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Corky
"acoustic indie-folk singer-songwriter with a West Country twist"

biography | gallery | links | acknowledgements

Who Is Corky?

Corky is an acoustic indie-folk singer-songwriter with a West Country twist - songs are about historic stories: mad monks, barmaids eaten by tigers and lost villages, as well as childhood angst, stalkers and chav anthems from the weird and wonderful world of Wiltshire. Growing up among circles - both man-made of stone and alien-made of corn - this is a world where legends of 1,000 years ago are still spoken of as if it were last week. Brought up on a diet of Peter, Paul and Mary and Simon & Garfunkel, it wasn't until The Wurzels hit number one during a fierce drought in 1976 that he heard the music to which he belonged. Have a listen to Now That You Know or The Ballad of Albie Nash on his MySpace site, and see if that isn't modern Scrumpy & Western music.

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Corky competing in the World Mangoldwurzel Hurling Championships in Sherston, Wilts (yes, that is The Mangledwurzels in the background!)

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Corky (backed by the Corkettes) at Lazy Afternoon of Music at Cloister Gardens, Malmesbury

The Corky Discography

Albums    

Gurt Lush

What Me Fly / In For Me / Ballad Of Albie Nash / Now That You Know / Flying Around / Bade My Time / What You Want / While You Were Sleeping / Laaff / Edge Of Me

The individual songs of Gert Lush, and the entire album, are available to download at the 4014 Project website.

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Corky's Links

Acknowledgements

Thanks to:
- Tristan Cork
for information received.



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