An Radyo exists to champion the Cornish language and Cornish music. Our playlist centres on songs sung in Kernewek, alongside instrumental traditional Cornish tunes, and we also give airtime to music in the other Celtic tongues.
Featured Artists
Hanterhir — described by some as folk rock with a psychedelic streak, and by others as anything but folk.Dalla — a Kernewek band founded by Neil Davey and Hilary Coleman, carrying Cornish music and song to audiences worldwide.Graham Sandercock — songwriter who has released many Cornish-language pop albums and books, including the beginners' course Holyewgh an Lergh, first published in 2005 with two singers.Phil Knight — songwriter who has sung for Cornwall at international festivals such as PanCeltic in Ireland and Xacobeo 93 in Galicia, and contributed to many recordings.Skwardya — formed in 1999 and still performing here and there; the band has released five CDs, mostly of songs in Kernewek.Tir ha Tavas — Delia and Dave Brotherton write their own songs in Kernewek, celebrating the beauty of Cornwall's landscape and way of life with warmth, humour and grace.Salt & Sky / Holan hag Ebron — Emma Packer and Lizzie Pridmore formed the duo in 2013, bringing fresh energy to the folk scene with vibrant reworkings of traditional Cornish tunes woven together with new songs and melodies.Benjad — a singer, musician and songwriter based in St Austell who won the PanCeltic competition twice, in 2012 and 2013, learned much of his Kernewek from his mother, and also writes and performs in Spanish.
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