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FTJ 67-73
​as part of Folklife West

​2021 May, FTJ 67
to  2023 May, FTJ 73
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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.

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•    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 
Below, an index for each FTJ issue: FTJ 67-73

​- this webpage covers all the "FTJ as part of Folklife West" issues


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FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS JOURNAL - renamed from FTJ 67; part of Folklife West magazine
~ Our aims include stimulating a wider interest in folk studies & folk culture:  the FTJ pages.   For each issue:  cover + a list of contents below

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​2021 May - FTJ 67

11 A4 pages (0pp colour, 11pp mono)​
  • Article & song: ‘The Cherry Tree Carol - Part 1’,  by Charles Menteith, p6—7
  • Song & notes: ‘The Golden Glove’, sung by Danny Brazil.  By Gwilym Davies, p8
  • Article: ‘North East Folk Clubs, Folk Song & Entertainment in the early 1970s’ by Keith Gregson, p9—10 
  • ‘Hobed o Hilion’, Welsh traditional tune, from Helen Adam, p10—11
Folklife Studies & Traditions:
Folklife Societies news & diary 
  • Trac, p4; TSF, p4;  Trac, p4;  Folklore Society, p5;  Folk21, p10.
Books announced & adverts
  • 'Old Salem in Ballad and Song', and 'Old Salem at Sea in Ballad and Song', by Robert E Strom, p5
  • The Roots of Welsh Border Morris, p5; ​Tunelines, p5 ​
Recordings announced
  • Saydisc, 'Matchbox Bluesmaster Series
From Online Directory: 1-line Summary Listings
  • List 7, Folklife Societies: Assoc'ns, Trusts, Organisations, p14
  • List 8, Folklife Studies & Institutions, p15 
  • List 9:, Seasonal Local Celebrations, May-Sep, a list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe, p10
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        The paid-for PDF is for Folklife West including these FT pages, but just the FT pages PDFs are free!​
Online; you can access FT online, by downloading PDFs. For earlier issues, we did also have e-magazines but we're now having problems with that format.
So, from Jan 2019 issue, you can download a PDF from the "Issues Index" page.   Additionally, for the current issue only, copies of the pages are shown on this ​"This issue online" page.
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​2021 Sep - FTJ 68

18 A4 pages (in print, 0pp colour, 18pp mono;  online & PDFs, some pages in colour)
  • Article:  The modern myth of Bosch’s butt music, by Ian Pittaway, pp4-7     
  • Article & songs: ‘The Cherry Tree Carol - Part 2’ and ‘Part 3’,  by Charles Menteith. (Part 2, p8-9; Part 3, p10-11) pp8-11
  • Article: Some song sources for a semi-professional folk singer in the 1970s. Includes song & notes: ‘I Trudged Up To London’ (by Ewan Clark, 1785).  By Keith Gregson, pp12-13
  • Song & notes: ‘Long A-Growing’, sung by Harry Brazil. By Gwilym Davies, p14
  • Welsh traditional tune & notes: ‘Walts Trefforest’ / ‘The Treforest Waltz’, from Helen Adam, p15
  • Songs’ notes:  ‘The singing birds’. Three songs sung by Merêd and Phyllis Kinney, by Nia Mai Daniel, p16
Folklife Studies & Traditions:
  • Obit: John Shaw, p9
Folklife Societies news & diary 
  • Trac, p2; TSF, p2;  Folklore Society, p2;  Folk21, p13; EFDSS VWM Library, p17
Books announced & adverts
  • The Roots of Welsh Border Morris, p2
  • ​Tunelines, p2 ​
  • Llyfr Alawon DnA Tune Book, Delyth & Angharad Jenkins, p17
  • The Forgotten Songs of the Upper Thames: Folk Songs from the Alfred Williams Collection, Ed. Martin Graebe, p17
  • Blues From The Avon Delta, Mark Jones, p17
Recordings announced
  • Saydisc, 'Matchbox Bluesmaster Series', set 4, p17
From Online Directory: 1-line Summary Listings
  • List 7, Folklife Societies: Assoc'ns, Trusts, Organisations, p18
  • List 8, Folklife Studies & Institutions, p19 
  • List 9:, Seasonal Local Celebrations, May-Sep, a list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe, p20
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​2022 Jan - FTJ 69

7 A4 pages (in print, 0pp colour, 7pp mono; online & PDFs, same)​​
  • Article:  The Poor Ballad Sellers and Singers, by Roy & Lesley Adkins, pp4-5
  • Welsh traditional tune & notes: ‘Morys Morgannwg’ / ‘The Glamorgan Morris’, from Helen Adam, p6 
  • Song & notes: ‘I'll Take My Dog’, sung by Wiggy Smith.  By Gwilym Davies, p7
  • Article: Using Zoom for a Folk Club, by Mark Dowding, p8
Folklife Studies & Traditions:
Folklife Societies news & diary 
  • Trac, p2; TSF, p2;  Folklore Society, p2;  Folk21, p7; Bodmin Wassailing, p7
Books announced & adverts
  • The Roots of Welsh Border Morris, p2
  • ​Tunelines, p2 ​
  • When There Were Birds: the forgotten history of our connections. Roy & Lesley Adkins, p5
  • Again With One Voice: British Songs of Political Reform, 1768-1868.  Dick Holdstock, p5.
Recordings announced
  • Saydisc, 'Matchbox Bluesmaster Series', set 4, p8
From Online Directory: 1-line Summary Listings
  • List 7, Folklife Societies: Assoc'ns, Trusts, Organisations, online only [see below]
  • List 8, Folklife Studies & Institutions, online only [see below]
  • List 9:, Seasonal Local Celebrations, Jan-Apr, a list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe, p9
Online archive, downloads
www.folklife-traditions.uk
 • FTJ Directory: lists 7,8,9 as above ~ fully-detailed listings online  
 • FTJ Archive:    individual FTJ issues, index, links to articles
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​2022 May - FTJ 70

10 A4 pages (in print, 0pp colour, 10pp mono; online & PDFs, same)​​
  • Article: Brighton Camp or The Girl I Left behind Me, Song and Tune, by Charles Menteith, p4-6
  • Tune & notes: Klezmer Korner, ‘Mekhutonim Tsum Tisch”, Klezmer, arranged Helen Adam, p6-7 
  • Article: The Twa Corbies, by Roy & Lesley Adkins, p8-9
  • Article: Using Zoom for a Folk Club - A Singer’s Perspective, by Dave Mason, p10
  • Review of a virtual Ballad Walk, by Rosie Upton, p2
​​Folklife Studies & Traditions: 
Folklife Societies news & diary 
  • Trac p2, TSF p6, Folk21 p7, FLS p9.  And all on p11: of Folk and Traditional Music Collections; Broadside Extra!.
Books announced & adverts
  • The Roots of Welsh Border Morris, p9
  • ​Tunelines, p9 ​
Recordings announced
  • Saydisc, 'Matchbox Bluesmaster Series', set 4, 10
From Online Directory: 1-line Summary Listings
  • List 7, Folklife Societies: Assoc'ns, Trusts, Organisations, online only [see below]
  • List 8, Folklife Studies & Institutions, online only [see below]
  • List 9:, Seasonal Local Celebrations, Jan-Apr, a list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe, p12
Online archive, downloads
www.folklife-traditions.uk
 • FTJ Directory: lists 7,8,9 as above ~ fully-detailed listings online  
 • FTJ Archive:    individual FTJ issues, index, links to articles
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​2022 Sept - FTJ 71

20 A4 pages (in print, 2pp colour, 18pp mono;  online & PDFs, same)​​​
  • Article:  Kalenda maya, the troubadours, and the lessons of traditional music by Ian Pittaway, p4-7
  • Article:  Women in Traditional Folk Song, by Rosie Upton, p8-9
  • Article:  The Three (or Two) Crows, by Charles Menteith, p10-11
  • Article:  Who was Kishmul?, by Roy & Lesley Adkins, p12-13
  • Obit:   Gwilym Davies, 1946 - 2022, by Colin Andrews & Stephen Rowley, p14-15

​​Folklife Studies & Traditions: 
Folklife Societies news & diary 
  • Folklife news (Societies): Trac p2, Access Folk p2, Saydisc recordings p9, FLS p13,TSF p13, EFDSS p15.
Books announced & adverts
  • The Roots of Welsh Border Morris, p11
  • ​Tunelines, p11 ​
  • The Ballad Partners, publishers: A Notorious Chaunter in B Flat and Other Characters in Street Literature, ed.  David Atkinson & Steve Roud.  
Recordings announced
  • Saydisc recordings 'Matchbox Bluesmaster Series', 12 sets, p9
From Online FTJ Directory,
fully-detailed listings online
Seasonal Local Celebrations, Sep-Dec, a list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe, p20
See online [this site] for
  • Folklife Societies: Assoc'ns, Trusts, Organisations
  • Folklife Studies & Institutions
Online archive, downloads
www.folklife-traditions.uk
 • FTJ Archive:    individual FTJ issues, index, links to articles
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​2023 Jan - FTJ 72

18 A4 pages (in print, 2pp colour, 16pp mono; online & PDFs, same)​​​
  • Article:  Two Black Crows, by Colin Andrews, p2
  • Article:  Manx Dance Tunes from the Mona Douglas Folk Dance Collection, by Stephen Miller, p4-6
  • Article:  The Stockton Sailor by Keith Gregson, p7
  • Article:  Jockey to the Fair, Tune & Song, by Charles Menteith, p8-10
  • Article:  Johnny Cope, by Roy & Lesley Adkins, p12-14
  • Article:  Pitchcombe Carol Barking, by Stephen Rowley, p15
​​Folklife Studies & Traditions: 
Folklife Societies news & diary 
  • Folklife news (Societies): EFDSS p11; Access Folk,TSF, p14; Trac,FLS, p1
Books announced & adverts
  • Remnants and Yarns - Poverty and Protest in the Bradford on Avon woollen industry, by Rosie MacGregor, p12
  • The Ballad Partners, publishers: Thirsty Work And Other Legacies of Folk Song, ed. Steve Roud & David Atkinson,  p7
  • The Roots of Welsh Border Morris, p11
  • ​Tunelines, p11 ​
  • Introduction to Nashville Tuning for Guitar, by David Harley, p11
Recordings announced
  • Saydisc recordings 'Matchbox Bluesmaster Series', 12 sets, p11
From Online FTJ Directory,
fully-detailed listings online
Seasonal Local Celebrations, Jan-Apr, a list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe, p3
See online [this site] for
  • Folklife Societies: Assoc'ns, Trusts, Organisations
  • Folklife Studies & Institutions
Online archive, downloads
www.folklife-traditions.uk
 • FTJ Archive:    individual FTJ issues, index, links to articles
​
  PDF free downloads.  Produced as UK A4 size pages.   Also converted as US Letter size.
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2023 May - FTJ 73

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See online [this site] for  Folklife Societies: Assoc'ns, Trusts, Organisations 
​and  for  Folklife Studies & Institutions
20 A4 print pages, 4pp colour, 16pp mono
Articles
  • Sunderland Songs by Eileen Richardson and Keith Gregson, p4-5
  • John Callister (1833–1912) And His Songs, by Stephen Miller, p6-7 
  • Married to a Mermaid, by Charles Menteith, p8-9
  • Remnants and Yarns – Poverty and protest in the woollen industry in Bradford on Avon by Rosie MacGregor (Rosie Upton), p9
  • The Banks of the Nile, by Roy & Lesley Adkins, p10-11
  • Here we go a-wassailing in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire by Rosie Upton,  p12 
Folklife Societies news
  • Access Folk, p7. Trac Cymru, p12. Pedlars Pack, TSF, FLS, p13
Books & recordings announced & adverts, 
  • Saydisc recordings 'Matchbox Bluesmaster Series', 12 sets, p5    •  Remnants and Yarns, p9
  • The Roots of Welsh Border Morris, p11     •  ​Tunelines, p11 ​
  • So Sound you Sleep: My Shropshire Songs and their Stories, by David Harley, p11
From Online FTJ Directory, detailed listings: 
Seasonal Local Celebrations, May-Aug, list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe
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