Lincolnshire – Special Issue!

To celebrate the centenary of Percy Grainger’s first folk song collecting in Lincolnshire in 1905, - when he heard Joseph Taylor singing ‘Brigg Fair’ and ‘Creeping Jane’ – this issue has a special feature on Lincolnshire and Grainger’s collecting.

This issue also sees the start of a new series – The Singer, Song and Source. The first in this series features Eliza Carthy, the song ‘Worcester City’ and the singer from whom she learnt the song, Joseph Taylor.

Tunes from Lincolnshire – Johnny Adams and Chris Partington. Dance,

Sing and Play in Lincolnshire

Steve Heap: Gold Badge Citation. Dancing on English Ground – Colin Irwin

English Traditional Music from East Anglia – Katie Howson - 40 Years of Whitby Folk – Graham Pirt

Folk Dance Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow – Derek Schofield

.... and more ..... plus sound files

Special in this issue! - Nelson’s Death

The 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Admiral Lord Nelson are being marked in the Autumn 2005 issue of English Dance & Song magazine with several features which illustrate the popularity of this British admiral, as seen through folk songs, tunes and dances.

Branching Out – Nettlebed Folk Club; Jabbour & Perlman; Womex; The Copper Archive.

Lives Remembered – including Frank Harte; Leonard Luckwill; Hedy West; Gwen Dilke; Joan Roe; Bob Ross; Joe Scurfield & Keith Morris. Reviews – including New Scorpion Band; Coope, Boyes and Simpson; Whapweasel; Mary Humphreys & Anahata; Barry Dransfield; Chris Bartram; Dr Faustus; Boka Halat; Stephen Baldwin.

Plus sound files.

A Black and White Issue?– Derek Schofield (the custom of blacking up)

Tapatak – Frances Watt

A Young Man’s Lamentation – Dungbeetle

Geoff Rye Gold Badge Citation – Mike Wilson-Jones

Cecil Sharp House – a Celebration– Hazel Miller & Derek Schofield (75th anniversary)

A Toast to Bob– Andrew King (a review of the celebration of Bob Copper’s life)

The Last Waltz – Spectator *The Alan Lomax Archive

Education Update – Diana Campbell Jewitt

Branching Out – Son Townsend of Bampton Morris; Dave Swarbrick; Dirty Old Town; Mitchell and Kenyon films; National Folk Music Festival; Vic Gammon

Lives Remembered – including Cyril Tawney; Walter Abson; Wendy Knight.

Reviews

– including Eliza Carthy; The Bismarcks; Bob Davenport; The Houghton Band; Song Links 2; June Tabor; 3D; Martin Simpson.

Regular Features:

Festive Round-Up; Songs under the Microscope; Letters

St George’s Day – Derek Schofield * A Song for Saint George – John Kirkpatrick

Strictly Come Folk Dancing – Spectator * Top Bismarcks! – Gavin Atkin

Steyning Tipteers’ Play – Sean Goddard * John of Hazelgreen – Dungbeetle

Farewell to X – a dance by Maurice Dunnett * Session Tunes from the Newcastle Courant

Branching Out – Norma Waterson Hon DMus; Misdemeanours, Folk Archive, BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards, BBC Folk Awards 2005, Sidmouth Folk Week 2005.

Lives Remembered – including Martyn Bennett, Cathie Stewart, Margaret Fay Shaw, Mikeen McCarthy, Ian Graham, Maurice Courtney, Sid Long

Reviews

– including Dear Companion book; Dearman, Gammon & Harrison; Orange & Blue and The Ranchers.

Regular Features:

Festive Round-Up; Songs under the Microscope; Letters