Jim Pengelly hailed from Padstow in Cornwall where he grew up, hence the name of this book ‘Den Lodenek’ which translated from Cornish means ‘Man of Padstow’.
Merv Davey- 20 March 2020
In 2000 the members of Cornish Youth Dance group Tan Ha Dowr (Fire and Water) engaged in a recording project to capture the sounds and rhythms of Cornish dance. The project featured Cornish Scoot (step) dance where the percussive sound of hard shoes creates a conversation with musician and tune.
- Merv Davey
- 18 March 2020
'Squire's Song'/'Can Scoswas', from Robert Morton Nance's Cledry plays, was recorded for the Racca Project between 1995 and 1997. The plays were inspired by what Nance called 'guise dance drolls'.
- Merv Davey
- 18 March 2020
The story of "Delyow Sevi" is a strange one. It is the one complete folk song that has survived in the Cornish language and yet was completely overlooked in Ralph Dunstan's 1929 Cornish Song Book.
- Merv Davey
- 16 March 2020
The story of Trevithick’s steam engine is captured in the song “Camborne Hill”. The exact origins of the song are lost to us and to date no nineteenth century broad sides or song sheets have come to light with the lyrics or tune.
- Merv Davey
- 15 March 2020