FTJ: 
Folklife Traditions Journal 67-73 
2021 May, FTJ 67,
to 2023 May, FTJ 73,
published as part of 
Folklife West 

Folklife Traditions Journal 67-73 is on https://www.folklife.uk/ftj-67-73
Folklife Traditions Journal

Our aims include stimulating a wider interest in folk studies & folk culture:
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.
• Please see  Articles Index  for past articles.

​CONTRIBUTIONS WELCOME for appropriate articles; contact us first, please. See "FTJ: contribute & contribute" 
• Articles - check first if timely, as might be held over; up to 2500 words.
• News up to 200 words, we can usually fit in if received by deadline.
We welcome:
• Songs, tunes, dances, & stories collected
• Information about relevant Societies & Institutions & Researchers, Conferences & Talks 
• Relevant books announced (exceptionally CDs eg traditional singers) - up to 200 words, more if advert, or at editor’s discretion
• Seasonal Local Celebrations, based on Doc Rowe’s listings, additions welcome

​Subscriptions, Adverts, and Donations - please see foot of page
email sam@folklife.uk
​"SINGLE ISSUES" 
From FT 65 onwards, as well as PDFs, we've added webpages with individual issues with images of all pages
  • FT 65 - 73 remain on https://folklife-traditions.weebly.com for now, being too time-consuming to set up and copy over.
  • FT 76 onwards are on this site, individually linked below under appropriate issue details
FTJ-67 A4-size.pdf
FTJ-67 US-letter.pdf

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 of Directory webpages
  • 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
FTJ-68 A4-size.pdf
FTJ-68 US-letter.pdf

​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 of Directory webpages
  • 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
FTJ-69 A4-size.pdf
FTJ-69 US-letter.pdf

​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 of Directory webpages
  • 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
FTJ-70-A4-size.pdf
FTJ-70-US-letter.pdf

​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 of Directory webpages
  • 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
FTJ-71-A4-size.pdf
FTJ-71 US-letter.pdf

​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), and Folklife Studies & Institutions
FTJ-72-A4-size.pdf
FTJ-72-US-letter.pdf

​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, Sep-Dec, a list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe, p3
  • See online [this site] for Folklife Societies (Assoc'ns, Trusts, Organisations), and Folklife Studies & Institutions
FTJ-73 A4-size.pdf
FTJ-73 US-letter.pdf

​2023 May - FTJ 73

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, fully-detailed listings online
  • Seasonal Local Celebrations, Sep-Dec, a list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe, p3
  • See online [this site] for Folklife Societies (Assoc'ns, Trusts, Organisations), and Folklife Studies & Institutions
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