Event 73
Cerys Hafana
In Concert
– St Mary’s Church
Come and experience the magical, progressive sound of Cerys Hafana, from Machynlleth, Wales, where rivers and roads meet on the way to the sea. She’s won over audiences from Green Man to the Eisteddfod and from BBC 6 Music Festival to Celtic Connections.
Hafana is a Welsh triple harpist and composer who mangles, mutates and transforms traditional music. She explores the creative possibilities and unique qualities of the triple harp, and incorporates found sounds, archival materials and electronic processing.
Edyf, her second album, is inspired by material found in the National Library of Wales archive, including fragments of Psalm tunes, hymns about doomsday and philosophical musings on the length of eternity, and was selected as one of the Guardian’s Top Ten folk albums of 2022. Her latest EP The Bitter is an innovative exploration of some dark English and Scottish ballads.
