Robin plays the triple harp, which - OK - was originally a baroque instrument from Italy but it 'lives on' in Wales. He learned much of his music from the two great tradition bearers - Nancy Richards and Eldra Jarmain. (The gypsy tradition from the latter.) Robin has done a lot to re-establish the triple harp as well as traditional music in general in Wales and he's currently the Chairperson of Clera, the traditional instrument society.

If you can get to this concert, go! If he's running workshops, go! (Sit at the back, if you don't play the harp, and just learn the tunes.) But send him back in one piece. He's turning 50 at the beginning of June and he's promised us a big party. I've promised him I'll make my almond cheesecake ...

sian