Bluegrass Links
Some great sites for your information
The Cornish Bluegrass Association
British Bluegrass Music Association
Sore Fingers Summer Schools
BBC Radio 4 covered this years Sore Fingers which we attended and ended up playing as 'Flats & Tarts' in the student concert. The broadcast tells you all about Sore Fingers, Bluegrass and Old Time Music.
BBC Radio 4 broadcast 2nd June 2011
Acousticart
American Folk Music, Old Time, Bluegrass & Folk-Blues - From Cornwall UK
Local Links
These are the people that help us out with our instrument needs & repairs, and generally support us, thanks guys :)
- Kif originally trained as an Industrial Designer in Engineering he met, and worked with, Dan Armstrong in the early 70s. From this, and his love of music, sprang a desire to make the most beautiful performing guitars. His even greater desire is to inspire and enthuse people of all ages into the wonders and delights of the natural, real world and the common factor that binds all things… Music.
Whatever you have in mind, this is the right place to find it. With a comprehensive stock of fantastic instruments and accessories, and a local hotspot for ukuleles in Cornwall, the Music Box stock is extensive and available to purchase both in store and over the web.
The Fisherman’s Friends are shanty singers from Port Isaac on Cornwall’s rugged, panoramic north coast. Each and every member of this unique group are or have been fishermen, lifeboatmen and coastguards (as well as builders, artisans, hoteliers, and shop keepers) in Port Isaac.
Wall mounted storage for all your boots and shoes. Handmade in Penzance Cornwall. Kirk's family business.