Recently added articles from Folk Music Journal:
Editorial
Jan 01, 2008; Atkinson, David ... It is astonishing to think that Folk Music Journal and its predecessor titles have never published anything of any substance on the Revd Sabine Baring-Gould. Yet, if any one individual can be so identified, Baring-Gould can be called the true pioneer of the late Victorian folk song revival ....
Devon by Dog Cart and Bicycle: The Folk Song Collaboration of Sabine Baring-Gould and Cecil Sharp, 1904-17
Jan 01, 2008; Graebe, Martin ... The name of Cecil Sharp and his position as a collector of and advocate for folk song is well known to a large section of the public, and the centenary of his first folk song collecting was marked by a number of events and publications in August 2003. That of Sabine Baring-Gould is, generally, ...
The Jew's Harp in the Law, 1590-1825
Jan 01, 2008; Wright, Michael ... Prior to the nineteenth century, written references to the Jew's harp are scarce and mention of named players is extremely rare. One source, however, that describes individuals and their circumstances can be found in criminal trial records. In fact, the first three players of the instrument whom ...
Ian Russell, 'Competing with Ballads (and Whisky): The Construction, Celebration, and Commercialization of North-East Scottish Identity', Folk Music Journal, 9.2 (2007), 170-91
Jan 01, 2008; Black, Jim; Russell, Ian ... In an otherwise excellent article, Ian Russell is a little wide of the mark when he says that the cornkist contained 'the men's food (oatmeal)' (p. 172). He appears to have confused the men's meal kists with the horses' cornkists. In those parts of Scotland where farm workers were ...
Before the Folk-Song Society: Lucy Broadwood and English Folk Song, 1884-97
Jan 01, 2008; Gregory, E David ... As Honorary Secretary of the Folk-Song Society and editor of its journal, Lucy E. Broadwood played a major role in the Edwardian phase of the first folk song revival in England. Yet even before the foundation of the society in 1898 she had established herself as one of the leading English folk ...
Correspondence on 'A History of the Rapper Dance', Folk Music Journal, 9.1 (2006), 95-96
Jan 01, 2008; Ridgewell, Gordon; Cawte, E C ... Apropos Dr Cawte's comments, might I suggest that his informant's recollection confused the reason given by Kenworthy Schofield for disqualifying Lemington at the 1930 North of England Musical Tournament with the down-marking of Westerhope by Cecil Sharp at the 1922 tournament, as reported in ...
'In Comes I': Performance, Memory and Landscape
Jan 01, 2008; Millington, Peter ... 'In Comes I': Performance, Memory and Landscape Mike Pearson. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2007. xiv + 239 pp. Illus. Maps. Bibliog. Index. ISBN (hbk) 968-0-85989-787-7. ISBN (pbk) 978-0-85989-788-4. £50.00/US$89.95 (hbk). £17.99/US$34.95 (pbk). With a title starting 'In comes I', ...
Keith Summers's Suffolk Recordings
Jan 01, 2008; King, Andrew ... Good Hearted Fellows: Traditional Folk Songs, Music Hall Songs and Tunes from Suffolk, recorded 1971 to 1977 by Keith Summers CD. Veteran VT154CD, 2006. £12.99. <www.veteran.co.uk> A Story to Tell: Keith Summers in Suffolk 1972-79 Double CD-R + 52 pp. booklet. Musical Traditions ...
Victorian Songhunters: The Recovery and Editing of English Vernacular Ballads and Folk Lyrics, 1820-1883
Jan 01, 2008; Palmer, Roy ... Victorian Songhunters: The Recovery and Editing of English Vernacular Ballads and Folk Lyrics, 1820-1883 E. David Gregory. Lanham, MD; Toronto; Oxford: Scarecrow Press, 2006. viii + 447 pp. Music. Appendixes. Bibliog. Index. ISBN-13 978-0-8108-5703-2. ISBN-10 0-8108-5703-0. £29.99. Both ...
Traveller's Joy: Songs of English and Scottish Travellers and Gypsies 1965-2005/Dreams of the Road: Gypsy Life in the West Country
Jan 01, 2008; Chandler, Keith ... Traveller's Joy: Songs of English and Scottish Travellers and Gypsies 1965-2005 Compiled by Mike Yates. Musical transcriptions by Elaine Bradtke. London: EFDSS, 2006. 128 pp. Illus. Integral CD. ISBN-13 978 0 85418 200 8. £18.50 + £2 p&p. Dreams of the Road: Gypsy Life in the West ...
The Everlasting Hills: Hymns from the Isle of Man
Jan 01, 2008; Wilkins, Frances ... The Everlasting Hills: Hymns from the Isle of Man Fenella Bazin. Research Report 12/Musica Manniae 3. Liverpool: Centre for Manx Studies, University of Liverpool, 2006. [262 pp.] Music. Indexes. ISSN 0937 546959. ISBN 1899338-11-X. £19.00. <www.liv.ac.uk/ManxStudies> This ...
Play It Like It Is: Fiddle and Dance Studies from around the North Atlantic
Jan 01, 2008; Burgess, Paul ... Play It Like It Is: Fiddle and Dance Studies from around the North Atlantic Edited by Ian Russell and Mary Anne Alburger. Elphinstone Institute Occasional Publications, 5. Aberdeen: Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, 2006. 144 pp. Music. Bibliog. Index. ISBN 0-9545682-3-0. £11 + £2 ...
Morris Dancers & Rose Queens: An Anthology of Reported Carnivals and Galas in West Lancashire to 1900
Jan 01, 2008; Chandler, Keith ... Morris Dancers & Rose Queens: An Anthology of Reported Carnivals and Galas in West Lancashire to 1900 J. Haslett. Leyland: Fairhaven Press, 2005. iii + 390 pp. Illus. [no ISBN]. £35. On 28 September 1995, Steve Corrsin posted a message to the Morris Dancing Discussion List in which ...
Performing Ecstasies: Music, Dance, and Ritual in the Mediterranean
Jan 01, 2008; Bradtke, E ... Performing Ecstasies: Music, Dance, and Ritual in the Mediterranean. Edited by Luisa Del Giudice and Nancy van Deusen. Claremont Cultural Studies - Musicological Studies, Vol. LXII/7. Ottawa: Institute of Mediaeval Music, 2005. 294 pp. Illus. Music. Bibliog. Discog. ISBN 1-896926-68-1 ....
On a Rock in the Middle of the Ocean: Songs and Singers in Tory Island, Ireland
Jan 01, 2008; Smith, Thérèse ... On a Rock in the Middle of the Ocean: Songs and Singers in Tory Island, Ireland Lillis Ó Laoire, in collaboration with Éamonn Mac Ruairí, Belle Mhic Ruairí, Teresa McClafferty, Séamas Ó Dúgain, Gráinne Uí Dhúgáin, and John Ó Duibheannaigh. Europea: Ethnomusicologies and Modernities, No. 4 ....
The English Year: A Month-by-Month Guide to the Nation's Customs and Festivals, from May Day to Mischief Night
Jan 01, 2008; Heaney, Michael ... The English Year: A Month-by-Month Guide to the Nation's Customs and Festivals, from May Day to Mischief Night Steve Roud. London: Penguin, 2006. xxviii + 467 pp. Illus. Maps. Index. Bibliog. ISBN-13 978-0-140-51554-1. ISBN-10 0-140-51554-2. £30/CAN$49. Over the last few years Steve Roud ...
May Day: The Coming of Spring
Jan 01, 2008; Cawte, E C ... May Day: The Coming of Spring Doc Rowe. Swindon: English Heritage, 2006. 96 pp. Illus. Calendar of May Events. Bibliog. ISBN-13 978 185074 983 7. ISBN-10 1 85074 983 3. £8.99. How many May customs can you think of? Ten? Fifteen? This little book (about six inches square) describes ...
Polkabilly: How the Goose Island Ramblers Redefined American Folk Music
Jan 01, 2008; Pickering, Michael ... Polkabilly: How the Goose Island Ramblers Redefined American Folk Music James P. Leary. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. [x] + 259 pp. Illus. Integral CD. ISBN 0-19-514106-7. £19.99. Western swing, bluegrass, and zydeco are readily recognized examples of North American ...
Staging Tradition: John Lair and Sarah Gertrude Knott
Jan 01, 2008; Templeton, Ray ... Staging Tradition: John Lair and Sarah Gertrude Knott Michael Ann Williams. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, xiv + 221 pp. Illus. ISBN 0-252-03102-4 (hbk), 0-252-07344-4 (pbk). US$60.00 (hbk), US$20.00 (pbk). The very idea of staging tradition is anathema to some, for whom the only ...
The Church Gallery Minstrels of Old Sussex
Jan 01, 2008; Townsend, Dave ... The Church Gallery Minstrels of Old Sussex The Revd K. H. MacDermott. Little Longstone, Derbyshire: Country Books/ Ashridge Press, 2006. ISBN 978 1 901214 73 4. (Country Books/Ashridge Press, Courtyard Cottage, Little Longstone, Bakewell, Derbyshire DE45 INN ...