Delyth Jenkins was raised in Oswestry, with family roots in rural Montgomeryshire. She learned Welsh and taught herself the harp after moving to Swansea for university. She played with the pioneering revival group Cromlech and then formed the trio Aberjaber with Peter Stacey and Stevie Wishart. She now performs as DnA with her daughter, the Calan fiddler Angharad Jenkins.