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Index: issues-2, from FT 51.   For each issue:  cover + a list of contents below
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Index: ISSUES 1

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Some articles (available in pdfs) aren't in e-mags.

​2016 Oct - FT 51

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 11 A4 pp (+ 2 colour cover pages) 
  • Song & notes: ‘The Gown so Green’, sung by Harry Brazil, Sandhurst, Glos, contrib. Gwilym Davies p27
  • [Archive] 'The Village Mumming Play', by Ron Nurse p28-29
  • Song & article: ‘The Holly and the Ivy’ contrib. Brian Bull p30-31
  • Article: ‘I trudge the morning dew...’ by Roy & Lesley Adkins p31-32
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Folklife Studies & Societies News/Diary:
  • Gloucestershire Traditions p32; Folk21, FLS, TASC, TSF p33
  • Folklife Studies: Musical Traditions p33;
  • Gwilym Davies, Researcher p34;
  • Seasonal Local Celebrations, Dartmoor Fayre p34
Online Directory:
Quarterly Updates [Folklife Traditions] p34
1-line Summary Listings
  • List 7, FOLKLIFE SOCIETIES Associations, Trusts, Organisations p49;
  • List 8, FOLKLIFE STUDIES & INSTITUTIONS p50;
  • List 9, SEASONAL LOCAL CELEBRATIONS, Oct-Dec, + photos, by Doc Rowe p51

​2017 Jan - FT 52

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  • Tunes & Notes: From Kraków to Bourton, contrib. Charles Menteith, p25
  • Song & notes: ‘A New Year Song: Buff Blow’, collected Gwilym Davies, p27
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Folklife Studies & Societies News/Diary:
  • Gloucestershire Traditions, Folk21, FLS, trac, TSF, Roud Indexes, p28
  • Folklife Studies: Musical Traditions, Lectures, p29
Online Directory:
Quarterly Updates [Folklife Traditions] p30
1-line Summary Listings
  • List 7, FOLKLIFE SOCIETIES Associations, Trusts, Organisations p45;
  • List 8, FOLKLIFE STUDIES & INSTITUTIONS p46;
  • ​List 9, SEASONAL LOCAL CELEBRATIONS, Jan-Mar, + photos, by Doc Rowe, p47

2017 Apr - FT 53

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  • Article: 'The Trees They Do Grow High',  Ian Pittaway, p25-27
  • Songs & notes: ‘The Lakes of Cold Finn’, sung by Arthur Nightingale, Gwilym Davies, p28
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Folklife Studies & Societies News/Diary:
  • Gloucestershire Traditions; TASC Dartmoor Stepdance project; publications (Musical Traditions, Saydisc, Folk Music from Greece), p29
  • Folk21; FLS; TSF, p30
Online Directory:
Quarterly Updates Folklife Tradns p32
1-line Summary Listings
  • List 7, Folklife Societies: Assoc'ns, Trusts, Organisations     p48
  • List 8, Folklife Studies &Institutions p49
  • List 9: Seasonal Local Celebrations, Apr-Jun, + photos, by Doc Rowe, back cover, in colour,  p30, p50

2017 Jul - FT 54

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  • Song & notes: The Chivalrous Shark, contrib. Charles Menteith p25
  • Article: Angelus ad virginem: why early music and traditional music share the same gene pool, contrib. Ian Pittaway p26-28
  • Song & notes: ‘Banks of the Sweet Dundee’, sung by Basil Partridge, contrib. Gwilym Davies p29
  • Article: Poor Portraits and Broken Tokens by Roy & Lesley Adkins p30-31
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Folklife Studies & Societies
  • Recordings & books announced, p31
  • Folklife News/Diary:
  • Folklore Society; Halsway Manor, p32
  • Folk21, Carpenter Collection, Glos Traditions, TSF p33
  • Wales: Trac’s Welsh Folk Songs resource; Eisteddfod p34
Online Directory:
1-line Summary Listings
  • List 7, Folklife Societies: Assoc'ns, Trusts, Organisations     p49
  • List 8, Folklife Studies &Institutions p50
  • List 9: Seasonal Local Celebrations, Jul-Sep, + photos, by Doc Rowe, p51

2017 Oct - FT 55

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  • Article: ‘The British Salamanders’ by Roy & Lesley Adkins, p27-29
  • Report: Dartmoor Broom & Step Dance Championships,    p29
  • Song & notes: ‘Beautiful Nancy (Jimmy and Nancy)’, sung by Mrs P Wiggett, contrib. Gwilym Davies, p30
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Folklife Studies & Societies:
Folklife News & Diary
  • Folklore Society; Traditional Song Forum; EFDSS; VWML;  p31. 
  • Folk21; Glos Traditions; announcing recordings (Musical Traditions, Saydisc) & books (Gibraltar, Roy & Lesley Adkins; book sale);    p32
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Online Directory:
1-line Summary Listings
  • List 7, Folklife Societies: Assoc'ns, Trusts, Organisations     p46
  • List 8, Folklife Studies &Institutions p47
  • List 9: Seasonal Local Celebrations, Oct-Dec, + photos, by Doc Rowe, back cover, in colour (p48)

2018 Jan - FT 56

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  • Article: ‘The Boar’s Head Carol – and Blood Month’ by Roy & Lesley Adkins, p40-41
  • Songs & notes: 'Tetbury Wassail', sung by Reg Wilkins, contrib. Gwilym Davies, p42
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Folklife Studies & Societies News/Diary:
  • Books announced:  Magical Folk; Folk Song in England; Folklore: The Basics; Really Beautiful Company; A Bowl of the Best; As I Walked Out.  Recordings announced: The Two Bobs' Worth, Vaughan Williams in Norfolk; Saydisc, p43-44
  • News, diary: Glostrad, VWML, FLS, TSF, p44
Online Directory:
Quarterly Updates Folklife Tradns p32
1-line Summary Listings
  • List 7, Folklife Societies: Assoc'ns, Trusts, Organisations     p45
  • List 8, Folklife Studies &Institutions p46
  • List 9, Seasonal Local Celebrations, Jan-Mar, + photos, by Doc Rowe, p47

2018 Apr - FT 57

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  • Article: ‘Stand To Your Guns’ by Roy & Lesley Adkins   p47-48
  • Song & notes: ‘Abroad for Pleasure’, sung by Harry Buckland, Glos, collected by Michael Price. Tune collected from Mr Price by Gwilym Davies, contributed by Gwilym Davies .........................    p49
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Folklife Studies & Societies News/Diary:
  • Recordings announced, Saydisc, p50
  • Folkife Societies news & diary Folk 21, TSF, EFDSS, VWNL, FLS, p50
Online Directory:
1-line Summary Listings
  • List 7, Folklife Societies: Assoc'ns, Trusts, Organisations --  and -- 
  • List 8, Folklife Studies & Institutions ----   no changes; omitted this issue due to lack of space; see online.
  • List 9, Seasonal Local Celebrations, Jan-Mar, a list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe    p51

2018 Jul - FT 58

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  • Article: Westron wynde: a beautiful fragment of longing by Ian Pittaway  p43-45
  • Article: Footnote to ‘Abroad for Pleasure’ [see last issue] by Roy & Lesley Adkins p46
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Folklife Studies & Societies News/Diary:
  • Recordings announced, Freda Palmer; Saydisc; Grace Note Publications, p47-48
  • Folkife Societies news & diary Folk 21, Steve Roud (Roud Index, EFDSS), TSF, FLS, p47-48
Online Directory:
1-line Summary Listings
  • List 7, Folklife Societies: Assoc'ns, Trusts, Organisations     p49
  • List 8, Folklife Studies & Institutions p50
  • List 9, Seasonal Local Celebrations, Apr-Jul, a list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe    p51

2018 Oct - FT 59

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  • Song & notes: ‘The Fox and the Hare (They’ve all got a mate but me)’, sung by Fred Archer, Ashton-under-Hill.  By Gwilym Davies .............. p44-45
  • Article: The ‘Princess Royal’  tune, by Charles Menteith ....... p46-47
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Folklife Studies & Traditions: Folklife News/Diary
  • Recordings announced, Saydisc, p50
  • Tune book announced, Clera, p50
  • Folklife Societies news & diary TSF, Folk 21, FLS, EFDSS, Steve Roud, p50
  • Folklife Traditions: Dartmoor Step & Broom Dance Championships 2018, p51
  • Folklife Studies: National Eisteddfod 2018, Meredydd Evans & Phyllis Kinney Archives, p51
Online Directory (this one!):
1-line Summary Listings
  • List 7, Folklife Societies: Assoc'ns, Trusts, Organisations ---- p50.
  • List 8, Folklife Studies & Institutions ----   p51
  • List 9, Seasonal Local Celebrations, Oct-Dec, a list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe    p52

2019 Jan - FT 60

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  • Article: Welsh Traditional Instrumental Music, by Meurig Williams, p41
  • Song & notes: ‘Bold Lamkin’, sung by Tony Lloyd, Malvern, Worcs. By Gwilym Davies, p42-43
  • Article: ‘Selling Wives’ by Roy & Lesley Adkins, p44-45
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Folklife Studies & Traditions: Folklife News/Diary
  • Books & Recordings announced; Folklife Societies news & diary    p45
  • Book prize announced, Martin Graebe
  • Recordings announced, Musical Traditions; Saydisc
  • Folklife Societies news & diary TSF, Folk 21, FLS, EFDSS
Online Directory (this one!):
1-line Summary Listings
  • List 7, Folklife Societies: Assoc'ns, Trusts, Organisations ---- p46.
  • List 8, Folklife Studies & Institutions ----   p47
  • List 9, Seasonal Local Celebrations, Oct-Dec, a list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe    [Diary insert] pD-8

2019 May - FT 61

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  • Article: ‘The Sailor’s Dream’ by Roy & Lesley Adkins, p41-42 
  • Tune & notes: ‘Machynlleth’, Welsh trad. tune, by Helen Adam, p43-44
  • Article: Travels in Donegal; including song ‘Pat O’Donnell’.  From John Waltham, p44-45
  • Song & notes: ‘Wild, Wild Berry”, sung by Ray Driscoll. From Gwilym Davies, p46
  • Article: ‘Welsh Traditional Instruments: The Pibgorn’, by Meurig Williams, p48 (the back cover)
Folklife Studies & Traditions: Folklife News/Diary
  • Books & Recordings announced; Folklife Societies news & diary    p45, p46, p47
  • Folklife Societies news & diary TSF p45; Folk 21 p46. 
  • Recordings announced, Musical Traditions; Saydisc; p47
Online Directory (this one!):
1-line Summary Listings           §
  • List 7, Folklife Societies: Assoc'ns, Trusts, Organisations ---- online only, for this issue
  • List 8, Folklife Studies & Institutions ----   online only, for this issue
  • List 9:, Seasonal Local Celebrations, Oct-Dec, a list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe    list  + only picture is the cover, for this issue
§ Note: our largest-ever magazine, 60 pages, hence we left out 1-line Summary Listings for Lists 7 & 8 because no changes, and easily accessable online on this site's DIRECTORY webpages

2019 Sep - FT 62

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  • Tune & notes: ‘Astley’s Hornpipe’, from Chris Beaumont’s manuscript & GlosFolk website. From Gwilym Davies, p2
  • Tune & notes: ‘Meillionen o Feirionnydd’ / ‘The Clover of Meirionnydd’, Welsh traditional tune, by Helen Adam,  p4-5
  • Article: Philip Astley, the real Greatest Showman! by Chris Barltrop, p5
  • Article & song: The Lyke-Wake Dirge: the revival of an Elizabethan song of the afterlife  by Ian Pittaway, p6-8
  • The Welsh Music Archive, & Welsh Traditional  Music, at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwth (copy of webpages), p9
Folklife Studies & Traditions: Folklife News/Diary
  • Lifetime Achievement award to Welsh folk song collector D. Roy Saer, p8
  • Folklife Societies news & diary TSF p9; Folk21 p9, FLS p10
  • Recordings announced, Musical Traditions; Saydisc; p10
  • Book announced, Calan, p10
  • Internet Magazine, Musical Traditions, p10
This Online Directory: 1-line Summary Listings  §​​
  • List 9:, Seasonal Local Celebrations, Oct-Dec, a list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe    back cover (colour)
§  Note: FW = 64 pages!  hence we left out 1-line Summary Listings for Lists 7 & 8 because no changes, and easily accessable online on this site's DIRECTORY webpages
​This Online Directory: 1-line Summary Listings online only, for this issue  §
List 7, Folklife Societies: Assoc'ns, Trusts, Organisations
List 8, Folklife Studies & Institutions

2020 Jan - FT 63

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  • Article & song: Roll, Alabama, Roll, from Roy & Lesley Adkins, p2, 4
  • The Evesham Morris Dances researched by Gwilym Davies, p5, 7
  • Tune, song, & notes: ‘Y Ferch o Blwy Penderyn’ / ‘The Girl from Penderyn Parish’, Welsh traditional tune & song, by Helen Adam, p6-7
  • The Eriskay Love Lilt: A Detective Story, by Chris Stewart, p8-9
  • Article & song: The Tree on the Hill, Swiss version by Charles Menteith, p10-11
  • Singing for 40 Years! The Pennymoor Singaround, Hazel Underwood, p11
  • “O’r Archif” at Tŷ Gwerin, presentation on the archive of J Lloyd Williams with Arfon Gwilym and Sioned Webb, p12
  • Folklife Studies & Traditions: Folklife News & Diary
Folklife Studies & Traditions: Folklife News/Diary
  • Folklife Societies news & diary 
  • Trac; Wiltshire Folk Arts; p12
  • Folk21; FLS; TSF; p13 
  • Recordings announced
  • Musical Traditions; Saydisc; p13
  • Books announced / adverts  The Roots of Welsh Border Morris, p5; Tunelines, p13
This Online Directory: 1-line Summary Listings
  • List 7, Folklife Societies: Assoc'ns, Trusts, Organisations ---- online only
  • List 8, Folklife Studies & Institutions ----   online only
  • List 9:, Seasonal Local Celebrations, Jan-Apr, a list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe    inside back cover, p63
Note: 64 pages, hence we left out 1-line Summary Listings for Lists 7 & 8 because no changes, and easily accessable online on this site's DIRECTORY webpages

​PDFs produced as UK A4 size pages.  ---  
From issue FT-64, PDFs also adapted to print as USA letter size (will have wider side margins)
From FT 65, previous THIS ISSUE online   (=.with page pictures) as webpages
click here    FT 65     FT 66    FTJ 67

2020 May - FT 64

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  • Article & song: ‘The Saucy Sailor’, from Roy & Lesley Adkins, p2, 4
  • ‘The Worcestershire Three-handed Reel’, researched by Gwilym Davies, p5
  • ‘Gwenynen Gwent’ / ‘The Busy Bee of Gwent’, Welsh traditional tune, from Helen Adam, p6, 7
  • Farewell to Bill Pullen, incl. ref. to his songs 'Seven Nights Drunk & 'The Crabfish', as recorded by Gwilym Davies, back cover
The above articles in this free online-only edition will be reprinted in the next print issue.   

Folklife Studies & Traditions: Folklife News/Diary
  • Folklife Societies news & diary 
  • TSF, p5; Trac, p8
  • Recordings announced
  • Saydisc, p5; Musical Traditions, p8
  • Books announced / adverts  The Roots of Welsh Border Morris, p5; Alawaon: Melodies, Alaw, p6; ​Tunelines, p6; Cynefin - ‘Dilyn Afon’, Owen Sheirs, p8   
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This Online Directory: 1-line Summary Listings
  • List 7, Folklife Societies: Assoc'ns, Trusts, Organisations ---- online only
  • List 8, Folklife Studies & Institutions ----   online only
  • List 9:, Seasonal Local Celebrations, May-Sep, a list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe, p58-59  

2020 Sep - FT 65

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  • Edi beo þu heuene quene: a love song by any name by Ian Pittaway,  p4-6
  • #FutureOfFolk: Lynn Noel of Digital Heritage Consulting Looks Ahead, p7-8
  • ‘Mwynen Meirionydd / The Pleasing Melody of Meirionydd’, Welsh traditional tune,  Arr. Helen Adam, p8-9
  • ‘Early, early in the Spring’, sung by Norman Perks, by Gwilym Davies, p10

The above articles in this free online-only edition will be reprinted in the next print issue.  

Folklife Studies & Traditions: Folklife News/Diary
  • Folklife Societies news & diary ***
  • TSF, p2;  Trac, p2;  Folklore Society, p2 
  • Recordings announced
  • Musical Traditions, p2; Saydisc, p2
  • Books announced / adverts  The Roots of Welsh Border Morris, p9; ​Tunelines, p9 
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This Online Directory: 1-line Summary Listings
  • List 7, Folklife Societies: Assoc'ns, Trusts, Organisations ---- online only
  • List 8, Folklife Studies & Institutions ----   online only
  • List 9:, Seasonal Local Celebrations, May-Sep, a list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe, p58-59  

FT:  Jan 2021

2021 Jan - FT 66

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  • ‘The Leaving of Liverpool’, by Roy & Lesley Adkins,  p4-5
  • ‘Y Ferch o’r Scêr’ / ‘The Maid of Sker’’,  Welsh traditional tune, and song, Arr. Helen Adam,  p6-7
  • ‘A New York State Folk Tale’, from Catherine LaBier  by Gwilym Davies, p8
Book reviews:  
  • The Death of the Pagan Mummer: ‘Mummers’ Plays Revisited’  by Peter Harrop.   From Stephen Rowley, p7
  • ‘ “Catch it, Bottle it and Paint it Green” aka Tales of a Folk Song Collector’ by Gwilym Davies.  From David Kidman, p9​
Folklife Studies & Traditions: Folklife News/Diary
Folklife Societies news & diary 
  • Folklore Society, p5;  TSF, p7;  Trac, p7;  
  • Barbara Brown: Books & recordings for sale, p5
Film (DVD, BluRay) announced / adverts  
  • All My Life’s Buried Here  – The Story of George Butterworth, p2
Books announced / adverts
  • The Roots of Welsh Border Morris, p6; ​Tunelines, p6 ​
  • ‘ “Catch it, Bottle it and Paint it Green” aka Tales of a Folk Song Collector’, by Gwilym Davies, p9
Recordings announced
  • Musical Traditions, p9; Saydisc, p9
This Online Directory: 1-line Summary Listings
  • List 7, Folklife Societies: Assoc'ns, Trusts, Organisations ---- online only
  • List 8, Folklife Studies & Institutions ----   online only
  • List 9:, Seasonal Local Celebrations, May-Sep, a list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe, p10
FOLKLIFE WEST, JAN 2021.
A special issue, Folklife Traditions.

The January 2021 print magazine 
included the previously online-only FT May & FT Sept along with this issue, plus some Folk Festival adverts. 
The other FW pages were online only:
By post: one copy £4 UK, £6 EU, £8 world,
Or as one PDF file via WeTransfer £4
​contact Sam@folklife.uk
     Or free download as 3 free PDFs:
- here for FT 66,
- and on Index: Issues webpage for FT 65, 66

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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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FOLKLIFE WEST, MAY 2021.
Folklife Traditions Journal 67

The May 2021 print magazine 
FTJ 67 May 2021,
plus Festivals & Workshops Diary and adverts. 

The other FW pages, www.folklife.uk, folk news, UK & international were online only. 

By post: one copy this issue £4 UK, £6 EU, £8 world, contact Sam@folklife.uk
[normally cost more but this issue is smaller]
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FW’s  FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS JOURNAL
Our aims include stimulating a wider interest
in folk studies & folk culture:  the FT pages
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
FOLKLIFE WEST, SEP 2021.
Folklife Traditions Journal 68

The Oct 2021 print magazine 
FTJ 68 Sep 2021,
plus Folk News and adverts. 

The other FW pages, www.folklife.uk, folk news, UK & international, in Oct 2021

By post: one copy Folklife West Oct 2021 will be £6 UK, £9 EU, n/a world, contact Sam@folklife.uk
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So, from Jan 2019 issue, you can download a PDF from the "Issues Index" page.
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FW’s  FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS JOURNAL
Our aims include stimulating a wider interest
in folk studies & folk culture:  the FT pages
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
FOLKLIFE WEST, Jan 2022.
Folklife Traditions Journal 69

The Jan 2022 print magazine 
FTJ 69 Jan 20221,
plus Folk News and adverts. 

The other FW pages, www.folklife.uk, folk news, UK & international, in Jan 2022

By post: one copy Folklife West Jan 2022 is £6 UK, £9 EU, n/a world, contact Sam@folklife.uk
​
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Our aims include stimulating a wider interest
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10 A4 pages (in print, 0pp colour, 10pp mono;
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  • 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
FOLKLIFE WEST, May 2022.
Folklife Traditions Journal 70

The May 2022 print magazine 
FTJ 70 Jan 2021,
plus Folk News and adverts. 

The other FW pages, www.folklife.uk, folk news, UK & international, in May 2022

By post: one copy Folklife West May 2022 is £6 UK, £9 EU, n/a world, contact Sam@folklife.uk
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  • 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
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FOLKLIFE WEST, Sep 2022.
Folklife Traditions Journal 71

The Sept 2022 print magazine 
FTJ 71 Sept 2021,
plus Folk News and adverts. 

The other FW pages, www.folklife.uk, folk news, UK & international, in Sep 2022

By post: one copy Folklife West Sept 2022 is £6 UK, £9 EU, n/a world, contact Sam@folklife.uk
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FW’s  FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS JOURNAL
Our aims include stimulating a wider interest
in folk studies & folk culture:  the FT pages
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,
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Seasonal Local Celebrations, Jan-Apr, a list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe, p3
See online [this site] for Online archive, downloads
www.folklife-traditions.uk
 • FTJ Archive:    individual FTJ issues, index, links to articles
​
FOLKLIFE WEST, Jan 2023.
Folklife Traditions Journal 72

The Jan 2023 print magazine 
FTJ 72 Jan 2022,
plus Folk News and adverts. 

The other FW pages, www.folklife.uk, folk news, UK & international, in Jan 2022

By post: one copy Folklife West Jan 2023 is £6 UK, £9 EU, n/a world, contact Sam@folklife.uk
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