The Anchoress is Welsh multi-instrumentalist songwriter and author Catherine Anne Davies (born 1985 in Glynneath). Prior to starting The Anchoress project in 2013, Davies self-released music under her own name and as Catherine A.D..
The Anchoress's debut album "Confessions of a Romance Novelist", co-produced by Paul Draper, was released on 15 January 2016 via Kscope. The album was listed as one of the Guardian newspaper critics’ Albums of the Year, and it won HMV’s Welsh Album of the Year, Best Newcomer at the PROG awards, and a nomination for Welsh Music Prize.
