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The World's First Rock Band

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During the reign of Queen Victoria, several families from Cumbria travelled the country advertising themselves as "rock bands". These bands were not playing some primitive version of rock 'n' roll - they were performing music on instruments made of rock. Solo percussionist Evelyn Glennie has always been fascinated by these instruments and the people who created them. In this programme, she travels to Cumbria to locate and play surviving examples of the strange musical instruments known variously as rock dulcimers, musical harmonicons and geological pianos.
Producer Bob Dickinson Repeated on Sunday at 12.15am

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Unknown:
Evelyn Glennie
Producer:
Bob Dickinson
Source: Radio Times

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