Details of the forum’s meetings
The live study day in Gloucester on Saturday 13 May was well attended and those who took part told us that they had enjoyed the event and found it useful. This was despite the train strikes which prevented some people attending, including our principal speaker, Steve Roud. Some hastily arranged technical work-arounds allowed him to … Read more
Another very successful year – and I think we can quietly congratulate ourselves on doing more than our bit at keeping the flag of traditional song research flying.In 2022 we mounted 15 online meetings, with over 40 presentations on an astonishing range of topics, and these are all available on our YouTube channel, which has … Read more
Our conference at Limerick University, As I Roved Out, was a great occasion and some excellent papers were presented. It was wonderful to be out with colleagues and able to talk and sing together. The recordings of the papers from the conference will be sent out to conference delegates shortly and will be made available … Read more
We will be holding our spring conference on 20th March 2027. This meeting is one of our regular ‘no theme’ conferences in which we welcome papers on any aspect of traditional song – including the songs themselves, the tunes, singers, collectors, and social contexts, as well as allied folk fields and other vernacular musics which … Read more
The Belfast meeting was a great success, with over 70 members and visitors attending. While the majority were from Ireland we were glad that so many members from England chose to make the journey. It was much appreciated by our Irish colleagues and the exchange of information (and songs!) was of real interest and value. … Read more
Long-time members of TSF will be accustomed to my frequent apologies that the notes of a meeting are late, followed by a ‘the dog ate my homework’ style of explanation. After the April meeting I surprised myself by writing up the meeting notes in only three weeks. I am embarrassed to realise that I then … Read more