Matthew Clarke's Posts

Steven Richford of Richfords Fire & Flood speaking on BBC 5 Live.

Audio from Loveday Jenkin

I went to the opening of an IMAX cinema in London while working with IRN and interviewed Sir Roger Moore. Here is the interview.

The Grenaways' winning song from Kan Rag Kernow 2017.

Fleghigow dor...’ (1970) Fleghigow dor, merwell an maw a witha Bethalem yma euthig teg y’n chi gan fydh dhe’n truan y’ga gwann. Now, aurevoir, est ce que vrai? ‘Little children of the land (1970) Little children of the land , the death of the lad who guarded Bethlehem. It’s terribly beautiful in the house of our faith to the wretched in their sin. Now, good bye, is that true? ‘Fleghigow dor...’ / ‘Little children of the land (1970) This curious piece of Cornish was handed to Mick Paynter as a sound file by one of his students Alban Roinard. It is a recording of the grandfather of one Gavin Cheshire from Australia. His grandfather John William Pearce made the recording on a domestic tape recorder in about 1970, when he himself was in his 70s. It was a recording of a grace in a language he did not know or understand but which he had learnt parrot fashion from his grandmother. It was used as a grace at table throughout his life. The family at first thought it was Welsh, until speakers ruled it out. The

Landry is the eldest son of Cressida (nee- Wearne) Tonkin of Newlyn.

Ian Polmear at start, presented by Matthew Clarke. Voice of Lucy Fisher in there too. March 19th 2000. #radio #piratefm #cornwall #ianpolmear #lucyfisher

In 1998, Pirate FM ran short Cornish language bulletins every Saturday and Sunday after the 12 noon bulletin. These were pre-recorded by Matthew Clarke. Only one of these (to my knowledge) still exists - the first edition on 5th September 1998 - the day of the Cornish Gorsedh at St Just.

This was recorded at Lowender Peran October 1997. You can hear a Cornish poetry session in the Sunset Bar next door - very loud voice of Pol Hodge is evident in the background.

Seamus studied the sounds of late Cornish and gave a talk to the London Cornish class in 1991. I recorded him reading some of the traditional story after interpreting where the sounds sat on the tongue according to the work of Edward Llwyd.

Rod Lyon, Matthew Clarke, Vanessa Beeman, ha Bernard Deacon.

Scorper is about an American searching for his heritage and ancestors in Sussex. This was part of the #beinghuman event at Helston Museum 19th November 2015

We vox-popped the audience at the end of the "Modern Folk - Traditional Culture and Community" event at Helston Museum on 19th November 2015.

A couple of questions from the audience completed the event at Helston Museum 19th November 2015.

Jim sings Charles Causley;s poems: "Timothy Winters" and "Who?". This was part of an event at Helston Museum 19th November 2015 called "Modern Folk - Traditional Culture & Community". Note: Jim Causley has given his written permission for these recordings to be uploaded to Audioboom.

Prof Gibson examines Celticity through the pens of writers and film makers in the 1960s and 1970s. This was part of an event at Helston Museum 19th Novermber 2015 called "Modern Folk - Traditional Culture & Community".

Jim Causley sings 'A Causley Sandwich' which includes the traditional Cornish language song 'Ha my ow mos' and ''Angel Hill'. This was part of an avent at Helston Museum 19th November 2015 called "Modern Folk - Traditional Culture & Community". Note: written permission has been given by Jim Causley to use his music on Audioboom online.

This paper was presented as part of the "Modern Folk: Traditional Culture & Community" event held on 19th November 2015 at Helston Museum.

Jim Causley sings 2 songs based on poetry by Charles Causley: "On All Souls" & "Two Eagles". This was part of the 'Modern Folk - Traditional Culture and Community' event held at Helston Museum on 19th November 2015. Note: written permission has been given by Jim Causley to use his music on Audioboom online.

Dr Jim Kelly discusses the poetry of Cornish poet Charles Causley at the start of the event at Helston Museum 19th November 2015: Modern Folk: Traditional Culture & Community.