2025
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We are excited to say that we have booked the wonderful Portico Library (https://www.theportico.org.uk/) in Manchester for our next Spring...
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CALL FOR PAPERSFolk Songs in the archive – Where can we find them, and are they safe? When the Traditional...
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Steve Roud and Julia Bishop will be running a second level of their online evening classes called Folk Song in England,...
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Songs from a West Country travelling family sung by Sophie Legg, Betsy and Charlotte Renals, recorded in 1978 by Pete...
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The Open University has announced that our Chair, Steve Roud, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate ‘in recognition of his...
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Regular attendees of our Zoom meetings will be sorry to hear this news from Martin: Conrad Jay BladeyI have heard...
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The latest book in the "Marrowbones" series, "A Yorkshire Songster", is being launched at Whitby Folk Week. The event will...
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This looks like a very interesting looking book on ballad history. The book includes an examination of the complex musical...
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Irish-Traditional-Song-Research@groups.ioA moderated discussion group for those interested in research into traditional song in Ireland - the songs, the singers, the styles, the...
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A Yorkshire SongsterFolk songs collected in Yorkshire since the Second World War The Marrow Bones series of English folk songs...
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Ballad Partners are delighted to announce our newest book, Collectomania! Revisiting the Folk Song Collectors. This collection includes ten papers from...
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This year’s Roy Palmer Lecture will be given by the well-known folk performer, Jon Boden. The title of Jon’s talk...
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TSF Spring Conference, ‘Song and a Sense of Place’ The TSF Spring Conference was held at the University of Sheffield...
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David Murphy posted in Tradsong: I’d like announce that, through the supreme efforts of Dr Virginia Blankenhorn, editor, and Edinburgh...
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The EFDSS has announced a new series of library courses. The first course will be given by Steve Roud, presenting...
2024
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Elizabeth Bennett has published a new book: Performing Folk Songs Affect, Landscape and Repertoire (Bloomsbury). It is, she says, the first full-length...
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The video of this year’s Roy Palmer Lecture, given by Dr Margaret Bennet, is now available on YouTube – https://youtu.be/EeSbJ11YOBI. The...
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Matt Quinn has just launched a second series of the ‘In the Roud’ podcast in which he will be looking...
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The fourth volume in the series of essays on street literature and cheap print will be available from October 2024,...
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It is a matter of great concern to us that we are finding it very difficult to get people to...