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.
A version of the Carol “Gods Own Son” played as 4/4 march for the Racca Project. Dufunyans / Difunyans means awakening in Cornish. Racca – Cornish Tunes For Cornish Sessions Project 1995-97
Contributed to the Racca project 1995-97. An arrangement by Jim Pengelly of a fragmentary pieces of music provided for Sabine Baring Gould and H Fleetwood Shepherd by Peter Sandry Ervan of St Ervan and Adam Laundry of Launceston and a further source in Liskeard in 1891. Altarnun is named after
An Awhesyth / Lark as collected for the Racca Project 1995-7 See Racca: Cornish Tunes For Cornish Sessions Project Also discussion of song origins and variations: An Awhesyth
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