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Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball CBE and his Music
  George Ball was born on the 18th of June 1896, in Australia. His father, George Charles Ball, was a musician from TOMS Tenement, St Breock, and his mother, Mary Hannah Ball (nee Spear), was from Church Farm, St Mawgan; they had been married on the 11th of October 1887
  • Tony Mansell
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Jack Collings: The Singer On The Radio
Jack Collings had a magnificent bass-baritone voice and was well known as ‘the singer on the radio’.
  • Merv Davey
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Teylu
Teylu, aka singer-songwriters Molly Biscoe & Harriet Seed
  • Merv Davey
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Al Hodge: guitarist / singer /composer
Al Hodge was an internationally known guitarist, singer, and composer. His music remains with us and his legacy of rock music in Cornwall continues to grow. The first “Alstock” festival was held at Bodmin Footbal Ground in 2007 and has since become the highlight of the Cornish rock band calendar.
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Cam Kernewek
Cam Kernewek
Cornish Dance display group and Ceili Band 1979 – 1997
  • Merv Davey
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Jim Wearne: Cornish-American singer-songwriter
Jim Wearne's researches into folk music and family history led him to an interest in things Cornish, and Cornish music in particular. He has since written many songs on Cornish themes, and performs these songs and traditional Cornish material at festivals throughout the USA, and in Cornwall.
  • Jim Wearne
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Harry Glasson
I was born to Patrick Harry and Phyllis Annie Glasson on the 24th of September 1951 at Coronation Cottages Leedstown, the home of my maternal Grandmother and christened Phillip Harry. At just a few days old I was taken home to Clowance wood, near Horsedowns. My surname, Glasson, means ‘grass
  • Dave Brotherton
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Brenda Wootton: Cornish Singer and Ambassador (1928 -1994)
‘A Newlyn maid who dearly loved to sing’, was how Brenda saw herself – although she became known by many titles around the world: La Grande Cornouaillaise, Mama Cornwall, the Voice of Cornwall and more. Brenda released more than 30 albums and is a major figure in the story of
  • Sue Ellery-Hill
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Roger Taylor: Legendary drummer of Cornwall
In August 1971, whilst on a tour of Cornwall, the newly formed rock group ‘Queen’ played at the Driftwood Spars pub in St Agnes. The newspaper advert proudly announces: ‘The Legendary Drummer of Cornwall: ROGER TAYLOR’. Below, in a tiny font, is added ‘and Queen’.
  • Rupert White
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Skwardya
Skwardya, formed in 1998 by Matthi Ab Dewi and Alan Pengelley, is a Cornish language folk/rock/pop band.
  • Merv Davey
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