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FT- index. Folklife Traditions Journal pages in FW.
Our aims include stimulating a wider interest in folk studies & folk culture: our FT pages 
  • FT pages are part of Folklife West magazine, homepage www.folklife.uk
  • FW print magazine's FT pages are also copied online in e-reader format, or as PDFs to download
  • Each item has an issue number eg FT41.   
  • Or • if you plan to view all issues … see ISSUES 1 and ISSUES-2 webpages where each issue has an index of that issue’s contents.
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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. 

​CONTRIBUTIONS WELCOME for appropriate articles; contact us first, please.   See "Contact & Contribute" webpage , also for ad rates, etc.
   • Substantial articles (over 600 words) - check first if timely, as might be held over;
   • Shorter articles/news of 1/2 page or less (up to 600 words), we can usually fit in if received by deadline.
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 

FWJ 2006-2012;  FT 2012 to 2021;
FTJ 2021 to date.
Lists, & links, for each issue

[1]  Folklife West Journal – FWJ – 2006 Sep to 2012 Jul
[2006]  FWJ 01, Sept 2006 ”Worcestershire Folklife: the Folklife West Journal”
[2008] FWJ 02,    Dec 2008  
[2009] FWJ 03,   Jun 2009  •  FWJ 04,  Dec 2009
[2010] FWJ 05,    Aug 2010    
[2010] FWJ 06,    Apr 2011
[2011]  FWJ 06a,  Oct 2011, “Folklife Diary”, in Folklife West 31, Oct 2011
[2012] FWJ 07,    Jan 2012
            FWJ 07a,  Apr 2012, “Folklife Diary”, in Folklife West 33, Apr 2012
            FWJ 08,    Jul 2012  (the last FWJ)


​Background notes from Editor, Sam Simmons: ​
[1]  ​FWJ - Folkife West Journal originally published separately to our Folk West, later Folklife West, FW magazine.  This magazine, published by Folklife, was intended to continue the work of the former ‘Somers Journal’ published by the Somers Folk Club.
     It started as “Worcestershire Folklife: the Folklife West Journal, Nº. 1” in Sep. 2006, a special issue for Worcestershire, assisted by a Awards for All grant (covering 1 issue only). The contents included both ‘folklife’ and ‘folk club’ material.
     It was then published irregularly (due to lack of time and money) and over time, contents gradually became more focused on ‘folklife’, with ‘folk club’ elements (eg folk CDs) being transferred to our Folk West magazine.
[2]  ​Folklife Traditions – FT – 2012 Oct to 2021 Sep
[2012] FT 09,           Oct 2012 in Folklife Quarterly 35, Oct 2012
    • FT numbers then changed to correspond with FQ, so next was FT 36, etc.
[2013] FT 36, Jan 2013  •  FT 37, Apr 2013  •  FT 38, Jul 2013  •  FT 39, Oct 2013
[2014] FT 40, Jan 2014  •  FT 41, Apr 2014  •  FT 42, Jul 2014  •  FT 43, Oct 2014
[2015] FT 44, Jan 2015  •  FT 45, Apr 2015  •  FT 46, Jul 2015  •  FT 47, Oct 2015
[2016] FT 48, Jan 2016  •  FT 49, Apr 2016  •  FT 50, Jul 2016  •  FT 51, Oct 2016
[2017] FT 52, Jan 2017   •  FT 53, Apr 2017   •  FT 54, Jul 2017 •   FT 55 Oct 2017 
[2018] FT 56 Jan 2018   •  FT 57, Apr 2018   •  FT 58, Jul 2018 •  FW 59 Oct 2018
[2019] FT 60, Jan 2019  •  FT 61, May 2019   •  FT 62, Sep 2019 
[2020] FT 63, Jan 2020  • FT 64, May 2020   •  FT 65, Sep 2020
[2021] FT 66, Jan 2021  
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[3]  ​Folklife Traditions Journal – FTJ – May 2021 to date  
​[2021] FTJ 67,  May 2021   • FTJ 68, Sep 2021
[2022] FT 69, Jan 2022   • FTJ 70, May 2022  • FTJ 71, Sep 2022
[2]  FT:  We wanted preferred to have a regularly-published Journal, but no time & resources. Then I retired ! ----- new computer & software, so Oct. 2012 created the combined FQ - Folklife Quarterly magazine [from Oct. 2018, FQ renamed as FW - Folklife West magazine, as 3 x year from Jan. 2019]
    FWJ was then renamed Folklife Traditions - FT, with the FT pages being published as part of the new combined FQ magazine.

[3]  Folklife Traditions Journal, May 2021: a new international audience with Zoom's arrival, easier to explain FT to a new international audience by adding Journal to the title (as this suggests articles rather than folk acts etc) - our email Newsletter (see foot of page) now circulates to the US, Australia, etc.
FT archive: earlier issues up to FT56 are on Issuu.com e-mag website   
This stopped accepting our pdfs, so for FT57+, please go to our  ISSUES 1 and ISSUES-2 webpages on this site to download individual issues.
Below, index: articles, by author.

References are to issues eg FWJ 04
with a link to each issue as an e-magazine (earlier articles) or as a pdfs (later articles).  We have now added pdfs to all issues.
See ISSUES-1 and ISSUES-2 for links to the PDF downloads for each issue & list of contents.
Volunteer(s) wanted to help with indexing; we offer you a year's free Folklife membership.   
Please contact sam@folklife.uk
FWJ is not be viable as a solo stand-alone publication.
As part of FW: Folklife West print magazine [folk club etc news] it reaches a much wider audience.  
Therefore our priority must be constantly updating our main FW website, so for this site, we need help from others. 
​
Volunteers wanted - Summary - Details foot of page
1) Firstly, as soon as possible, quite simple, pasting info under heading "Articles, songs & tunes" into an Excel spreadsheet.
​    (we also list other info eg "Publications' News" but I regard "Articles, songs & tunes" as the priority).
2) Later, requiring someone more knowledgeable than me, a searchable database for "Articles, songs & tunes", perhaps on a new website.
We thank our authors and researchers who have generously submitted these articles to Folklife for publication.
Issue Nº:   items online in blue  eg FT 40, are links    ​FT 57 onwards in red, please go to Index: ISSUES webpage, to download PDFs.
 § unless items in dark red & italics = print only - please contact the Editor, who may be able to supply a print version
          - typically £4 inc p&p for 1 back issue
Some articles may be allowed online, but have online copyright restrictions:- 
  • This applies to some illustrations from ballad collections,
     allowed as print only (so we’re not allowed to copy online), and/or only allowed as low-res image
For Dave Jones articles: book, £5 posted, from Annie Jones (see FT advert below)
ADAM, Helen
Welsh traditional tunes with notes:       § Tune, song, & notes
  • ‘Gwenynen Gwent’ / ‘The Busy Bee of Gwent’, Welsh traditional tune, p6-7, 2020 May, FT 64​
  • ‘Hobed o Hilion’, from Helen Adam, p10—11 2021 May FTJ 67
  • ‘Machynlleth’, Welsh traditional. tune, p43-44,  2019 May FT 61
  • ‘Meillionen o Feirionnydd’ / ‘The Clover of Meirionnydd’, Welsh traditional tune, p4-5     2019 Sep FT 62
  • ‘Mwynen Meirionydd / The Pleasing Melody of Meirionydd’, Welsh traditional tune,  Arr. Helen Adam p8-9 2020 Sep FT 65
  • ‘Walts Trefforest’ / ‘The Treforest Waltz’, from Helen Adam, p15 2021 Sep - FTJ 68
  • Welsh traditional tune & notes: ‘Morys Morgannwg’ / ‘The Glamorgan Morris’, from Helen Adam, p6 2022 Jan - FTJ 69
  • ‘Y Ferch o Blwy Penderyn’ / ‘The Girl from Penderyn Parish’, ​​§ Welsh traditional tune & song, p6-7  2020 Jan FT 63​
  • ‘Y Ferch o’r Scêr’ / ‘The Maid of Sker’’, Welsh traditional tune, and song, Arr. Helen Adam, p6-7 2021 Jan FT 66​ 
ADAM, Helen
Klezmer Korner, tunes with notes:  
  • Tune & notes: Klezmer Korner, ‘Mekhutonim Tsum Tisch”, Klezmer, arranged Helen Adam, p6-7 2022 May - FTJ 70

ADKINS, Roy & Lesley - articles with songs
  • ‘A Propaganda Lullaby’    p46-47   2015 Jul     FT 46
  • ‘Abroad for Pleasure’, A Footnote [to article Gwilym Davies, p49 Apr FT 57]   p46   2018 Jul  FT 58
  • ‘Beating the Bounds’    p41       2014 Jan  FT 40
  • 'Block Ornaments’    p39       2013 Apr  FT 37
  • 'Cockades'       p41       2013 Apr  FT 37
  • ‘Drive the Cold Winter Away’ …   p43-44 2015 Jan  FT 44
  • ‘I trudge the morning dew...’     p31-32 2016 Oct  FT 51
  • ‘Joseph Ritson, Song Collector    p42       2016 Jan  FT 48
  • 'Poor Portraits and Broken Tokens'  p30-31  2017 Jul   FT 54
  • 'Roll, Alabama, Roll', ​p2,4   2020 Jan FT 63
  • ‘Selling Wives’,  p44-45     2019 Jan FT 60
  • ‘Stand To Your Guns’ p47-48 2018 Apr FT 57
  • The Boar’s Head Carol – and Blood Month'  p40-41 2018 Jan FT 56
  • 'The British Salamanders’ p27-29 2017 Oct  FT 55
  • 'The Death of Saint Monday'    p43       2013 Oct  FT 39
  • 'The Female Cabin Boy'    p29       2016 Apr  FT 49
  • ‘The Handloom Weaver & the Factory Maid’  p44-45 2014 Oct  FT 43
  • ‘The Leaving of Liverpool’, by Roy & Lesley Adkins, p4-5 2021 Jan FT 66​
  • The Poor Ballad Sellers and Singers, by Roy & Lesley Adkins, pp4-5 2022 Jan - FTJ 69
  • ‘The Sailor’s Dream’ [Franklin] ........... p41-42, 2019 May FT 61
  • ‘The Saucy Sailor’  .............. p2, p4, 2020 May, FT 64​
  • The Song and the Place: ‘Here’s the Tender Coming’   p41  2013 Jul   FT 38
  • ‘The Standing Stones Ballad’   p42-43 2014 Apr  FT 41
  • The Twa Corbies, by Roy & Lesley Adkins, p8-9 2022 May - FTJ 70​
  • Who was Kishmul?, by Roy & Lesley Adkins, p12-13, 2022 Sep FTJ 71
  • ‘Women Who Went To War’   p40   2015 Oct  FT 47​
 
ANDREWS, Colin (with ROWLEY, Stephen(:
  • Gwilym Davies, 1946 - 2022, by Colin Andrews & Stephen Rowley, p14-15, 2022 Sep FTJ 71​
    
​BARLTROP, Chris  articles about songs/tunes
  • ‘​Philip Astley, the real Greatest Showman !, p5 2019 Sep FT 62 ​​​

​BAXTER, John & Jane
Centenary celebrations of  'The Folk-lore of Herefordshire’  p35 2013 Jan  FT 36
 
BULL, Brian  articles about songs
  • ‘Here we come a-wassailing’ p43-44 2016 Jan  FT 48
  • ‘Lost in the Arctic’: The Story of the Franklin Expedition  p42-43 2015 Oct     FT 47
  • To Welcome in the May’  p27-2   2016 Apr  FT 49
  • ‘The Greenland Whale’  p26-27 2016 Jul   FT-50
  • ‘The Holly and the Ivy’  p30-31 2016 Oct  FT 51
 
DANIEL, Nia Mai, Rheolwr Rhaglen, Yr Archif Gerddorol Gymreig, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru  /  Programme Manager, The Welsh Music Archive, National Library of Wales 
  • “O’r Archif” at Tŷ Gwerin, presentation on the archive of J Lloyd Williams with Arfon Gwilym and Sioned Webb, p12  2020 Jan FT 63
  • Songs’ notes: ‘The singing birds’. Three songs sung by Merêd and Phyllis Kinney, by Nia Mai Daniel, p16 2021 Sep - FTJ 68​

DAVIES, Geoff 
  • What is Folk ?   p16       2008 Dec FWJ 02
  
†  DAVIES, Gwilym:
  • Gwilym Davies, 1946 - 2022, by Colin Andrews & Stephen Rowley, p14-15, 2022 Sep FTJ 71
   1)  songs + notes from the Gloucestershire Traditions website
  • 'A New Year Song: Buff Blow’   p27  2017 Jan FT 52
  • ‘Abroad for Pleasure’, sung by Harry Buckland, Glos, collected by Michael Price. Tune collected from Mr Price by Gwilym Davies,  p49 Apr 2018 FT 57
  • ‘All Through the Drunk’    p45       2015 Jan  FT 44
  • ''Banks of the Sweet Dundee’, sung by Basil Partridge  p29   2017 Jul    FT 54
  • 'Beautiful Nancy (Jimmy and Nancy)’, sung by Mrs P Wiggett, p30 2017 Oct  FT 55
  • ‘Billy Johnson’s Ball, sung by Ray Hartland, Tirley  p32   2016 Apr  FT 49
  • ‘Claudy Banks (Cloddy Banks)’, sung by George Daddy’ Lane, Winchcombe, Glos    p31       2016 Jul  FT-50
  • ‘Early, early in the Spring’, sung by Norman Perks, by Gwilym Davies p10 2020 Sep FT 65
  • ‘I'll Take My Dog’, sung by Wiggy Smith. By Gwilym Davies, p7 2022 Jan - FTJ 69
  • ‘Jan’s Courtship’, sung by Archer Goode, Cheltenham p41  2015 Oct  FT 47
  • ‘Long A-Growing’, sung by Harry Brazil. By Gwilym Davies, p14 2021 Sep - FTJ 68
  • ‘Stow Fair’   p43     2015 Jul     FT 46
  • 'Tetbury Wassail', sung by Reg Wilkins  p42 2018 Jan FT 56
  • ‘The Barley Mow’   p42       2015 Apr  FT 45
  • ‘The Bold Keeper’, sung by Harry Brazil, Sandhurst, Gloucester  p38       2016 Jan  FT 48
  • 'The Fox and the Hare (They’ve all got a mate but me)’, sung by Fred Archer, Ashton-under-Hill.   p44-45      2018 Oct  FT59
  • The Golden Glove’, sung by Danny Brazil. By Gwilym Davies, p8 2021 May FTJ 67
  • ‘The Gown so Green’, sung by Harry Brazil,Sandhurst, Gloucester  p27   2016 Oct    FT 51
  • ‘The Lakes of Cold Finn’, sung by Arthur Nightingale, p28 2017 Apr  FT 53
  • 'A New Year Song: Buff Blow’   p27  2017 Jan FT 52
2)  tunes + notes from the Gloucestershire Traditions website
  • Astley’s Hornpipe’, from Chris Beaumont’s manuscript & GlosFolk website, p2  2019 Sep FT 62 ​
​3)  other songs + notes​
  • ‘A New York State Folk Tale’, from Catherine LaBier by Gwilym Davies, p8 2021 Jan FT 66​
  • 'Bold Lamkin’, sung by Tony Lloyd, Malvern, Worcs   p42-43  2019 Jan   FT 60​
  • 'The Evesham Morris Dances' researched by Gwilym Davies, p5, 7  2020 Jan FT 63​
  • ‘The Worcestershire Three-handed Reel’, researched by Gwilym Davies, p5, 2020 May, FT 64
  • ‘Wild, Wild Berry”, sung by Ray Driscoll.  p46, 2019 May FT 61​

DOWDING, Mark
  • Article: Using Zoom for a Folk Club, by Mark Dowding, p8 2022 Jan - FTJ 69​

GRAEBE, Martin
  • 'Polly Oliver’s Rambles' ……………………………………………. p30-31 2016 Apr  FT 49

GREGSON, Keith
  • ‘North East Folk Clubs, Folk Song & Entertainment in the early 1970s’ by Keith Gregson, p9—10 2021 May FTJ 67
  • 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 2021 Sep - FTJ 68

​HICKS, Richard
  • ‘Spanish Ladies’ ……………………….….…………………………     p40-41 2016 Jan  FT 48
†  JONES, Dave:  The Roots of Welsh Border Morris, book extracts, revised
    & extended from articles originally published in FT’s predecessors,
      “The Welsh Border Broadsheet” and “The Somers Journal”  
    ‘Introduction’ and ‘The Evesham Morris Dances’      p5-7      2006 Sep  FWJ 01
    ‘The Village Teams’, incl. a map, and illustrations   p4-7      2008 Dec  FWJ 02
    ‘The Brimfield Morris Dance’ incl. 2 tunes, + illus    p4-6      2009 Jun  FWJ 03
    ‘Bromsberrow Heath’: Stick Dance, Step Dance
           incl. 2 tunes, + illus                                      p4-6      2009 Dec  FWJ 04
    ‘The Cradley Morris Dance’, play, photo + illus        p.8-11   2010 Aug FWJ 05
    ‘The Dilwyn Stick Dance’: dance, tune,        p12-13  2011 Apr  FWJ 06
    ‘Much Wenlock Stick Dance’, dance, illus.         p12-13 2012 Jan  FWJ 07
    ‘The Much Wenlock Stick Dance', music only    p18       2012 Jul   FWJ 08
    ‘The Pershore Morris' (includes sung verses)   p18-19  2012 Jul   FWJ 08
    ‘The Pershore Not For Joes’ [1] (incl. sung verses)   p40-41 2013 Jan  FT 36
    ‘The Pershore Not For Joes’ [2] (incl. sung verses)   p42-43  2013 Jul   FT 38
​
MASON, Dave
  • Article: Using Zoom for a Folk Club - A Singer’s Perspective, by Dave Mason, p10 2022 May - FTJ 70

MENTEITH, Charles:  [1] songs & tunes from the Gloucestershire Traditions website, www.glostrad.com
  • ‘The Irish Girl’  p42-43  2015 Jul     FT 46
  • Tunes: From Kraków to Bourton p25-27  2017 Jan     FT 52

[2] other songs  & tunes arranged by title)
Already online in purple/red.
We hope to copy these print-only articles online, but this will take some time. Already online in purple/red.
​Song, tune, & notes, in all cases
  • ‘Bill The Weaver’ & ‘Now on that hill …’ …………..       p8-9      2006 Sep  FWJ 01
  • Brighton Camp or The Girl I Left behind Me, Song and Tune, by Charles Menteith, p4-6 2022 May - FTJ 70
  • Down At The Suicide Arms’ …………………………………..       p3         2009 Jun FWJ 03
  • I'll be up Your Way Next Week'   ......................      p2         2012 Oct  FT 09 
  • Lilian’ (from Fred Pargeter) ………………...................         p10       2011 Apr  FWJ 06
  • The Back-to-front Song’ see under Two Songs to the Same Tune, below
  • The Berkshire Tragedy’ (from Frank Jeal)           p2         2012 Jan  FWJ 07
  • The Butcher and The Parson’                            p12       2012 Apr  FWJ 07
  • ‘The Cherry Tree Carol - Part 1’, by Charles Menteith, p6—7 2021 May FTJ 67​
  • 'The Cherry Tree Carol - Part 2’ and ‘Part 3’, by Charles Menteith. (Part 2, p8-9; Part 3, p10-11) pp8-11 2021 Sep - FTJ 68
  •  The Chivalrous Shark' ……………………………………………… p25   2017 Jul   FT 54
  • ‘The Foggy Dew’ ………………………………………………………... p28-30 2016 Jul   FT-50
  •  ‘The Life of a Man’  .............................................       p44       2014 Jan  FT 40
  • ‘The Nutting Girl’    .............................................       p42       2013 Apr  FT 37
  • 'The Oyster Girl’     .............................................        p43       2014 Oct  FT 43
  • 'The ‘Princess Royal’ tune [article] .............     p46-47  2018 Oct  FT59
  • ‘The Ratcatcher's Daughter' ...............................       p38-39  2013 Jan  FT 36
  • ‘The Scarlet and the Blue’ ……………………………………          p3         2010 Aug FWJ 05
  • 'The Tree on the Hill, Swiss version' . p10-11  2020 Jan FT 63    ‘​
  • The Three (or Two) Crows, by Charles Menteith, p10-11, 2022 Sep FTJ 71
  • The Withy Tree Carol’, a version from Evesham      p3     2008 Dec  FWJ 02
  • To Mow my Meadow’ .........................................       p41     2014 Apr  FT 41
  • Two Songs to the Same Tune:  ‘Willikins and his Dinah’ ‘The Back-to-front Song’   p3   2009 Dec FWJ 04​
MENTEITH, Charles: [3] songs  –  additional comments from others  -- re songs to ‘Willikins and his Dinah’ tune
  • PULLEN, Bill     ‘The Molecatcher’     p10  2011 Apr  FWJ 06
  • SHERINGHAM, Grenville ‘Go Limp’ & ‘Threshing Machine’  ​p11   2010 Aug   FWJ 05

NOEL, Lynn
  • #FutureOfFolk: Lynn Noel of Digital Heritage Consulting Looks Ahead,  p7-8 2020 Sep FT 65

​†  NURSE, Ron, article originally publ. in FT’s predecessor “Welsh Border Broadsheet”
    'The Village Mumming Play' ………………………………..….   p28-29 2016 Oct  FT 51
 
†  PALMER, Roy, tributes
       Roy Palmer RIP: tributes by Steve Roud; Martin Graebe; Editors
      .…   p41-42    2015 Apr    FT 45
 
†  PALMER, Roy
    ‘The “Arlingham Murder” ballads'    …………………………  p40       2013 Apr  FT 37
‘The Ballad Printers of Worcester’, a series revised & extended from articles originally published in FT’s predecessors, “The Welsh Border Broadsheet” and “The Somers Journal”
  1. John Butler (incl. songs & ballad lists)  p12-13 2006 Sep FWJ 01
  2. Samuel Gamidge (incl. songs, ballad lists, illustrations)     [+illus. p24]           p10-14 2008 Dec FWJ 02
  3. James & John Grundy, George & Thomas Lewis, Thomas Hayes (incl. songs, ballad lists, illustrations)     p7-11   2009 Jun  FWJ 03
  4. Richard Houghton (incl. songs, map, ballad lists, illustrations) p7-9 2009 Dec FWJ 04
  5. H.F. Sefton  (incl. songs, map, ballad lists, illustrations/song sheets) p12-18 2010 Aug  FWJ 05
The Ballad Printers of Herefordshire’, a series (revised as Worcester above)
  1. Hereford. Includes songs, ballad lists, illustrations/song sheets p6-9     2011 Apr  FWJ 06
  2. Ledbury.  Includes songs, ballad lists (+illustration p1, map p3) p4-7     2012 Jan  FWJ 07
  3. Leominster & Ross (incl. songs) p14-17 2012 Jul   FWJ 08
    ‘Ballad Singers of the Border’: J. Kyrle Fletcher       p42-43 2014 Jan  FT 40
    ‘Cecil Sharp at Evesham’, incl songs, music, photo    p14-15 2006 Sep FWJ 01
    'F-F-D (sh-sh-sh) [The Foggy-foggy Dew]’               p40-42 2014 Oct  FT 43
    ‘The Frolicksome Keeper’      p40-42 2014 Jul   FT 42
    ‘The Loss of the Centaur’   p44-45 2013 Oct  FT 39
    ‘ “Not the Good Old Times”, George Swinford’s narrative of rural life a century and more ago’    p8-9     2008 Dec FWJ 02
    ‘Shipmates’ (includes songs & a tune)  …………………     p36-38 2013 Jan  FT 36
 
PAYNE, Eric, et al
  • “Mud, Dust and Noise”: Whitman’s Hill Quarry, plus photos  ……………          p11       2006 Sep FWJ 01
  • ‘A Worcestershire Folk Club: Somers Traditional Folk Club’, by its Members ……………………………………    p3-4     2006 Sep FWJ 01

PITTAWAY, Ian: articles and songs
  • Angelus ad virginem: why early music and traditional music share the same gene pool'       p26-28       2017 Jul   FT 54
  • Edi beo þu heuene quene: a love song by any name  p4-6 2020 Sep FT 65
  • Kalenda maya, the troubadours, and the lessons of traditional music by Ian Pittaway, p4-7, 2022 Sep FTJ 71
  • The modern myth of Bosch’s butt music, by Ian Pittaway, pp4-7 2021 Sep - FTJ 68
  • The Lyke-Wake Dirge: the revival of an Elizabethan song of the afterlife, p6-8 2019 Sep FT 62
  • 'The Trees They Do Grow High', by Ian Pittaway, p25-27   2017 Apr   FT 53
  • Westron wynde: a beautiful fragment of longing  p43-45  2018 Jul  FT 58

†  PULLEN, Bill   
  • Winchcombe Mummers Play and Winchcombe Morris (‘Winchcombe Cavalcade’, Eleanor Adlard, 1939)   p12-13 2009 Jun  FWJ 03
  • Farewell to Bill Pullen, incl. ref. to his songs 'Seven Nights Drunk & 'The Crabfish', as recorded by Gwilym Davies, back cover, 2020 May, FT 64
 
†  ​RIDLEY, Christopher
  • Bodmin Folk Club: A Short History     p17       2008 Dec FWJ 02​

ROWLEY, Stephen (with ANDREWS, Colin):
  • Gwilym Davies, 1946 - 2022, by Colin Andrews & Stephen Rowley, p14-15, 2022 Sep FTJ 71

STEWART, Chris
  • 'The Eriskay Love Lilt: A Detective Story', p8-9  2020 Jan FT 63​
 
TEMS, MICK
  • ‘Merêd: let’s celebrate the legacy that he left’:   Meredydd Evans, 1919 – 2015  p44-45   2015 Jul     FT 46
 
TUCKER, Marilyn
  • ‘Shore To Shore’: 400 years of folk connections, SW England & Newfoundland (photos; song & story extracts)   p4-7     2010 Aug FWJ 05​​

UNDERWOOD, Hazel
  • ​'Singing for 40 Years! The Pennymoor Singaround', p11  2020 Jan FT 63

UPTON, Rosie
  • Virtual Ballad Walk, review, by Rosie Upton, p2 2022 May - FTJ 70​
  • Women in Traditional Folk Song, by Rosie Upton, p8-9, 2022 Sep FTJ 71

WALTHAM, John
  • Travels in Donegal; article including song ‘Pat O’Donnell’, p44-45, 2019 May FT 61

WEBSITES: material taken from websites and adapted by the Editors, Sam & Eleanor Simmons
  • The Welsh Music Archive, & Welsh Traditional  Music, at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwth, p9,   2019 Sep FT 62 

​WILLIAMS, Meurig
  • Clera - Welsh Traditional Instrumental Music  p41 2019 Jan  FT 60
  • Welsh Traditional Instruments: The Pibgorn, p48 (the back cover), 2019 May  FT 61
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WIMBURY, Robert  
  • ‘Worcestershire Memories: A Worcestershire Coronation Pageant’    p17       2006 Sep FWJ 01
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As part of FW: Folklife West print magazine [folk club etc news] it reaches a much wider audience.  
Therefore our priority must be constantly updating our main FW website, so for this site, we need help from others. 
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Volunteers wanted - Summary
1) Firstly, as soon as possible, quite simple, pasting info under heading "Articles, songs & tunes" into an Excel spreadsheet.
​    (we also list other info eg "Publications' News" but I regard "Articles, songs & tunes" as the priority).
2) Later, requiring someone more knowledgeable than me, a searchable database for "Articles, songs & tunes", perhaps on a new website.


Volunteers wanted - Details

1) This webpage has lists of articles, each list being one author.
We welcome volunteers who can assist by simply pasting those individual lists into a combined list in Excel format - something like this???
Author           Title                                                                              Title notes                              Issue: PDF A4;  PDF US     Date          Page   Emag
Adam, Helen  ‘Gwenynen Gwent’ / ‘The Busy Bee of Gwent’                 Welsh traditional tune with notes   FT 64v2; FT 64-US 2020 May p6-7      n/a
Adam, Helen  ‘Machynlleth’                                                                   Welsh traditional tune with notes   FT 61v2                   2019 May p43-44 n/a
Adam, Helen  ‘Meillionen o Feirionnydd’ / ‘The Clover of Meirionnydd’   Welsh traditional tune with notes   FT 62v2                  2019 Sep  p4-5      n/a
Davies, Gwilym: 'A New Year Song: Buff Blow’                                       Song + notes from GlosTrad website FT 52v4               2017 Jan    p27      ft-52
  • Issue: PDF A4: A4 PDF downloads for all issues. Some articles (originally-print only) added, they may be revised, hence v for pdf version number.
  • PDF US: US-letter size pdfs for more recent issues.  Emag: earlier issues also as "Issuu" e-magazines; may omit some articles originally-print only.
  • I have Excel 2011 for Mac (works fine, not the latest).  A volunteer could use a later version which I could use, or I could upgrade (tables from Weebly, our website provider, are not suitable - very basic).

​2)  ​Ideally, a completed Excel list as above would be converted to a searchable database with options of choosing by author, title, etc.
I have FileMaker 18, used for a simple member-records database  (I started with an earlier version, kept upgrading to maintain that simple database).
In theory can be used for a complex database, accessible from web, but I don't know how.
Website provider (Weebly) tables are not suitable, so would have to be something downloadable from the site?
​      On Weebly's "Connect" plan @£4 a month, we can upload files up to 10mb, with total storage of 500mb. We'll reach that limit at some point !
​Occasionally we need to split FT files, but usually 1 file per issue, now 2 per issue with US letter-size pdfs as well.  
We would have to upgrade to their "Pro' plan @ £9 a month, to upload files up to 250mb, with unlimited storage.
Or move the site from Weebly.