Richard Trethewey

St Ives Arts Club are very excited to welcome Richard and his talented trio

Born in Cornwall’s Clay Country, Richard Trethewey is a singer, fiddle and cittern player delivering his distinct take on Cornish music, giving Cornwall a truly authentic voice. Passionate about unearthing near-forgotten gems of Cornish history, Richard breathes life and emotion into what might otherwise be overlooked.

Richard completed the Newcastle based Folk music degree in 2011, released his debut album ‘Dig Where You Stand’ in 2012 and has been involved in many lineups and projects since, however ‘Two Halves’ marks only his second solo release. In the intervening years Richard has performed and recorded in many lineups including with The Rowan Tree, Didjan (with Bec Applebee), The Grenaways, Kesson, Brother Sea, with Harbottle and Jonas, Jim Causley, Leski, Crowd as well as with Cousin Jack’s Theatre, performing the Mousehole Cat yearly in Mousehole itself but also touring in the USA and London. Richard also qualified as a Music Therapist in 2017.

As a member of The Rowan Tree, Richard and the band delivered arguably the most ambitious Cornish diaspora project undertaken to date.

Neal Jolly is a dedicated Mediaeval Folk Rocker and has many decades of experience playing recorders, whistles, and double bass, and harmony singing. Since moving to Cornwall he has most recently been involved with the award winning Cornwall based Celtic Folk band The Rowan Tree and North Cornwall based Jazz/Blues band Melange.

Steve Hawker is a pianist of exceptional talent. Steve grew up in Cornwall before leaving and studying at Wells Cathedral School, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Cambridge and also Warwick Universities. Steve reached the televised semi finals of BBC Young Musician but is equally at home playing Rachmaninoff as he would be playing Jerry Lee Lewis or more lately, Cornish Folk.