Gwenifer Raymond

Gwenifer Raymond

Gwenifer Raymond is a Welsh multi-instrumentalist and guitar player from Cardiff, United Kingdom, now based in Brighton, England. She plays in the American primitive guitar style and performs original compositions on guitar and banjo.

Background

Raymond begins playing guitar at the age of eight, after first encountering punk and grunge. She spends years playing in punk bands in the Welsh valleys before turning towards pre-war blues musicians and Appalachian folk players, which leads her towards the American primitive guitar tradition.

Style and work

Her music is rooted in acoustic string instruments and draws on American primitive guitar, with a focus on solo guitar and banjo pieces. She performs across the UK and the US.