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The Cornwall Folk Festival has been held annually for more than three decades and in 2008 was staged at Wadebridge. [22] Other festivals are the pan-Celtic Lowender Peran [23] and midsummer festival Golowan. Cornwall won the PanCeltic Song Contest [24] three years in a row between 2003 and 2005. [25] 2003: Naked Feet; 2004: Keltyon Byw; 2005: Krena
Cornish folk music (4 C, 1 P) V. Music venues in Cornwall (2 P) Pages in category "Music of Cornwall" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
Traditional songs of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. Pages in category "Cornish folk songs" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
The culture of Cornwall (Cornish: Gonisogeth Kernow) forms part of the culture of the United Kingdom, but has distinct customs, traditions and peculiarities. Cornwall has many strong local traditions. After many years of decline, Cornish culture has undergone a strong revival, and many groups exist to promote Cornwall's culture and language today.
The Folk Cottage became known throughout the UK and played a key part in the burgeoning 1960s folk music and beatnik scene in Cornwall. The Folk Cottage provided a springboard for many performers who would later become nationally known including Wizz Jones, Jacqui McShee, Clive Palmer (co-founder of The Incredible String Band), and Ralph McTell.
The cultural calendar of Cornwall is punctuated by numerous historic and community festivals and celebrations. In particular there are strong links between parishes and their patronal feast days (which are often days not directly linked to official church patronal celebrations).
The number of clubs began to decline in the 1980s, in the face of changing musical and social trends. But the decline began to stabilize in the mid-1990s with the resurgence of interest in folk music and there are now over 160 folk clubs in the United Kingdom, including many that can trace their origins back to the 1950s. [53]
Scottish folk music includes many kinds of songs, including ballads and laments, sung by a single singer with accompaniment by bagpipes, fiddles or harps. Traditional dances include waltzes, reels, strathspeys and jigs. Alongside the other areas of the United Kingdom, Scotland underwent a roots revival in the 1960s.