Cerys Hafana
Sat 18 Oct 7:30pm
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Sat 18 Oct 7:30pm
Cerys Hafana
harp, voice
Wiltshire Music Centre
Wiltshire Music Centre Ashley Road Bradford-on-Avon UK
01225 860 100
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Spellbinding genre-bending folk from acclaimed Welsh triple harpist and vocalist. Plus support from Ruby Darbyshire
Cerys Hafana is a Welsh composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist who mangles, mutates, and transforms traditional music. Cerys comes from Machynlleth, Wales, where rivers and roads meet on the way to the sea.
Hafana’s primary instrument is the Welsh triple harp with which they explore all its creative possibilities and unique qualities, playing with found sounds, archival materials and electronic processing. Their spellbinding music is rich with atmosphere and heart and stubbornly resistant to genre boxes and easy classification. They’ve won over audiences from Green Man to the Eisteddfod and from BBC 6 Music Festival to Celtic Connections with their magical, progressive sound.
Watch an interview & their latest single
Angel, their latest album on tak:til/ Glitterbeat, released in Sept 2025, is a deep exploration of minimalism, traditional and avant-folk music, alternating between songs (all in Cymraeg) and instrumentals, often buoyed by a deft trio of sympathetic and exploratory musicians (drums, double bass, alto sax). In 2026, live shows will feature this dynamic new trio sound.
The uncommon breadth and innovation of Angel soundly confirms Hafana as one of the UK’s most exciting young contemporary folk artists, with The Guardian featuring it as Folk Album Of The Month.
“Angel is the third release by this piercingly beautiful singer and exceptional, adventurous musician in 18 months…. Hafana’s approach is endlessly inventive…the album overall has a profound impact, hymning the life cycle, and the fantastical properties of music and time, to stunning effect.” Jude Rogers, The Guardian
Plus support from Ruby Darbyshire
Originally from Scotland, 18 year old singer-songwriter, guitar and pipes player Ruby Darbyshire grew up playing music anywhere she could. From her first performance at the Edinburgh Fringe festival, to Celtic Connections and many folk festivals around the UK, Ruby’s background created the best foundation for her ongoing career in music.
Currently based in the South West, her second EP released in August 2025 has created a stir and has been nominated for the best female solo artist at the Wiltshire Music Awards. Her debut single, ‘Caller Unknown’, was first played on BBC6, with the help of Tim Burgess of the Charlatans and Freddie Cowan of The Vaccines. Ruby’s other music has found its way into Celtic music radio, Radio X, BBC introducing South West, BBC Bristol, Cornwall and Devon as well as Bath Radio and Radio Wilts.
Her next recording, this autumn will be contemporary Pipe driven originals.
Hafana builds hugely powerful swells of feeling and atmosphere, with their virtuosity on both harp and piano allowing a push beyond avant folk toward darkling, rain-washed minimalism and sharp-eyed jazznot-jazz.
The Wire
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