Regular attendees of our Zoom meetings will be sorry to hear this news from Martin: Conrad Jay BladeyI have heard from Mary, the wife of TSF Colleague Conrad Bladey, that he passed away on 16 June following complications with Parkinson’s Disease. Conrad was a long-time member of TSF and, until recently, a regular attendee at … Read more
We were saddened to hear that Paul Marsh had died. He was a very active supporter of traditional song and singings and I asked his friend, Steve Roud, to write a few words about him. PAUL MARSH: A PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONSteve Roud (24th April 2018)It was a complete shock to everyone in our field when Paul’s … Read more
We were saddened to hear the news of the death of Tom Munnelly on August 30th, after a long illness. Itwas a great pleasure for us to have him speak at the ‘Life and Times’ meeting a year ago and his passingis a great loss to folk music enthusiasts on both sides of the Irish … Read more
The recent death of Peter Kennedy is the first of a founder member of the Traditional Song Forum and I feel it important that it should be recorded and an appreciation of his contribution given. There have been a number of obituaries and tributes to Peter and these have covered his life and work and … Read more