[1] The name comes from the Celtic goddess of inspiration and legendary mother of Taliesin, King Arthur's bard and "Keeper of the Cauldron".
Their debut album, Ô'r Mabinogi (Legends of the Celts) (1997), featured in the Billboard charts for 3 months and won three NAV awards.
Ceredwen's 1997 debut album O'r Mabinogi was inspired by the tales ancient Celtic storytellers told of their ruler's heroic deeds, and featured real and sampled Celtic instruments like the bodhran, pennywhistle, flute and uilleann pipes along with contemporary rhythms and Gray's vocals.
Their follow-up, 1999's Golden Land, followed a similar musical path and used the Druids' fight against the invading Roman army as source material.
Their music has been compared to that of Enya due to its use of traditional instruments and ambient approach, but differs in its use of language.