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Folklife Traditions Journal
We seek to raise awareness of relevant Societies, Institutions, Researchers, Publications
We welcome your learned articles for interested readers, but note we’re not a peer-reviewed journal. • See this website, "Index: ARTICLES" webpage, for past articles.
CONTRIBUTIONS WELCOME for appropriate articles; contact us first, please. See "Contact & Contribute" webpage (also for ad rates, etc).
• Articles - check first if timely, as might be held over; up to 2500 words.
• News up to 200 words.
We welcome:
• Songs, tunes, dances, & stories collected
• Information about relevant Societies & Institutions & Researchers
• Relevant books announced (exceptionally CDs eg traditional singers) - up to 200 words, more if advert, or at editor’s discretion
• Songs & tunes collected
• Seasonal Local Celebrations, based on Doc Rowe’s listings, additions welcome
• Conferences & Talks
We seek to raise awareness of relevant Societies, Institutions, Researchers, Publications
We welcome your learned articles for interested readers, but note we’re not a peer-reviewed journal. • See this website, "Index: ARTICLES" webpage, for past articles.
CONTRIBUTIONS WELCOME for appropriate articles; contact us first, please. See "Contact & Contribute" webpage (also for ad rates, etc).
• Articles - check first if timely, as might be held over; up to 2500 words.
• News up to 200 words.
We welcome:
• Songs, tunes, dances, & stories collected
• Information about relevant Societies & Institutions & Researchers
• Relevant books announced (exceptionally CDs eg traditional singers) - up to 200 words, more if advert, or at editor’s discretion
• Songs & tunes collected
• Seasonal Local Celebrations, based on Doc Rowe’s listings, additions welcome
• Conferences & Talks
Downloadable A4-size pdfs for all issues. Some articles originally-print only, these articles are being gradually added.
Earlier issues also as "Issuu" e-magazines; may omit some originally-print only articles (still available but we can't update).
Earlier issues also as "Issuu" e-magazines; may omit some originally-print only articles (still available but we can't update).
FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS
~ Our aims include stimulating a wider interest in folk studies & folk culture: the FT pages. For each issue: cover + a list of contents below.
To read FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS PAGES.
In print is best, as it is a print publication.
You can support us by subscribing; we call this "Folklife Membership", it costs £21 a year (posted or PDF) see Contact & Contribute webpage
We can send per-issue files by WeTransfer, this is time-consuming for us, so that's £3 per file.
For earlier issues, we did also have e-magazines but we're now having problems with that format. So we added PDFs for earlier issues as well.
Additionally, for the current issue only, copies of the print pages are shown on "This issue online" webpage.
ALL ISSUES can now be downloaded as PDFs. ALSO as E-MAGAZINES for EARLIER FTs, up to and including JANUARY 2018, FT 56
To read FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS PAGES.
In print is best, as it is a print publication.
You can support us by subscribing; we call this "Folklife Membership", it costs £21 a year (posted or PDF) see Contact & Contribute webpage
- For more details, please contact [email protected] Eleanor & Sam Simmons, 16/1/2020
We can send per-issue files by WeTransfer, this is time-consuming for us, so that's £3 per file.
For earlier issues, we did also have e-magazines but we're now having problems with that format. So we added PDFs for earlier issues as well.
Additionally, for the current issue only, copies of the print pages are shown on "This issue online" webpage.
ALL ISSUES can now be downloaded as PDFs. ALSO as E-MAGAZINES for EARLIER FTs, up to and including JANUARY 2018, FT 56
PDFs; plus e-magazines on e-magazine site, https://issuu.com/traditions-uk where you will find a list of issues - this page all available as e-magazines to read online.
FWJ - Folklife West Journal - was published separately and irregularly (due to work demands) , then as regularly as pages within Folklife magazine.
Issuu is an e-magazine format, which we relied on for years, till it suddenly wouldn't work when I tried to add to it... Still works for you reading FT 56 and earlier; you can't download from that site, only from this page as PDFs. So, if you go to our e-magazine site, https://issuu.com/traditions-uk, you will find a list of issues up to January 2018, FT 56 - all available as e-magazines to read online. We can't update that site.
Note on print vs online availability of articles and copyright pictures - Articles by Dave Jones and Charles Menteith are not available on Issuu.
Articles by Charles Menteith are being added to downloadable PDFs on this site. This is an ongoing process and not complete due to the problems of older magazines using Apple fonts that have been discontinued & converting to modern fonts before saving as PDFs. For individual articles, contact us, we may have a Pdf of article that we can send even if not on PDF below.
Articles by Dave Jones. Taken from his book The Roots of Welsh Border Morris, £5 by post from Annie Jones, see adverts in FT or contact us for Annie's details.
Additionally sometimes we have copyright restrictions eg in one case high-resolution permission granted for print but low-resolution for web . . .
FWJ - Folklife West Journal - was published separately and irregularly (due to work demands) , then as regularly as pages within Folklife magazine.
Issuu is an e-magazine format, which we relied on for years, till it suddenly wouldn't work when I tried to add to it... Still works for you reading FT 56 and earlier; you can't download from that site, only from this page as PDFs. So, if you go to our e-magazine site, https://issuu.com/traditions-uk, you will find a list of issues up to January 2018, FT 56 - all available as e-magazines to read online. We can't update that site.
Note on print vs online availability of articles and copyright pictures - Articles by Dave Jones and Charles Menteith are not available on Issuu.
Articles by Charles Menteith are being added to downloadable PDFs on this site. This is an ongoing process and not complete due to the problems of older magazines using Apple fonts that have been discontinued & converting to modern fonts before saving as PDFs. For individual articles, contact us, we may have a Pdf of article that we can send even if not on PDF below.
Articles by Dave Jones. Taken from his book The Roots of Welsh Border Morris, £5 by post from Annie Jones, see adverts in FT or contact us for Annie's details.
Additionally sometimes we have copyright restrictions eg in one case high-resolution permission granted for print but low-resolution for web . . .
FWJ name change to Folklife Traditions, so "FWJ 8" was followed by "FT 9"
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After Folklife Traditions 09, Folklife Traditions was renumbered; using the same number as the Folklife Quarterly
within which it was published. So after FT09, next was 2013 Jan - FT 36.
within which it was published. So after FT09, next was 2013 Jan - FT 36.
2013 Jan - FT 3612 A4 pp (mono) + pics on FQ covers (colour)
● Centenary celebrations of 'The Folk-lore of Herefordshire’, from John and Jane Baxter, p35 ● 'Shipmates', by Roy Palmer, p36-38 ● 'The Ratcatcher's Daughter', from Charles Menteith, p38 ● Dave Jones, Welsh Border Morris: ‘The Pershore Not For Joes’ [1], p40-41 Short Courses, Schools, & Workshops ● Diary, and News items pp42-44 Talks & Conferences, p45 Folklife listings ● 1-line summaries & Updates from our Directory, p44-45 Seasonal Local Celebrations ● A list with photos, by Doc Rowe (inc colour photos), p46 + covers ● ‘Hurling the Silver Ball’, by Chris Ridley, p46 ● ‘Wassailing’, by Eileen Ann Moore/Jim Parham, p46
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2013 Apr - FT 3710 A4 pp (mono), + entire FQ front cover = 1 of Doc's photos (colour)
● 'Block Ornaments’ by Roy & Lesley Adkins, p39 ●The 'Arlingham Murder' ballads by Roy Palmer, p40 ● 'Cockades' by Roy & Lesley Adkins, p41 ● ‘The Nutting Girl’, from Charles Menteith, p42 Short Courses, Schools, & Workshops ● Diary, and News items, p44-45 Talks & Conferences, p39 Folklife listings ● 1-line summaries, p46 Publications ● book 'The Coleford Jig', Charles Menteith & Paul Burgess, p39 ● Veteran: news; CD 'Easy & Bold' (John & Tim Lyons), p43 Seasonal Local Celebrations, 2-page Insert ● A list with photos by Doc Rowe (+ entire FQ front cover colour photo) ● ‘Some West Somerset traditions’, by Eileen Ann Moore/Jim Parham
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2013 Jul - FT 388 A4 pp (mono), plus entire p2 Jim Parham's photo
● The Song and the Place: ‘Here’s the Tender Coming’ by Roy & Lesley Adkins p41 ● Welsh Border Morris: ‘The Pershore Not For Joes’ [2], p42-43 News from Folklife societies: ● EFDSS Digital Archive p43 Talks, Conferences, & Exhibitions, p44 Publications, p45-46: ● 'Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England', Roy & Lesley Adkins, review by Eds., p45 ● Musical Traditions Internet Magazine, Rod Stradling, p46 Seasonal Local Celebrations ● ‘Minehead Hobby Horse 2013’, by Jim Parham, p46 + photo p2 ● A list with photos by Doc Rowe for this quarter, p47
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2013 Oct - FT 397 A4 pp (mono), plus FQ p1 2 colour illus.
● The Loss of the Centaur, by Roy Palmer, p44-45 (+illus., p1) ● The Death of Saint Monday, by Roy & Lesley Adkins, p43 (+illus., p1) Directory Updates in full, p41 1-line Summary Listings:-- ● Folklife Societies, p42 ● Folklife Studies & Institutions, p42 Publications ● Veteran address note, p43 News from Folklife societies ● Talks, Conferences, Exhibitions, p46 Seasonal Local Celebrations ● Note "Pearlies Harvest Festival", Carole Jolly, LPKQ Secretary, p46 ● A list with photos by Doc Rowe for this quarter, p47
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2014 Jan - FT 408 A4 pp: 7 mono, plus colour: p1, p47
● Roy & Lesley Adkins, ‘Beating the Bounds’, p41 ● Roy Palmer, ‘Ballad Singers of the Border’: J. Kyrle Fletcher, p42-43 ● Charles Menteith, ‘The Life of a Man’, p44 1-line Summary Listings ● Folklife Societies, p42 ● Folklife Studies & Institutions, p42 News from Folklife societies: ● Talks, Conferences, Exhibitions, p43 ● An Introduction to the Song Collectors Collective, by Sam Lee & James McDonald, p45 (+ colour photo, FQ cover) Publications ● Musical Traditions Records, from Rod Stradling, p39 Seasonal Local Celebrations ● Chris Ridley, ‘Hurling the Silver Ball’, p46 ● R James Parham, ‘Exmoor Traditions’, p46 ● A list for this quarter by Doc Rowe, + photo, p47; colour photos, p48
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2014 Apr - FT 418 A4 pp (mono), inc colour: p46
● Roy & Lesley Adkins, ‘‘The Standing Stones Ballad’, p42-43 ● Charles Menteith, Song ‘To Mow my Meadow', p41 [print only] 1-line Summary Listings ● Folklife Societies, p49 ● Folklife Studies & Institutions, p49 News from Folklife societies ● Talks, Conferences, Exhibitions, p41; p43 Publications ● Musical Traditions Records (Rod Stradling): Cecilia Costello, ‘Old Fashioned Songs’, 2 CDs + booklet, p40 ● Mike Salter, ‘All About The Morris’, p40 Seasonal Local Celebrations Colour photos, p46 ● A list, covering this quarter, by Doc Rowe, p45 ● “Cadi Ha” from Frances Jones, p43 ● “Gŵyl Ifan” from Dai James, p46
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2014 Jul - FT 4210 A4 pp (mono), +1/4 colour
● Roy Palmer, ‘The Frolicksome Keeper’, p40-42 Publications News: Books ● Open Book Publishers: D. Atkinson, The Anglo-Scottish Ballad and its Imaginary Contexts, p37 ● Ashgate Publishing: Street Ballads in 19th-Century Britain, Ireland, and North America, Ed. D. Atkinson, S. Roud, p37 Publications News: CDs ● Caroline Hughes, Sheep-Crook and Black Dog; various, I Pray You Pay Attention, and listen to my song; p37. ●Topic, ed. Reg Hall, P. Kennedy 1950s field recordings, p46 Website with recordings: Irish Trad. Music Archive, p46 News from Folklife societies ● Malcolm Taylor steps down, p43 ● Diary, Talks & Conferences, p46 Directory of [Member] Folklife Societies,p38-39; 1-line Summaries ● Folklife Studies & Institutions, p39 Seasonal Local Celebrations ● List by Doc Rowe, this quarter, p44 ● 2014 Minehead, p45 ● Llangollen Intern'l Eisteddfod, p45 ● National Eisteddfod of Wales, p46, colour photos, p47
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2014 Oct- FT 4310 A4 pp (mono), + FQ's colour cover
● Roy Palmer, ' “F-F-D (sh-sh-sh)”, The Foggy-foggy Dew’, p40-42 ● Roy & Lesley Adkins, ‘The Handloom Weaver & the Factory Maid, p44-45 ● Charles Menteith, song, ‘The Oyster Girl’, p43 Publications News: CDs and Books ● CD, Gwilym Davies, Tom Goblin - and other tales of mystery and intrigue, p38 ● Book, Helen Forder, High Hats and Harps, p38 ● Book, Roy & Lesley Adkins,'Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England' , paperback, p38 News from Folklife societies ● Single Gloucester Project, p45 (+ FQ colour cover photo) ● Diary: Talks & Conferences, p45 ● Folklife Studies: Cicely Fox Smith remembered, p46 ● EFDSS: new Director VWML, p46 1-line Summary Listings ● List 7, Folklife Societies, p39 ● List 8, Folklife Studies, p39 ● List 9, Seasonal Local Celebrations, Oct-Dec, Doc Rowe
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2015 Jan - FT 448 A4 pp (7 mono + 1 colour (copy of 1/2 cover + 1/2 p47)
● ‘Drive the Cold Winter Away’ by Roy & Lesley Adkins, p43-44 ● Song: ‘All Through the Drunk’, contributed by Gwilym Davies, p45 Publications News, CDs & Books, all p40 ● Book: Peter Ingram; illus. K. B. Morgan; 'Wagtail Tale, Gypsy Life of Bygone Days' ● Book: Andrew C. Rouse, 'Mr Pepys and the Turk: Popular Constructs of the “Turk” in England Popular Constructs of the “Turk” in England' ● CD: Musical Traditions Records, Sam Larner: 'Cruising Round Yarmouth' double CD News from Folklife societies, p44 ● Single Gloucester Project 2014-15 plans ● Nonsuch Dulcimer Club ● Folklife Societies: Diary: Talks & Conferences 1-line Summary Listings ● List 7, Folklife Societies, p41 ● List 8, Folklife Studies, p42 ● List 9, Seasonal Local Celebrations, Jan-Mar, + photos, Doc Rowe, p46; • some date changes p45 • Ottery Tar Barrels, note by Colin Davies, p45; photos p47
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2015 Apr - FT 456 A4 pp mono, + 1 p colour insert for online edition
● Tributes to Roy Palmer, Steve Roud, Martin Graebe, & editor, p41, p42 ● Song: ‘The Barley Mow’, contributed by Gwilym Davies, p42 Publications News, p41 • Book + CD-R, 'Rosy Apples', Traditional Songs for Young Children, Shan Graebe • CD-Rom, Vaughan Williams in Norfolk, Alan Helsdon News from Folklife Societies, Diary, Talks & Conferences, Folklore Society: TSF meeting; Folk Song Conference; Roud Folk Song & Broadside indexes, p41, p46 1-line Summary Listings ● List 7, Folklife Societies, p43 ● List 8, Folklife Studies, p44 ● List 9, Seasonal Local Celebrations, Apr-Jul, + photos, Doc Rowe, p45, p46
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2015 Jul - FT 4612 A4 pp (mono)
● Article: ‘A Propaganda Lullaby', from Roy & Lesley Adkins, p46-47 ● Songs + notes, ‘The Irish Girl’, from Charles Menteith, p42-43 ● Songs + notes, 'Stow Fair’, from Gwilym Davies, p43 ● Merêd: let’s celebrate the legacy that he left, by Mick Tems, p44-45 Publications News: CDs, p40 ● 24 MT Records downloads now online Folklife Studies & Societies ● News items & Diary, p40+45+50 ● EFDSS Resource Bank, p47 ● Workers’ Music Association, p45 Folklife traditions ● Minehead May Day, p50 ● National Eisteddfod, p49 ● International Eisteddfod, p50 1-line Summary Folklife listings from our online Directory ● List 7, Folklife Societies, p41 ● List 8, Folklife Studies & Institutions, p48 ● List 9: Seasonal Local Celebrations, Jul-Oct, list + photos, by Doc Rowe, p51
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2015 Oct - FT 4710 A4 pp (mono) + 1 p colour insert for online edition
● Women Who Went To War", Roy & Lesley Adkins, p40 ● "Lost in the Arctic: The Story of the Franklin Expedition", Brian Bull, p42-43 ● Songs: "Jan’s Courtship" (Archer Goode), Gwilym Davies, p41 Directory Quarterly Updates for Lists 7 - 9, Folklife Traditions, p38 1-line Summary Folklife listings from our online Directory ● List 7, Folklife Societies, p39 ● List 8, Folklife Studies & Institutions, p44 ● List 9: Seasonal Local Celebrations, Oct-Dec, Wales list p46, UK list + photos, by Doc Rowe, p47 Publications News: ● CDs, p45 Musical Traditions, David Stacey: Good Luck to the Journeyman Folklife Studies & Societies: News items & Diary, ● EFDSS, TSF, p45, Folklore Society, p46 Seasonal Local Celebrations: A list for Wales from our online Welsh Folklife Directory, p46; • A UK list for this quarter, & photos, by Doc Rowe, p47
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2016 Jan - FT 4810 A4 pp (mono) + 1p colour (from FQ cover)
● Article: "Joseph Ritson, Song Collector", Roy & Lesley Adkins, p42 ● Article: "Here we come a-wassailing", Brian Bull, p43-44 ● Song: "The Bold Keeper" (Harry Brazil), Gwilym Davies, p38 ● Song:"Spanish Ladies", Richard Hicks, p40-41 Folklife Societies: ● News items & Diary, p44 ● The Full English Extra, 3 more archives, p46 Publications: ● Oral Traditions of Suffolk; Saydisc; Musical Traditions p46 1-line Summary Folklife listings from our online Directory ● List 7, Folklife Societies, p39 ● List 8, Folklife Studies & Institutions, p45 ● List 9: Seasonal Local Celebrations: "Mari Lwyd", Mick Tems; UK list for this quarter, & photos, Doc Rowe; p47 Directory Quarterly Updates for Lists for lists 7-9, Folklife Traditions, p37a
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2016 Apr - FT 4911 A4 pp (mono)
● Article: ‘To Welcome in the May’, Brian Bull, p27-28 ● Article: The Female Cabin Boy', Roy & Lesley Adkins, p29 ● Song with notes: 'Polly Oliver’s Rambles', Martin Graebe, p30-31 ● Song with notes: ‘Billy Johnson’s Ball (Ray Hartland), Gwilym Davies, p32 Publications News CD:'I Wish There Were No Prisons'; Musical Traditions, p33 News from Folklife societies ● Folk 21, p33 ● News items & diary, p24; p46 Online Directory: Quarterly Updates for Folklife Traditions, p34 1-line Summary Listings ● List 7, Folklife Societies: Associations,Trusts,Organisations, p48 ● List 8, Folklife Studies & Institutions, p49 ● List 9: Seasonal Local Celebrations, Apr-Jul, + photos, by Doc Rowe, p50
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