From Merv Davey the Gorsedd piper to the DJs of Newquay, music has always been an inherent part of the Cornish culture.
The more traditional of Cornish instruments and arrangements are enjoying a resurgence at the moment, tunes played on the flute and harp, pipes and whistle.
The pipes make some of the most evocative of tunes, a higher pitched, more strangled version of the Scottish bagpipe, they provide Cornish music with a unique anchor.
Many bands are now prepared to write songs in the Cornish language and play them in pubs and clubs to an increasingly mixed and often young audience.
From a small nucleus of people trying to keep the tunes and the instruments alive, Cornish music is going from strength to strength.
Dominic Power performing Shakespearean comedy at one of the Caravanserai Fireside Session. One of the many poetry, performance, and art in the landscape events held at Treloan on the Roseland Penninsula.
To get you in the mood for Christmas, here are the words to “While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night” in Cornish. Whether you sing them to the Lyngham version or to the traditional tune, they’re a delight to sing in Cornish.
