FTJ: Folklife Traditions Journal
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Folklife Traditions
Journal

FTJ pages in Folklife West magazine;  and also on this site
The Folklife Traditions Directory

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ARTICLES: 
Free pdf downloads 
for each issue.  

For links to each issue's PDFs
& list of contents, see webpages

Index: ISSUES-1 (No. 1-50)
 Index: ISSUES-2 (No. 51 +)
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We have changed website references from "Folklife Traditions pages" to "Folklife Traditions Journal", except for some archive references.
FTJ --- Folklife Traditions Journal  homepage.
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"Folklife Traditions"  was noted in the Traditional Song Forum's 
TSF Newsletter, 16/3/2021:       (for more on TSF, see https://tradsong.org)
     "As its name suggests Folklife West magazine is mainly focused on the South-Western Quarter of the country, but it contains regular articles about traditional song in the section called Folklife Traditions which is not geographically restricted. There are some real gems here. Roy Palmer used to be a regular contributor and several TSF members, present and past, have submitted articles for publication. You can find the archive of past issues at https://www.folklife-traditions.uk/ - select issues from the indexes.
And if you would like to submit articles to Folklife Traditions they would be very welcome.  Contact Sam Simmons at sam@folklife.uk"
FTJ: Folklife Traditions Journal, issue 70, 1st May 2022.  FTJ is part of Folklife West magazine.

Next issue 71, 1st Sep 2022.    
Deadline  1 Jul for articles;   20 Jul for shorter news items.
UPDATES to FTJ

are welcome at any time
LINK to UPDATES on our Folklife West site:       www.folklife.uk/updates.html​
For example societies' news, call for papers, books announced, any other relevant news

Included in Folklife West magazine's updates, on our main website     [button link above]

See also  Index: ARTICLES webpage.   Lists of articles, by author.

Volunteers wanted to help indexing.    Volunteers are offered a year's free Folklife membership.   

Please contact 
sam@folklife.uk
Subscribe to our free emailed Newsletter (monthly-ish):  blue box below -OR-  email sam@folklife.uk with same details.  We don't share your details.

This is useful for you, with Updates for News, Directory, & Folklife Traditions (& deadline reminders).
    And it helps us - we'll spend less time on admin/emails = more time to add to magazine & website.  
    And we'll know how many people read this, which areas/countries which show more signups, and make best use of our limited time and resources.
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       --- £4 for FW Jan 2021 it combines 3 issues of FTJ !  (May 2020, Sept 2020, Jan 2021), no other content,
       
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www.folklife.uk our main Folklife website, with our Folk News & Folk Directory pages   •   Our email sam@folklife.uk
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FW, Folklife West magazine, includes Folklife Traditions Journal pages.  We set up this FTJ website which include articles & news.  
Page header: Calennig' see foot of page.
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The FTJ header artwork above:  © our logo, Chris Beaumont.    Morris dancers © Annie Jones; from The Roots Of Welsh Border Morris (Dave Jones)
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Webpages​ on this site:

FT home
THIS ISSUE online
Contact &​ Contribute
§  FTJ Updates (on "Folklife West" site)
Index: ARTICLES
Index: ISSUES-1
Index: ISSUES-2     plus webpages of individual issues, FT 65 to date
Directiory: Societies
Directory: Folklife Studies
Seasonal
§ ​"Bywyd Gwerin" site: Wales traditions
§ "Folklife West" site: folk news/directory
 § clicking on Links takes you to these separate sites.    ​Folklife West magazine includes FTJ; the "Folklife West" site covers news from Folklife members' folk clubs, performers, festivals, workshops, media, services, as well as appropriate detailed Directory listings.  
    FTJ updates are on the Updates webpage on that site.
   "Bywyd Gwerin" is a website for Welsh Traditions.  A work in progress as we change this from a more general folk site.   Nid yw’r golygyddion yn siaradwyr Cymraeg rhugl, rydym yn croesawu gwirfoddolwyr i’n helpu i gyfieithu rhestriadau, penawdau ac ati.
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FTJ ~ Folklife Traditions Journal
including the detailed online Folklife Traditions Directory

An online archive of the articles and other material in the ​Folklife Traditions Journal pages in the Folklife West print magazine

www.folklife-traditions.uk

From Folklife, publishers of FW: the Folklife West magazine

'Folklife' is a non-profit group of volunteers.
    Our aim is to provide information on all aspects of folklife; and to stimulate a wider interest in folk studies & folk culture generally, updating where appropriate, and as resources allow, in different media.
    We seek to raise awareness about, and to promote, folklife studies and relevant Societies, Institutions, Publishers, and Researchers. 
    We have a particular interest in making those who are not members of folklife organisations aware of what’s available.
     
We produce 'FW - Folklife West' magazine, three times a year, mainly covering Wales and England South West & West Midlands, in print & copied online, www.folklife.uk
     
FW includes Folklife Traditions Journal pages, not geographically restricted, with researched articles including specific songs, tunes, and dances; plus News; Diary; Publications.

www.folklife-traditions.uk has a comprehensive archive of all issues, as PDFs to download. 
There is also an author and subject index, 
plus a Folklife Directory: Folklife Societies;  Folklife Studies & Institutions; Seasonal Local Celebrations. 

Contributions welcome; for more details, please see www.folklife-traditions.uk/contact-contribute.html
1.   Researched articles eg about a collected song or tune, word limits: no minimum - we get articles which are anything from just a song and a few lines or up to 500 words;  other articles are typically 1000 to 1500, our maximum is 2500 words. 
​2.  To introduce society, institution, etc, up to 1000 words.  Thereafter, short news items/dates from society, institutions welcome; longer items, please consult editor.

FOLKLIFE membership, to include posting 3 issues per year of Folklife West, including the FT pages, £18


    For more details, please contact sam@folklife.uk         
Eleanor & Sam Simmons, 16/5/2021

More about Folklife

Our main website, www.folklife.uk, covers folk news etc in FW.

This is a separate guide to the online archive of the articles and other material in the Folklife Traditions pages in the Folklife West print magazine.
Folklife, publishers of Folklife West -- printed, and this copied online
​52-64 A4 printed pages
, always containing Folklife Traditions Journal News & Articles; and,
from our Members, • Folk News • 100s of Directory Listings; Festival Diary; Workshop Diary

✪ PUBLICATION DATES, deadlines for news & articles ✪     ✪ JAN, deadline news 20 Nov, articles 1 Nov
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✪ MAY,
deadline news 20 Mar, articles 1 Mar ✪     ✪ SEPT, deadline ​news 20 Jul, articles 1 Jul ✪

Funded solely by membership, advertising, and the editors.
Your Members' folk news & listings, published 3 times a year - do join us, Membership is only £18 a year !
Contact &​ Contribute webpage  for more details of Folklife Membership and advertising details.
Contact us; Contribute to us

More about Folklife Traditions Journal pages, in FW

FW, the Folklife West magazine, has 3 sections
  1. FT -- Folklife Traditions Journal pages, this website; summary below
  2. Folk News from our Members, Clubs & Venues, Performers, Services, Festival & Workshop Diary - copied to www.folklife.uk
  3. Listings & Diary, from our online Directories on www.folklife.uk
FW includes these FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS pages,
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and we have a large online ARCHIVE

● Articles
● Song, tune, & notes
● Talks & Conferences

● Folklife listings
● Publications announced

● Folklife Institutions: intro., notes, articles, news
● Seasonal Celebrations:
list with photos by Doc Rowe, and other contributions
On this website:  
  • Archive of all FT articles, plus index for all issues.
  • Links to individual FT issues from this site.
  • Earlier online FT facsimiles (A4) were on our FT e-magazine website, https://issuu.com/traditions-uk  but not latest issues.
  • Folklife Traditions Directory: Societies, Folklife Studies. Seasonal
  • See also (on this site) about your contributions to FT
View THIS ISSUE ONLINE for FW's FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS JOURNAL ......... link

And we have a detailed online Folklife Traditions Directory on this site:

the 'Folklife Traditions' listings, Lists 7 to 9, (open to all, you do not have to be a Folklife Member for these FT entries)
List 7: Folklife Societies:
Associations, Trusts, Organisations
        • A1-A2, general •  A3-A13, specific
A.1     General: National Societies
A.2    General: Regional and Local Societies
A.3    Cerdd Dant Societies
A.4    Folk Song Societies
A.5    Folk Music Societies
A.6    Folk Dance Societies
A.7    Folk Drama Societies
A.8    Folklore Societies
A.9    Storytelling Societies
A.10  Oral History Societies
A.11   Language & Dialect Societies
A.12  Folk Life Generally - Societies
A.13  Folk Life Specific Groups
• Yahoo web discussion groups are under appropriate [A.] category
LIST 7: Folklife Societies
List 8:
Folklife Studies 
& Institutions

​*** specialist folklife institutions, or general

Fs.1   Researchers and Authors
Fs.2   Lecturers and Speakers
Fs.3   Archives  *** 
Fs.4   Museums  *** 
Fs.5   Libraries  *** ​
Fs.6   Academic Courses & Research
Fs.7   Music Publishers & Recording Companies
Fs.8   Print Book Publishers & Booksellers
Fs.9   Print Journals
Fs.10 Online Resources (websites, & blogs with articles)
List 8: Folklife Studies & Institutions
List 9:
Seasonal 
Local Celebrations 
  • England, mainly from Doc Rowe;
  • Wales, from our Bwywd Gwerin website
  • ​occasionally elsewhere
This covers the full year, online.
Also, in FW, every issue, we print the current 4-month period, with photos and notes.
List 9: Seasonal Local Celebrations

Additional information for Wales on www.bywyd-gwerin.cymru,
​our Wales traditions site,
​including articles on Seasonal Celebrations
We also have a detailed online Members' Folk Directory, on folklife.uk/directory.html, Lists 1-6, from Folklife Members only, are on that website, a summary of what's covered appears on the " [ Folklife's Directory ]' page on this site.
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Exploring Folklore Weekend 2017, at Halsway Manor, Somerset
  • Making Calennig - diolch Pat!
  • The Black Dog, from Devon, brought by Mark Norman
  • Mari Lwyd, from Llantrisant, brought by Pat Smith & Ned Clamp​
​Photos © Sam Simmons

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  • FTJ home
  • THIS ISSUE online
  • Contact & Contribute
  • Updates (on "Folklife West" site)
  • Index: ARTICLES
  • ISSUES-1
  • ISSUES-2
    • FT 65
    • FT 66
    • FTJ 67
    • FTJ 68
    • FTJ 69
  • Directory: Societies
  • Directory: Folklife Studies
  • Seasonal
  • "Bywyd Gwerin" site: Wales traditions
  • "Folklife West" site: folk news/directory