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Brenda Wootton

Brenda Wootton (née Ellery) (1928 - 1994) was a Cornish poetess and folk singer and was seen as an ambassador for Cornish tradition and culture.

She began her musical career as a young schoolgirl, singing in village halls throughout the remote communities of west Cornwall. Wootton became active on the folk scene in the early 60s and almost single-handedly kept the Cornish folk song tradition alive for many years. She was a natural singer with an impressive range. Her voice could be tender, bawdy, powerful or wistful.

Her first album was as 'Pipers Folk' with John The Fish privately pressed in tiny quantities and rarely tuns up even in Cornwall!. Her other 1970's early albums were recorded on Cornwall's Sentinel label, often with her singing partners John the Fish (also known as John Langford , Robert Bartlett and Richard Gendall. Her repertoire over the years covered folk, rock, blues, jazz and even hymns, but she is best remembered for her Cornish "standards" such as Lamorna, The White Rose, Camborne Hill, The Stratton Carol and the hauntingly beautiful ballads Mordonnow and Tamar.

Wootton was equally at home when singing in Cornish, Breton or English and was as famous in Brittany, which she visited regularly, as she was in her native Cornwall. She opened her own folk club, the Pipers Folk Club, at St Buryan, Cornwall and appeared in the first ever Lorient Interceltic Festival in Brittany.

Wootton was a member of the Gorseth Kernow, where she was known by her Bardic name of Gwylan Gwavas (English: Seagull of Newlyn). In her later years, she became well known in Cornwall as a presenter for BBC Radio Cornwall where she hosted a popular request show.

In 1994 Brenda Wootton died aged sixty six after a long illness at her home in Penzance.

In 1994 Wootton's daughter Sue Luscombe published a book of her lyrics, comic-verses, ballads and stories entitled "Pantomime Stew".

In 2010 it was announced that a previously unreleased audio tape had been discovered of a concert given by Wootton in June 1984 at the 'Bobino' theatre/music hall in Paris with Camborne Town Band and other local musicians.

     Recordings

• Piper's Folk with John the Fish & Piper's Folk, (Private pressing, produced & distributed by Piper's Folk), 1968
• Pasties & Cream with John the Fish, Sentinel Records, SENS 1006, 1971
• Way Down to Lamorna, Sentinel, SENS 1056, 1972
• Crowdy Crawn with Richard Gendall, Sentinel, SENS 1016, 1973
• Pamplemousse, with Robert Bartlett, Barclay (French label), 1973
• No Song To Sing, with Robert Bartlett and "guest" Alex Atterson on piano - Sentinel, SENS 1021, 1974
• Tin In The Stream, with Robert Bartlett, Stockfisch (German label), 1974 (voted West Germany's folk album of the year)
• Starry Gazey Pie, with Robert Bartlett, Sentinel, SENS 1031, 1975
• Children Singing, with Richard Gendall, Sentinel, SENS 1036, 1976
• Carillon, Transatlantic Records, TRA 360, 1979
• Boy Jan ... Cornishman, with David Penhale (voice, guitar & bouzouki) and Richard Gendall (composer), Burlington Records, BURL 005, 1980[3]

• La Grande Cornouaillaise, Burlington Records, BURL 007, 1980
• Gwavas Lake, with The Four Lanes Male Choir, Burlington Records, BURL 008, 1980
• Lyonesse, RCA, PL 70299, 1982
• My Land, RCA, PL 70234, 1983
• B Comme Brenda, Disc'AZ (French label), AZ 494, 1985
• The Voice of Cornwall, Keltia Music KMCD67, 1996

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