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No. Title Description Author Text Pix Sound Date
338 Barton/Martin The Andrew Barton-Henry Martin Controversies Revisited Steve Gardham 51Kb none none 13.2.24
337 Travellers in Heaven? a discussion of the source of Derby Smith's song Mike Yates 16Kb 260Kb none 11.2.22
336 George Gardiner Early days and musical influemces (PDF) Bob Askew 672Kb 400Kb none 5.6.21
335 Charlie Bridger Won't You Buy My Pretty Flowers? CD booklet notes (PDF) Andy Turner 769Kb none none 10.3.21
334 Time Has Made a Change a 'life and times' piece by Mike Yates Mike Yates 47Kb 120Kb none 1.3.21
333 Fielding's Gang The Wild and Wicked Youth and In Newry Town Simon Rosati 34Kb none none 24.12.20
332 Captain Ward Background to Captain Ward and High Barbary Simon Rosati 38Kb none none 9.12.20
331 Not Icons but Jewels Music and Loss in England Chris Wood 16Kb none none 8.12.20
330 Alfred Williams The published songs of Alfred Williams Chris Wildridge 252Kb 70Kb none 27.4.12
329 American Songs in the British Folk Repertoire The final part of the 'Trilogy' Mike Yates & Rod Stradling 80Kb 902Kb none 25.8.20
328 Wait Till the Clouds Roll By An Old World/New World Trilogy Mike Yates 41Kb 1.1Mb none 20.5.20
327 A Life in Music The story of how we got here Rod Stradling 355Kb 2.94Mb none 26.10.20
326 MT Records - details the 'labour of love' database Rod Stradling 118Kb none none 12.10.19
325 Ravenscroft & The Three Ravens A Ballad Under the Microscope Arthur Knevett 34Kb 304Kb none 4.10.19
324 MT Records - a history A history of MT Records over 21 years - a labour of love (PDF) Rod Stradling 110Kb none none 13.9.19
323 The Echoes of Erin Database Irish traditional Dance Music recorded on 78-rpm records Barry Taylor 290Kb none none 7.8.19
322 The Folk Dance Movement Mary Neal, Cecil Sharp and the Struggle for Supremacy Arthur Knevett 113Kb 393Kb none 10.5.19
321 Cecil Sharp: Music and Political Values Sharif Gemie 112Kb none none 17.4.19
320 Mary Anne Talbot The Female Drummer? Arthur Knevett 45Kb 440Kb none 7.6.18
319 The Mary Thomson cluster Murdered Sweetheart Ballads No.3 five murders - in a 'fake news' ballad. Tom Pettitt 515Kb none none 30.5.18
318 Bert: Some Reflections A 1974 interview with Bert Lloyd Barry Taylor 276Kb 23Kb none 13.7.19
317 The Cruel Gamekeeper Murdered Sweetheart Ballads No.2 "a cheap and nasty song" Tom Pettitt. Tom Pettitt 500Kb none none 5.5.18
316 Maria Marten Murdered Sweetheart Ballads No.1 All you need to know about the nine known Maria Marten Ballads Tom Pettitt 772Kb inc. none 19.4.18
315 Freda Palmer Leafield Lass (MTCD375-6) CD Booklet Notes Various writers 975Kb inc. none 13.3.17
314 Norfolk Gleanings Six Unsung Gems of Field and Horkey Alan Helsdon 30Kb 107Kb 1.47Kb 1.1.18
313 Fado ... what's in a name? Tony Klein 72Kb 148Kb 30Mb 21.12.17
312 The Two Bobs' Worth Bob Lewis and Bob Copper (MTCD374) CD Booklet Notes Various writers 697Kb inc. none 1.11.17
311 When Cecil Left the Mountains Historic recordings of Appalachian singers and musicians 1927 - 1955 CD Booklet Notes Mike Yates 915Kb inc. none 20.6.17
310 Boshamengro PDF English Gypsy Musicians CD Booklet Notes Phil Heath-Colemann 1,178Kb inc. none 25.5.17
309 Boshamengros: Josiah 'Tite' Smith of Coleford, Glos and Billy Harris of Charsfield, Suffolk Phil Heath-Colemann 31Kb 105Kb none 25.4.17
308 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No. 44: Notes on the death and life of Crazy Jane Roly Brown 171Kb 196Kb none 22.4.17
307 George Collins The Ballad of George Collins - versions or variants? Mike Yates 55Kb none 5.3MB 21.3.17
306 English Country Music A Tradition in Isolation? Keith Summers 24Kb none none 3.11.16
305 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No.43: Miss Patty Puff Roly Brown 48Kb 29Kb none 27.10.16
304 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No.42: Hurd of Shaftesbury Roly Brown 502Kb none none 11.10.16
303 I Wish There Was No Prisons Various performers CD booklet notes Mike Yates 889Kb inc. none 5.12.15
302 Harry Upton PDF Why Can't it Always be Saturday? CD booklet notes Mike Yates 773Kb inc. none 1.11.15
301 The Gutenberg Parenthesis Its closing, and what it may mean for Folklore and for us Rod Stradling & Tom Pettitt 14Kb none none 25.10.15
300 David Stacey Good Luck to the Journeyman CD booklet notes David Stacey & Rod Stradling 620Kb inc. none 25.8.15
299 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No.41: Porter - a Cotswold printer Roly Brown 166Kb none none 24.6.15
298 Sheringham Breakdown Traditional music making in this north Norfolk coastal town Chris Holderness 33Kb 158Kb 9.78Mb 21.5.15
297 When Cecil Left the Mountains Part 2 More early recordings of American music Mike Yates 81Kb 65Kb none 27.12.14
296 Sam Larner PDF Cruising Round Yarmouth CD booklet notes Chris Holderness 861Kb inc. none 8.12.14
295 Caroline Hughes "Sheep Crook and Black Dog" CD booklet notes Rod Stradling 525Kb inc. none 26.10.14
294 Len Graham interviewed by Vic Smith Vic Smith & Len Graham 36Kb 650Kb none 1.4.14
293 Cecilia Costello "Old Fashioned Songs" CD booklet notes Rod Stradling 453Kb inc. none 26.2.14
292 The Willett Family Adieu to Old England CD booklet notes Rod Stradling 266Kb none none 26.2.14
291 The dancing Davies Step dancing fishermen of Cromer Chris Holderness 37Kb 238Kb 7.6Mb 11.2.14
290 House of David Blues Mike Yates discusses the many songs using this tune Mike Yates 31Kb 196Kb 12Mb 28.11.13
289 Phyllis Marshall The life and works of Phyllis Marshall, Somerset song collector Geoff Woolfe 130Kb 1.53Mb 19Kb 17.11.13
288 Blues Jumped a Rabbit Mike Yates discusses the origins of the Blues Mike Yates 51Kb 162Kb none 11.11.13
287 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No.40: Ballads on three Oxfordshire murders Roly Brown 68Kb none none 23.8.13
286 Among the Blue Flowers ... Why ballads matter Mike Yates 68Kb 75Kb none 30.5.13
285 Hindringham traditional music and dancing in this north Norfolk village Chris Holderness 20Kb 262Kb none 30.5.13
284 Harry Cox Norfolk fiddler extraordinaire Phil Heath-Coleman 22Kb 99Kb 6.45Mb 21.5.13
283 Bernie Cherry with powder, shot & gun: CD booklet notes R Stradling & B Cherry 1.02Mb inc. none 21.5.13
282 Far in the Mountains 5 Volume 5: CD booklet notes Mike Yates 1.8Mb none none 23.4.13
281 Far in the Mountains some thoughts, comments and memories on Vols 1-5 Mike Yates 40Kb 137Kb none 23.4.13
280 Sam Larner: the Winterton fisherman and his singing community Chris Holderness 31Kb 205Kb 13.1Mb 21.3.13
279 George Spicer (1906-1981) "I don't know if this is actually ..." Pt 4: The Old House Years George Frampton 35Kb 141Kb none 16.3.13
278 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No.39: A Berkshire murder ballad Roly Brown 63Kb none none 31.1.13
277 George Spicer (1906-1981) "I don't know if this is actually ..." Pt 3: Crossing the Border George Frampton 30Kb 304Kb none 22.1.13
276 George Spicer (1906-1981) "I don't know if this is actually ..." Pt 2: The West Langdon Years George Frampton 32Kb 249Kb none 12.10.12
275 A Second Sampler Musical Traditions Records 2005-2012 - CD booklet text Rod Stradling 2.4Mb none none 29.8.12
275 A Second Sampler Musical Traditions Records 2005-2012 - CD booklet text Rod Stradling 94Kb 1.02Mb 7.25Mb 1.8.12
274 George Spicer (1906-1981) "I don't know if this is actually a folk song" Pt 1: A Boyhood in Kent George Frampton 31Kb 142Kb none 12.7.12
273 King's Head FC 1968-70 Traditional Performers - CD booklet text Rod Stradling 126Kb 809Kb 6.04Mb 28.6.12
272 Ceol rince na mBreathnach The discovery of an international repertoire Philip Heath-Coleman 78Kb 1.37Mb 11.3Mb 30.4.12
271 "Come in, come in …" Jeff Stockton and the Flag Pond singers Mike Yates 20Kb 103Kb none 14.3.12
270 Tom Brown Caister singer: in his own words Chris Holderness 31Kb 177Kb 19.7Mb 4.3.12
269 Walter Jeary North Norfolk dulcimer player, singer and step dancer Chris Holderness 35Kb 155Kb 3.41Mb 28.1.12
268 Sarah Makem As I Roved Out - CD booklet text Aideen D'Darcy 175Kb 15Kb 10.3Mb 16.3.12
267 Harry Langston Dear Gladys, Dear Gertie ... CD booklet text Harry Langston 78Kb 675Kb 7.66Mb 27.9.11
266 Bill Smith A country life - CD booklet text Andrew Smith 133Kb 392Kb 2.94Mb 22.8.11
265 Fred 'Pip' Whiting "Old-time hornpipes, polkas and jigs" - CD booklet text Philip Heath-Coleman 63Kb 366Kb none 14.6.11
264 Nimrod Workman Mother Jones' Will - CD booklet notes to MTCD512 M Wilson & N Workman 82Kb 558Kb none 9.5.11
263 The Besom-Maker A Look at Heywood Sumner's folksong collection Mike Yates 20Kb 183Kb none 8.3.11
262 Robin Hood in Hampshire Robin Hood Ballads in the George Gardiner Collection Bob Askew 23Kb none none 31.1.11
261 The Reverend Geoffry Hill and his Wiltshire Folk Songs and Carols Mike Yates 48Kb 128Kb none 14.1.11
260 Once Upon a Time ... A look at some universal folklore themes Mike Yates 37Kb 381Kb none 8.11.10
259 The NAT Series on MT Records An Introduction Mark Wilson 28Kb 103Kb none 24.10.10
258 Roger Cooper An Autobiographical Statement Roger Cooper 40Kb 310Kb none 6.10.10
257 Uncle Dave Macon A Study in Repertoire Mike Yates 132Kb 481Kb none 29.9.10
256 Winston Fleary Carriacou's Cultural Ambassador Jack Russell 17Kb 208Kb none 16.9.10
255 When Cecil Left the Mountains Early recordings of American music Mike Yates 81Kb 146Kb none 2.9.10
254 Herbert Mallett the life and times of a north Norfolk melodeon player Chris Holderness 16Kb 105Kb 469Kb 29.8.10
253 Haste to the Wedding the melodeon playing of Walter Pardon Chris Holderness 18Kb 17Kb 12Mb 11.8.10
252 Birmingham Ballad Printers Index of Titles of Ballads, Collections and Tunes Roy Palmer 122Kb none none 8.8.10
251 Name that tune Waifs and Strays of English melody Phil Heath-Coleman 57Kb none none 13.7.10
250 Fred Jordan Reflections on the singer by various writers M Yates, D Schofield 43Kb 28Kb none 1.7.10
249 Briston and Melton Constable: Traditional music making in two neighbouring Norfolk villages Chris Holderness 18Kb 257Kb none 2.6.10
248 Young Morgan veracity and meaning Mike Yates 95Kb none none 2.6.10
247 Birmingham Ballad Printers Part Four: V - W Roy Palmer 95Kb 360Kb none 28.5.10
246 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No.38: Sung versions of John Reilly Roly Brown 94Kb 418Kb 13Kb 27.5.10
245 Dick Hewitt: A True Norfolk Man Chris Holderness 23Kb 217Kb none 20.5.10
244 William Winter Somerset village musician: his music in context Geoff Woolfe 31Kb 174Kb none 14.5.10
243 May Bradley: Sweet Swansea K Chandler & R Stradling 97Kb 10Kb none 10.5.10
242 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No.37: Printings of John Reilly Roly Brown 39Kb none none 1.5.10
241 To Be a Farmer's Boy song as a reflection of change and stability Mike Yates 32Kb none none 1.5.10
240 John MacKay Wilson and his Tales of the Borders Mike Yates 136Kb 98Kb none 21.4.10
239 'It is the First of May' Jack-in-the-Green Revisited Keith Chandler 142Kb 475Kb none 10.4.10
238 Birmingham Ballad Printers Part Three: R - T Roy Palmer 62Kb 363Kb none 6.4.10
237 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No.36: Sally Munro Roly Brown 48Kb 138Kb 3.5Kb 9.3.10
236 Birmingham Ballad Printers Part Two: K - P Roy Palmer 68Kb 501Kb none 4.3.10
235 The Weymouth Frigate Truth and Fiction in a Broadside ballad Mike Yates 25Kb none none 18.2.10
234 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No.35: Charming Mary Neill Roly Brown 58Kb 34Kb 1.3Kb 12.2.10
233 Birmingham Ballad Printers Part One: A - J Roy Palmer 76Kb 394Kb none 11.2.10
232 John Barleycorn revisited Evolution and Folk Song Pete Wood 85Kb 216Kb 3Kb 11.2.10
231 Wonderfully Curious some thoughts on the English song tradition Mike Yates 103Kb none none 10.2.10
230 A's for the Anchor a unique version of the Sailor's Alphabet? Mike Yates 13Kb none none 9.2.10
229 George Gardiner, Ralph Vaughan Williams and the Journal of 1909 Bob Askew 39Kb 18KB none 14.1.10
228 No Need of Knockin' on the Blind: Link between two blues songs and Giovanni Boccaccio Mike Yates 13Kb none none 16.12.09
227 Tyneside Song: Print and be trad? Pete Wood 28Kb none none 9.12.09
226 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No.34: Sung versions of Erin's Lovely Home Roly Brown 146Kb 1.06Mb 24Kb 12.11.09
225 And Then it Happened! Ken Langsbury's Stories - CD booklet text Ken Langsbury & Rod Stradling 78Kb 331Kb none 10.10.09
224 The Billy Bowman Band with an 85 year history of entertaining Cumbrians Sue Allan 21Kb 162Kb none 15.9.09
223 A L Lloyd interviewed: Folk songs, industrial songs, the folk revival and other musics Mark Gregory and A L Lloyd 34Kb 23Kb none 1.9.09
222 Bound for Botany Bay: Transports and Transportation in 19th Century Newspapers Lewis Jones 11Kb 255Kb 3Kb 3.3.09
221 Southrepps: Singing and step dancing in a north Norfolk village Chris Holderness 24Kb 149Kb 5.35Mb 27.1.09
220 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No. 33: Erin's Lovely Home Roly Brown 43Kb none none 22.1.09
219 E J Moeran: Collecting folk songs in East Norfolk - in his own words Chris Holderness 21Kb 119Kb 9.64Mb 18.1.09
218 From Journalism to Gypsy Folk Song: The Road to Orality of an English Ballad Tom Pettitt 339Kb none none 15.11.08
217 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No. 32: Robert Walker of Norwich Roly Brown 146Kb 318Kb none 5.7.08
216 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No. 31: Willie Reilly and his Colleen Bawn, part 2 Roly Brown 72Kb 210Kb none 28.5.08
214 Scan Tester The Reg Hall BBC Radio Sussex interviews Vic Smith 35Kb 127Kb 12.2Mb 18.4.08
213 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No. 30: Willie Reilly and his Colleen Bawn, part 1 Roly Brown 124Kb none none 9.2.08
212 Peter Kennedy The Darker Side Rod Stradling 20Kb none none 8.2.08
211 Percy Brown Aylsham melodeon player Chris Holderness 18Kb 237Kb 1.46Mb 30.11.07
210 Bakalanga Music of the Bakalanga people of Botswana and Zimbabwe Dr Otukile Sindiso Phibion 58Kb none none 27.10.07
209 Songs from a Toolbox Songs and Ballads of Old Deal George Frampton 24Kb 74Kb none 29.7.07
208 Billy Cooper the Hingham dulcimer player remembered by his family Chris Holderness 25Kb 160Kb none 16.7.07
207 Roots: another approach to the Echoes of Our Forgotten Ancestors thesis Victor Grauer 33Kb none 779Kb 26.6.07
206 The Brazil Family The Old Riverside - CD booklet notes to MTCD345-7 Rod Stradling and others 190Kb 611Kb none 15.6.07
205 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No. 29: Norfolk printings of murder and execution, part 4 - The Gressenhall cache, part 2 Roly Brown 64Kb none none 17.5.07
204 A Story to Tell: Keith Summers in Suffolk 1972-79. CD booklet notes Keith Summers & Paul Marsh 206Kb 1.1Mb none 14.5.07
203 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No. 28: Norfolk printings of murder and execution, part 3 - The Gressenhall cache, part 1 Roly Brown 86Kb none none 8.5.07
202 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No. 27: Norfolk printings of murder and execution, part 2 - Robert Walker Roly Brown 113Kb none none 1.3.07
201 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No. 26: Norfolk printings of murder and execution, part 1 Roly Brown 140Kb none none 19.2.07
200 Meeting's a Pleasure: 3&4 CD booklet notes to Volumes 3&4, MTCD343-4 Mark Wilson 169Kb 435Kb none 7.2.07
199 Meeting's a Pleasure: 1&2 CD booklet notes to Volumes 1&2, MTCD341-2 Mark Wilson 189Kb 435Kb none 7.2.07
198 Billy Lown and Philip Hamond two North Norfolk singers Chris Holderness 20Kb 145Kb 904Kb 1.2.07
197 Ten Records that Changed my Life: Choices, with reasons, by Mike Yates, Keith Chandler ... and others to follow 107Kb none none 14.8.07
196 Wells-next-the-Sea: Traditional music making in a Norfolk coastal town Chris Holderness 22Kb 169Kb none 10.12.06
195 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No. 25: Bonny Light Horseman Roly Brown 70Kb none none 4.12.06
194 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No. 24: Poaching and transportation - the case of William Graham Roly Brown 66Kb 208Kb none 6.1.07
193 America's Blue Yodel Jimmie Rodgers' black precursors Lynn Abbott & Doug Seroff 56Kb 286Kb none 3.11.06
192 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No. 23: 'Duncan, Jarvis and Lord Howe
' Roly Brown 75Kb none none 28.10.06
191 Lizzie Higgins - In Memory of ... CD booklet notes Ian Olson 140Kb 532Kb none 19.10.06
190 Seán MacNamara Liverpool Fiddler Sean MacNamara 52Kb 97Kb 320Kb 9.10.06
189 C19th Musicians No 16 John Robbins of Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire Keith Chandler 30Kb 67Kb none 8.10.06
188 C19th Musicians Nos 12, 13, 14 & 15 Richard Tredwell, Aaron Pickett, Richard Haynes, Joshua Hartwell, Samuel Heath Keith Chandler 34Kb none none 7.10.06
187 The Sturch Family of Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire Keith Chandler 39Kb 189Kb none 6.10.06
186 Alfred Brown the life and times of Shipdham's other fiddler Chris Holderness 21Kb 107Kb none 13.9.06
185 Walter and Daisy Bulwer Recollections of the Shipdham musicians by members of their community Chris Holderness 33Kb 191Kb 1.08Mb 25.8.06
184 Bob Blake and the re-invented self Mike Yates 31Kb 40Kb none 18.8.06
183 Naval Mutiny Ballads of The Great Mutiny of 1797 Richard S Holdstock 50Kb none none 13.8.06
182 Walter Newstead North Norfolk melodeon player Chris Holderness 16Kb 76Kb 548Kb 9.8.06
181 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No. 22: Van Diemen's Land Roly Brown 99Kb none none 13.7.06
180 C19th Musicians Nos 8, 9 & 10 James Simpson, Joseph Hitchman, Francis & John Watts Keith Chandler 32Kb None None 29.6.06
179 Herbert Smith Fiddling blacksmith of Blakeney Chris Holderness 18Kb 100Kb 11.5Mb 8.6.06
178 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No.21: Botany Bay Roly Brown 66Kb none none 30.5.06
177 William Irwin, 1822-89 The life and times of a Lakeland fiddler Greg Stephens 33Kb none none 27.5.06
176 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No.20: Transports Roly Brown 64Kb none none 23.5.06
175 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No.19: Two '98 songs Roly Brown 55Kb none none 26.1.06
174 How I Came to Be a Fiddler the story of a mountain fiddler from Clay County, WV
Wilson Douglas 18Kb 104Kb none 1.11.05
173 The Death of Nelson and so we arrive at the anniversary of Trafalgar … Roly Brown 84Kb none none 21.10.05
172 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No.18: The Nile, Nelson and others Roly Brown 86Kb none none 12.10.05
171 Joe Peter MacLean Back of Boisdale CD booklet notes Joe Peter MacLean and Mark Wilson 27Kb 151Kb 282Kb 11.10.05
170 Jerry Holland Parlor Music CD booklet notes Jerry Holland and Mark Wilson 37Kb 205Kb 331Kb 14.10.05
169 Alex Francis MacKay Gaelic in the Bow CD booklet notes Alex Francis MacKay and Mark Wilson 20Kb 160Kb 297Kb 13.10.05
169i Three Cape Breton CDs Introduction to three sets of CD booklet notes Mark Wilson 8Kb none none 11.10.05
168 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No. 17: Rutterford the Poacher Roly Brown 89Kb none none 26.9.05
167 "We All Just Knew Her as Ruby" Ruby Cracknell, Sussex Pub Pianist George Frampton 27Kb 218Kb none 26.9.05
166 Nelson's Monument considering some of the material surrounding the life and times of Nelson Roly Brown 71Kb 105Kb none 15.9.05
165 The Ballad of Willie Cumming a little-known 20th century ballad Mike Yates 20Kb 21Kb none 14.9.05
164 A Veritable Dungheap Nos.1 to 32 - by Dungbeetle Steve Gardham 279Kb 4Kb 88Kb 26.2.24
163 Songs from the Golden Fleece A song tradition today - CD booklet notes Rod Stradling 105Kb 319Kb none 9.9.05
162 Revisiting Baring-Gould 4 Part 4: Collecting, continued Roly Brown 64Kb none none 9.9.05
161 Revisiting Baring-Gould 3 Part 3: Collecting, continued Roly Brown 53Kb none none 29.8.05
160 Stephen Baldwin: "Here's One You'll Like, I Think" Philip Heath-Coleman 84Kb 360Kb none 25.7.05
159 Cantometrics: a response Victor Grauer 50Kb none none 24.7.05
158 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade6: No. 16: Barrett and other Fenians Roly Brown 63Kb none none 8.7.05
157 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No. 15: Constance Kent and the Road murder Roly Brown 73Kb none none 14.6.05
156 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No. 14: Tawell the Quaker - gallows literature Roly Brown 84Kb none none 11.6.05
155 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No. 13: Besley of Exeter Roly Brown 129Kb none none 31.3.05
154 Eliza and Gabriel Coates The Greatest Prize Mike Yates 11Kb 90 Kb none 3.3.05
153 Revisiting Baring-Gould 2 Part 2: Collecting Roly Brown 57Kb none none 21.2.05
152 Bob Copper A 1970 interview with ... Vic Smith 54Kb 355Kb none 18.2.05
151 Revisiting Baring-Gould 1 Part 1: The Sources Roly Brown 33Kb 17Kb none 12.2.05
150 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No. 12: The Rambler from Clare Roly Brown 43Kb none none 27.1.05
149 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No. 11: The Croppy Boy Roly Brown 69Kb none none 14.12.04
148 Around the Hills of Clare CD booklet notes Jim Carroll & Pat Mackenzie 151Kb none 282Kb 3.12.04
147 More Blood on the Stairs A 'new' version of Lamkin Mike Yates 22Kb none none 11.11.04
146 Two Problematical Scottish Ballads Mary Hamilton and The Young, Young Laird o Gilnockie Mike Yates 16Kb 23Kb none 24.10.04
145 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No. 10: Some printers in Cornwall Roly Brown 42Kb none none 14.10.04
144 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No. 9: Some Devon printers Roly Brown 91Kb none none 1.10.04
143 The Birds Upon the Tree CD booklet notes Mike Yates 80Kb 259Kb none 7.9.04
142 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No. 8: 'Bawlers' and the bawled Roly Brown 58Kb none none 20.6.04
141 Singer, Gender and Power in the Greig-Duncan Collection Georgina Boyes 45Kb none none 2.6.04
140 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No. 7: Singers at large Roly Brown 44Kb none none 1.6.04
139 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No 6: Ballad-sellers at the fair Roly Brown 58Kb none none 20.5.04
138 Early Morris pictures The van Meckenem, Betley and Lancaster images
Mike Heaney 22Kb 1.55Mb none 15.3.04
137 The Hardy Sons of Dan CD booklet notes Keith Summers 147Kb 121Kb 598Kb 12.3.04
136 John MacDonald Cape Breton fiddler John MacDonald 29Kb 224Kb none 2.3.04
135 Beltona Records and their role in recording Scottish music Bill Dean-Myatt 17Kb 154Kb none 16.1.04
134 The Singing Englishman the 60-year-old WMA book A L Lloyd 223Kb 229Kb 18Kb 2.1.04
133 In Search of Native Song Traditional Folksong Collecting in New Zealand Michael Brown 63Kb 46Kb none 11.4.06
132 Oak - Country Songs and Music CD booklet notes Rod Stradling 75Kb 379Kb none 2.12.03
131 Bayou Seco interviewed by Vic Smith 63Kb 183Kb none 28.11.03
130 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No 5: The Kerry Recruit Roly Brown 61Kb none none 31.10.03
129 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No 4: More Merry ballad-making Roly Brown 94Kb 50Kb none 24.7.03
128 Bob Lewis a biographical interview Vic Smith 43Kb 131Kb none 7.6.03
127 World Famous in Alberta Calvin Vollrath interviewed Alex Monaghan 22Kb 35Kb none 4.6.03
126 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No 3: Fanny Blair Roly Brown 62Kb none none 28.5.03
125 Theodore ... and The Sunshine Violin Band Keith Summers 20Kb 62Kb 98Kb 20.5.03
124 Here's Luck to a Man ... CD booklet notes Mike Yates 130Kb 136Kb 368Kb 3.4.03
123 Joseph McLawrence A St Lucian fiddler in London Keith Summers 8Kb 23Kb 270Kb 15.4.03
122 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: No 2: Sarah Dazley Roly Brown 36Kb none none 11.3.03
121 The Pandeira the old Galician frame drum Juanjo Fernández 10Kb 35Kb none 21.2.03
120 Vande Mataram an evergreen Indian song Suresh Chandvankar 39Kb 64Kb none 20.2.03
119 From Puck to Appleby CD booklet notes J Carroll & P Mackenzie 153Kb 201Kb 391Kb 14.2.03
118 C19th Broadside Ballad Trade: Intro & No 1: Coventry Tom Roly Brown 40Kb none none 31.1.03
117 Carnival in Trinidad ... evolution and symbolic meaning John Cowley 34Kb 85Kb none 6.12.02
116 Reuben Sarkisian Armenian musician in California Keith Summers 12Kb 48Kb none 6.12.02
115 Mr Peters' Boom and Chime ... and other music from Belize Lew Herman 14Kb 47Kb none 6.12.02
114 John McKenna Leitrim's Master of the Concert Flute H Bradshaw & J Small 33Kb 54Kb none 6.12.02
113 uBungca (Oxford Bags) W Indian & African music in '20s UK John Cowley 88Kb 108Kb none 6.12.02
112 T Jarrell & F Cockerham North Carolina fiddle & fretless banjo Ray Alden 31Kb 146Kb none 6.12.02
111 I K Dairo, MBE a major African recording star Benson Okagbare 15Kb 46Kb none 6.12.02
110 Indian Gramophone Records the first 100 years Suresh Chandvankar 41Kb 112Kb none 25.11.02
109 My name is Gauhar Jan 'First dancing girl, Calcutta' Suresh Chandvankar 17Kb 104Kb none 16.11.02
108 Séamus Ennis A tribute to the man and his music Brendan Breathnach 11Kb 62Kb none 16.11.02
107 The Armstrong Twins Arkansas duo Bill McNeil 14Kb 45Kb none 16.11.02
106 ¡Ajúa! Música Chicana takes off Ben Tavera-King 18Kb 32Kb none 16.11.02
105 Billy Harrison Yorkshire Wolds Fiddler Jim Eldon 20Kb 96Kb none 2.11.02
104 Lucy Farr Heart and Home Roly Brown 51Kb 177Kb none 2.11.02
103 Pawlo Humeniuk Ukrainian fiddler in the New World Richard Spottswood 15Kb 63Kb none 2.11.02
102 Tunes for the Salmon Fishers John Hall and the music of Spittal Mike Yates 19Kb 226Kb none 17.10.02
101 MacLellan & MacPhee Cape Breton Musicians Mark Wilson 65Kb 134Kb 384Kb 17.10.02
100 Johnny Doughty An interview with ... Vic Smith 38Kb 51Kb none 30.9.02
099 Golden Age of Calypso The 1930s Richard Noblett 31Kb 86Kb none 30.9.02
098 Joe Barrick's piatarbajo ... and other one-man bands Hal Rammel 46Kb 220Kb none 30.9.02
097 Songs of the French Sailors rediscovery of the French tradition Michel Colleu 56Kb 136Kb none 16.8.02
096 William Clarke The Ballybay Piper Harry Bradshaw 16Kb 76Kb none 16.8.02
095 Christmas Sports in St Kitts-Nevis ... two customs observed P Bearon & A Whitaker 28Kb 158Kb none 16.8.02
094 Far in the Mountains, Vols 3 & 4 CD booklet notes Mike Yates 170Kb 170Kb none 22.5.02
093 Far in the Mountains, Vols 1 & 2 CD booklet notes Mike Yates 159Kb 274Kb none 25.4.02
092 A Nest of Singing Birds Mary Sands & Madison Co Singers M Yates & K Sands 37Kb 74Kb none 15.3.02
091 Inuit Throat-Singing and interview with Evie Mark Bruno Deschênes 27Kb 21Kb none 3.3.02
090 Willie Kennedy Cape Breton fiddler Kennedy & Wilson 35Kb 240Kb 85Kb 13.2.02
089 George Dunn CD booklet notes Roy Palmer 208Kb 640Kb none 8.1.02
088 Japanese Traditional Music solo & group development Bruno Deschênes 43Kb 19Kb none 27.12.01
087 Kevin & Ellen Mitchell CD booklet notes Rod Stradling 115Kb 86Kb none 15.12.01
086 Amy Ford of Low Ham song learning in a family tradition B & J Patten 15Kb 31Kb none 3.11.01
085 Bartholomew Callow village musician Michael Pickering 92Kb 30Kb none 3.11.01
084 The Millen Family of Bethersden a Kentish family glee tradition George Frampton 27Kb 108Kb none 23.10.01
083 Ray Andrews Classic English Banjo: CD Booklet Notes Geoff Woolfe 113Kb 224Kb 239Kb 15.10.01
082 The Age of Revolution in Irish Song Tradition: 1776-1815 Roly Brown 92Kb 22Kb none 15.9.01
081 In Pursuit of Polka Happiness ... and a classless culture? Charles & Angela Keil 30Kb 63Kb none 28.8.01
080 Damn Society! An introduction to Greek Rembetika John Harrison 20Kb 64Kb none 28.8.01
079 The Gangster Reformed A study in musical parallels João Dos Santos 37Kb 94Kb none 28.8.01
078 Dancing Booth Musicians 19th Century Musicians Nos 5, 6 & 7 Keith Chandler 60Kb none none 27.7.01
077 Eva Tagliani CD Booklet translation Danny Stradling 43Kb 11Kb 323Kb 21.7.01
076 Joe Rae: Broom Blooms Bonny CD Booklet Notes MIke Yates 89Kb 46Kb 439Kb 7.7.01
075 My Name is Napoleon Bonaparte CD review/article Geoff Wallis 66Kb 23Kb none 7.7.01
074 "A Proper Limitation" Stereotypes of Alice Gomme Georgina Boyes 53Kb 65Kb none 13.5.01
073 The Barber Family of Wingfield, Suffolk John Howson 15Kb 76Kb none 12.5.01
072 The Tommy Talker Bands of the West Riding R Wharton, A Clarke 14Kb 91Kb none 12.5.01
071 Up in the North, Down in the South CD Booklet Notes Mike Yates 163Kb 239Kb 570Kb 11.3.01
070 Edden Hammons portrait of a West Virginia fiddler John A Cuthbert 71Kb 113Kb none 1.2.01
069 Just Another Saturday Night Sussex 1960 - CD Booklet Notes R Stradling & others 189Kb 267Kb 462Kb 7.1.01
068 Michael Turner A 19th Century Sussex Fiddler Vic Gammon 27Kb 199Kb none 28.11.00
067 Donald Davidson The Banchory Moothie Mike Yates 23Kb 91Kb none 25.11.00
066 John Potter 19th Century Musicians No 4 Keith Chandler 62Kb 134Kb none 23.11.00
065 Harry McQueen Castlemaine button-accordionist Peter Ellis 18Kb 30Kb none 13.10.00
064 Edward & Richard Butler 19th Century Musicians Nos 2&3 Keith Chandler 65Kb 63Kb none 17.9.00
063 Wiggy Smith and Family CD Booklet Notes Stradling & Shepheard 114Kb 140Kb none 31.8.00
062 The songs of Elizabeth Cronin Book & CD review/article Fred McCormick 99Kb 52Kb 268Kb 25.8.00
061 James Longshaw 19th Century Musicians No 1 Keith Chandler 24Kb none none 18.8.00
060 Charlie Batchelor an Australian fiddler Rummery & Sullivan 8Kb 74Kb none 2.8.00
059 William 'Old Mettle' Castle a celebrated Banbury character Keith Chandler 53Kb 54Kb none 31.7.00
058 Daisy Chapman CD Booklet Notes
Stradling & Shepheard 104Kb 169Kb 311Kb 16.7.00
057 Joe Heaney 1964 interview transcript
MacColl & Seeger 307Kb 49Kb 783Kb 11.10.02
056 Eddie Quinn "Border Button-box Champion"
Mike Yates 31Kb 79Kb 180Kb 9.7.00
055 Appalachian Music a short History
Debby McClatchy 19Kb none none 27.6.00
054 Walter Pardon ... The Socio-Political Songs
Mike Yates 28Kb 48Kb none 4.6.00
053 England, whose England? consumerism and culture Mike Sutton 53Kb none none 2.6.00
052 Walter Pardon CD Booklet Notes Rod Stradling 190Kb 154Kb none 20.5.00
051 Bampton - 150 years … fiddle playing & morris dancing Keith Chandler 35Kb 105Kb none 8.5.00
050 George Townshend Double CD Booklet Notes Rod Stradling 99Kb 119Kb none 17.4.12
049 Gordon Hall 1991 Radio Sussex interview Vic Smith 55Kb 68Kb none 27.1.00
048 Junior Crehan of Balymackea Beg Profile of a West Clare Fiddler Barry Taylor 54Kb 88Kb none 1.10.02
047 Cecil Sharp in America collecting in the Appalachians Mike Yates 147Kb 190Kb none 30.6.00
046 Saints' Paradise Trombone Shout Bands Nick Spitzer 43Kb 88Kb none 25.10.02
045 Mel Durham Illinois old-time fiddler Steve Goldfield 37Kb 101Kb none 25.10.02
044 A Volte Ritornano Italian songs of struggle Mariangela Sedda 13Kb 11Kb none 24.10.02
043 Cyril Poacher CD Booklet Notes Rod Stradling 85Kb 54Kb none 23.10.02
042 For Want of Education Songs of Hedge Schoolmasters Julie Henigan 39Kb none none 21.10.02
041 Sean-nós in Donegal In search of a definition Julie Henigan 34Kb none none 21.10.02
040 The Kaiso Newsletters Calypso enthusiasms ... Ray Funk 318Kb none none 10.5.03
039 Taking the World for a Spin EU 'World Music' record business René van Peer 32Kb none none 23.10.02
038 Frank Kidson: some of his 'Grove' entries. compiled Ed. 256Kb 550Kb 31Kb 23.10.02
037 Highlife Piccadilly African Music on 45s in the UK Ray Templeton 66Kb none none 18.10.02
036 Alalas the ancestral music of Galacia Xurxo Romaní 9Kb 46Kb 138Kb 18.10.02
035 Ethnomusicology and its relevance to us ... Jonathan Stock 18Kb none none 23.10.02
034 Topic VotP Interview Engle & Hall respond ... Rod Stradling 75Kb none none 25.3.99
033 Napoleon in England a Working Class hero ... Vic Gammon 44Kb none none 18.10.02
032 Traditional Discography Getting bigger by the day ... Rod Stradling 578Kb none none 16.7.00
031 Music of the Lost Provinces North Carolina 1927-31 Marshall Wyatt 30Kb 135Kb none 22.10.02
030 Fred Cottenham The 'Crockery Ware' Man George Frampton 23Kb 11KB 81Kb 25.10.02
029 Irish Folk Drama Wrenboys, mummers, etc Ruarí Ó Caomhanach 64Kb none none 25.10.02
028 Topic Records Discography The works - almost Mike Brocken and Ed. 336Kb none none 14.6.00
027 Sing, Say or Pay! East Suffolk music & song. Introduction and 4 Parts Keith Summers 243Kb 373Kb 284Mb 17.1.99
024 Across the Blue Mountains Appalachians/Adirondacks Gwilym Davies 45Kb 122Kb 434Kb 18.10.02
023 The Hammons Family West Virginia traditions Fred McCormick 56Kb 94Kb 318Kb 20.10.02
022 Wedderburn Oldtimers a dinkum bush band Peter Ellis 41Kb 62Kb 358Kb 25.10.02
021 Bob Holt square-dance fiddler Julie A Henigan 27Kb 79Kb 216Kb 18.10.02
020 East Texas Serenaders extended sleeve notes Keith Chandler 14Kb 18Kb 416Kb 25.10.02
019 Here is a Health Fermanagh singing Seán Corcoran 43Kb none none 21.10.02
018 Bob Hart CD booklet notes Rod Stradling 137Kb 96Kb 377Kb 5.1.04
017 Ponte Caffaro revisited new developments Rod Stradling 16Kb 149Kb none 19.10.02
016 Nat Reese west Virginia blues Michael Kline 33Kb 91Kb none 25.10.02
015 Australian Social Dance an overview Peter Ellis 38Kb none none 24.10.02
014 Past Returns to Present: Archaic hymn-singing Terry E Miller 14Kb 45Kb 234Kb 23.10.03
013 Francis Shergold Bampton's Squire Keith Chandler 19Kb 255Kb 212Kb 24.10.02
012 Sophie Legg a conversation Vic Legg 15Kb 23Kb 128Kb 22.10.02
011 Scan Tester interview Rod and Danny Stradling 24Kb 58Kb 140Kb 11.10.02
010 Staithes Men's Choir conversations Danny Stradling 33Kb 123Kb 154Kb 23.10.02
009 Freddy McKay interview Summers & Webb 33Kb 87Kb none 22.10.02
008 Missouri Recollections country fiddler Fred Stoneking 28Kb 317Kb 133Kb 8.11.97
007 James Scott Skinner fiddle maestro Peter Cooper 25Kb 57Kb none 15.10.02
006 Stan Seaman melodeon player Dave Williams 27Kb 144Kb none 25.10.02
005 The Wyper Brothers melodeon greats Keith Chandler 29Kb 100Kb none 25.10.02
004 Ponte Caffaro Carnevale unique fiddle tradition Rod Stradling 42Kb 301Kb 327Kb 19.10.02
003 Odeon Records their ethnic output Paul Vernon 36Kb 113Kb none 25.10.02
002 Cantometrics explanation and criticism Fred McCormick 27Kb none none 21.10.02
001 Ted 'Darkie' Duckett New Forest bones player Dave Williams 14Kb 68Kb none 25.10.02
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