Jamie Smith's Mabon and Macquarrie & Toms perform a special set of tunes composed by Jamie Smith, commissioned to mark Lowender Peran's 40th Anniversary.
A set of three polkas: The Lowender Peran Polka; The Ponsmere Polka; The Best Western Polka.
Merv Davey- 12 November 2020
The Rakka session takes place in the early evening at Lowender Peran, Cornwall's Celtic Festival held annually at the end of October in the Hotel Bristol Newquay.
- Merv Davey
- 12 November 2020
Valda Trevlyn was a Cornish poet, suffragette and political activist who married scottish poet Hugh McDiarmid, they lived much of their lives at Brownsbank Cottage in Lanarkshire. After her Valda’s death there was a campaign to renovate Brownsbank cottage and create a museum dedicated to teh couple. In 1991 John
- Merv Davey
- 11 November 2020
Many hymn tune composers have chosen Cornish place names for their compositions and this paper is a work-in-progess listing. We hope to find information and copyright music for them all and if you are able to help, we would love to hear from you. We are grateful to the
Tony Mansell
- 7 November 2020
Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) Richard Trevithick pioneered the use of high-pressure steam for use in the mines and in 1801 he built a full-size, steam, road locomotive on a site near present-day Fore Street in Camborne. He named it “Puffing Devil” and on Christmas Eve it began its first epic journey
- 7 November 2020