When I got together with a friend of mine to start a band, we started off with the idea of playing old Dutch tunes, but gradually it shifted towards Celtic music. I'd never written any songs myself, but that changed when I met and fell in love with an English girl at the ISB Convention in Leeds. Our relationship has not survived, alas, but I'm blessed with happy memories and a lot of songs - inspired by her and my love for the mystical side of life, so often eloquently evoked in Robin's work. I hope that Robin will do just that - may his strings resound in earth and air. First of all I've got to say that I think Robin writes the most wonderful songs.
Nobody does it better.
I lost touch in the 1980s but managed to catch up on most of Robin's work subsequently. It is simply stunning how this man can write so many fantastic songs. Well I think it's getting a bit much for us CD buyers. He's getting promiscuous, a new CD every month nearly and unfortunately quantity doesn't always mean quality. The majority of the new CDs include songs we've heard several times before.