Triawd Y Coleg

This close harmony trio – Meredydd Evans; Cledwyn Jones; Robin Williams – who dominated the Welsh language popular music scene during the 40s and 50s, and whose appeal remains due to their masterful technique and musical wit. Triawd y Coleg (literally The college trio) were students at University College of North Wales, Bangor, during the years following the war: Meredydd Evans from Blaenau Ffestiniog who later became the doyen of Welsh folk music, and head of BBC Wales Light Entertainment, Robin Williams who became a popular preacher, broadcaster and author, and Cledwyn Jones who became a lecturer at Bangor. They were ‘discovered’ by the head of the BBC at Bangor at the time,Sam Jones, and he saw in them ideal material for a series of light entertainment shows he created for radio called Noson Lawen (literally Merry Evening, the name given to the traditional form of informal singing and social evenings held in Welsh rural homes), which soon established itself as a firm favourite with listeners the length and breadth of Wales.