Glendalough

We spent several weeks in Ireland this summer, and while there, made a special visit to Glendalough, an early Christian monastic site in the Wicklow mountains, about an hour south of Dublin.  Simon Chadwick, my teacher, had alerted me to the significance of the site to harpers and musical history. Apparently, according to the lore, [...]

Wrestling with Robert ap Huw

My brain hurts.  Over the past week and a half I’ve been struggling to read and interpret the first several bars of Kaniad San Silin in the Robert ap Huw manuscript.  It’s eventually going to be rewarding, but right now I’m struggling with everything from the loopy letters to my utter lack of coordination in [...]