=16 June 2020 |work=BBC}}
Personal life
Fflur has two brothers: Gwion Llŷr Llewelyn and Ioan Llewelyn.
On 15 December 2012, Fflur married Jason Rusell Harvey, a former Llanfairpwll F.C. football player. The couple have spoken openly about their struggles to conceive naturally, and turning their efforts to IVF treatment in an attempt to conceive. Medically, she is unable to conceive naturally as her fallopian tubes are defective.{{cite news|author=Eryl Crump |url= https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/singer-elin-fflur-speaks-heartbreak-15079119|title=Singer Elin Fflur speaks of her heartbreak at losing a child just weeks after finding out she was pregnant|date=27 August 2018 |work=Daily Post |place=North Wales |accessdate=2020-06-16}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Show ! Role ! Note |
|---|
| 2002
|Contestant |Winner |
| 2008–2011
|Nodyn |Presenter |4 series |
| 2009
|Contestant | |
| 2011–present
|Co-presenter |Annually |
| 2012–present
|Heno |Co-presenter | |
| 2012–present
|Anchor |Annually |
| 2018
|Chdi, Fi ac IVF |Herself |One-off special |
| 2020–present
|Sgwrs dan y Lloer |Presenter |4 series |
| 2020–present
| Dathlu Dewrder | Co-presenter | |
Discography
=Singles=
| class="wikitable"
! Title ! English translation ! Length ! Release ! Notes |
| Ysbryd Efnisien
| Efnisien's ghost | 10'24" | 2006 | |
| Cerddwn ymlaen
| You'll Never Walk Alone | 13'00" | 2013 | Charity single with Lucie Jones and Rhys Meirion |
| Cloriau Cudd
| Hidden covers | 07'24" | 2014 | |
| Gwely Plu
| Feather bed | 03'54" | 2016 | |
| Hiraeth sy’n gwmni i mi
| Nostalgia is my company | 03'45" | 2017 | |
| Coflaid yr Angel
| Angel | 11'00" | 2018 | with Shân Cothi |
| Enfys
| Rainbow | 03'39" | 2020 | Charity single amid the spread of COVID-19 |
| Dwylo Dros y Môr 2020
| Hands Across the Sea 2020 | 04'51" | 2020 | Charity single; various artists |
=Albums=
| class="wikitable"
! Title ! English translation ! Length ! Release ! Notes |
| Harbwr Diogel
| Safe Bay | 42'00" | 2002 | As part of 'Elin Fflur a’r Moniars' |
| Dim gair
| Speechless | 51'00" | 2003 | Debut album, which topped the charts on Radio Cymru.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2004/mar/21/features.magazine27 |title=Bestseller - Welsh language CD Dim Gair by Elin Fflur |date=21 March 2004 |work=The Observer}} |
| Cysgodion
| Shadows | 40'55" | 2004 | |
| Hafana
| Hafana | 52'39" | 2008 | |
| Lleuad Llawn
| Full moon | 43'43" | 2014 | |
=Compilation albums=
| class="wikitable"
! Title ! English translation ! Length ! Release ! Note |
| Y Goreuon
| The Best | 73'00" | 2010 | |
References
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External links
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021y9v Elin Fflur] (BBC Radio Wales)
- [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/elin-fflur/ Elin Fflur biography from BBC Wales]
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Category:Welsh-language singers
Category:21st-century Welsh women singers
Category:Welsh-language television presenters
Category:Welsh television presenters
Category:Welsh women television presenters
Category:Welsh singer-songwriters
Category:Welsh-speaking musicians