FTJ: Folklife Traditions Journal 74-80:
2023 Nov, FTJ 74,
to 2026 Jul, FTJ 80,
published separately to Folklife West
2023 Nov, FTJ 74,
to 2026 Jul, FTJ 80,
published separately to Folklife West
* from 2026 from 2 / year to 3 / year
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"
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
• 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
2023 Nov - FTJ 74
20 A4 print pages, all mono Printed cover pages (p1,2,19,20) cream paper, rest white paper.
Articles
Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, by Tiffany Hore, Library and Archives Director, p10
Books & recordings announced & adverts
Articles
- The guitar: a brief history from the renaissance to the modern day, by Ian Pittaway, p2-5
- The Bitter Withy, by Charles Menteith, p6-8
- “Unite and unite and let us all unite for summer is a-come unto day...” A personal reminiscence of May Days past and present, by Rosie Upton, p9
- Bard of the Boats, by Keith Gregson, p12-13
- The Fair Flower of Northumberland, by Linn Phipps & Doug Huggins, p14-15
- The Cemetery Song, from Arthur Ellaway, collected by Gwilym Davies; by Verorica Lowe, p16-17
- Manx tunes: Music Learnt From The Fairies; and “The Girls of Balladoole” by Stephen Miller, p18
Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, by Tiffany Hore, Library and Archives Director, p10
Books & recordings announced & adverts
- Books: Shanties, p11; Ballad Partners, p19.
- Recordings: Blues, p5. Film: All My Life’s Buried Here, The Story of George Butterworth, p16
- Vic Gammon - internet, p15. TSF & Broadside Day; FLS, p17. Pedlars Pack, p18. Trac Cymru; Obit: Tom Brown, p19.
- Seasonal Local Celebrations, Nov-Feb, list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe, p20
- See online for Folklife Societies: Assoc'ns, Trusts, Organisations, and Folklife Studies & Institutions
2024 Mar - FTJ 75
20 A4 print pages, all mono. Print cover (pp1,2,19,20) cream paper; rest white paper.
7 Researched Articles
7 Researched Articles
- My Love’s Gone, sung by William Shepherd; by Verorica Lowe, p3
- The Holy Well, by Charles Menteith, pp 4-5
- The Knocker Up, by David Harley, pp 5-6
- Jane Teare & Catherine Ann Lawson: two singers from Jurby, Isle of Man, by Stephen Miller, pp 7-9
- The Golden Glove, by Rosie Upton, pp 10-11
- The ship is all laden, by Keith Gregson; additional tune by Johnny Handle, pp 12-13
- Rushes, by Roy & Lesley Adkins, pp 14-16
- Trac Cymru, Folk Development for Wales, p2
- Access Folk’s Small Project Grants, p11.
- Vic Gammon ~ Dave Harker’s Books on NE Music & Song now online; Collectomania Conference; Traditional Song Forum; Vaughan Willliams Library Lectures; The Folklore Society; The CornishNational Music Archive; p17.
- ● Obituary: Pete MacGregor, October 1942 to January 2024, p16.●
- Books: Ballad Partners, p17. ● Recordings: Blues, p13. ● Film: King For A Day, p18.
Seasonal Local Celebrations,
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receive free FTJs; do join us!
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PDF files (3.5mb) should be perfectly readable; a higher-quality ["Press Quality"] 17.8mb PDF file is available, email sam@folklife.uk
2025 Nov - FTJ 76
20 A4 print pages, all mono. Print cover (pp1,2,19,20) cream paper; rest white paper.
9 Researched Articles
- The Joy Of The Plygain Service, by Hywel Parry Smith, p10
- Cornish Fairs, Carnivals and Tea Treats (incl. Snail Creep dance tune), by Lamorna Spry, p2-4
- Shoes, cats, bogeymen, and the origins or not of Long Lankin, by Rosie Upton, p5
- Gallant Hussar: Song, Tune and Dance, by Charles Menteith, p6-8
- Four Manx tunes from Isabella Kennaugh, by Stephen Miller, p8
- Folk clubs and local radio in the late 20th century, by Keith Gregson, p9
- The Old Wonder Not For Joes, by Annie Jones, p11
- Songs that grow like trees: an appreciation of Sydney Carter, by Ian Pittaway, p12-14
- Barb’ry Allen, sung by Wiggy Smith, Cheltenham (GlosTrad), by Veronica Lowe, p14-15
- The Cornish National Music Archive, p4.
- Trac Cymru; Doc Rowe; Vaughan Williams Memorial Library; Folklore Society; Broadside Day; p16.
- Pedlars Pack; 100 Ballads website; p17. Traditional Song Forum; Access Folk; p18.
- Our thanks to Roy & Lesley Adkins, p11.
- Exhibition: Un/Common People: Folk Culture in Wessex (in Swindon, Wiltshire, Poole and Salisbury Museums, p17
- Saydisc, p4. Seiniwn Hosanna (carols in Welsh), p10.
- Chwedlau Gwerin Cymru/Welsh Folk Tales, ‘Jinny The Witch’ and other Song Folk, The Ballad Partners, p18.
- Patrick Tayluer Shanty Singer podcast; Roy & Lesley Adkins' Newsletter; Teyrnged I Llewelyn Alaw/A Tribute To Llewelyn Alaw - comments by Mick Tems; p19.
2025 Mar - FTJ 77
16 A4 print pages, all mono. Print cover (pp1,2,15,16) cream paper; rest white paper.
6 Researched Articles
6 Researched Articles
- The Tradition of Cornish Hurling, by Lamorna Spry, including Silver Ball song & tune, pp2-4
- Hymey Hancock - anatomy of a song, by Keith Gregson, p5
- Hussars, by Charles Menteith, pp6-7
- We Shepherds are the Best of Men, sung by Richard Chidlaw; by Veronica Lowe, pp7-8
- New songs for old, or how the tradition informs songs today, by Rosie Upton, including song The Desert Rat, by Pete MacGregor and Traditional, p9
- Baring-Gould’s People. 1 – James Parsons, by Martin Graebe including song & music The Forsaken Maiden, p10-11
- The Cornish National Music Archive; Saydisc; p4.
- The City of Sunderland awarded Music City Status - Folk Music involvement, p5.
- Trac Cymru; Vaughan Williams Memorial Library; Folklore Society; Access Folk, p12.
- Pedlars Pack; Traditional Song Forum; The Ballad partners; p13.
- Exhibition: Un/Common People Exhibition: Folk Culture in Wessex (in Devizes Wiltshire, Poole & Salisbury Museums, p13
- Ceredigion Folk Song Map; our free Updates emails; p14.
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2025 Nov - FTJ 78
20 A4 print pages, all mono. Print cover (pp1,2,19,20) cream paper; rest white paper.
9 Researched Articles
9 Researched Articles
- Tunes from the Isle Of Man: Thomas Ratcliffe of the Howe, by Stephen Miller, p2
- St Picrous Night (Piskies in the Cellar), by Lamorna Spry, p3
- Lost Carols Found - Traditional Carols in Bradford on Avon, by Rosie Upton, p4
- Baring-Gould’s People. 2 – William Agus, by Martin Graebe, including song & music The Sea-Lark, pp5-7
- Bold Bonny Boy (Mrs. Wixey) and My Bonny, Bonny Boy (Elizabeth Smitherd); by Veronica Lowe, pp8-9
- The Black Origins of Sea Shanties, by Jim Mageean, pp10-12
- Highland Mary, Tune and Song, by Charles Menteith, pp14-15, 17
- The Worm That Turned, by Keith Gregson, pp16-18
- “The True and Unembellished Tale of the Great Serpent of Silver Lake”, by Sue Hengelsberg, p19
- Vaughan Williams Memorial Library; Traditional Song Forum; p12.
- New traditional music magazine; The Ballad Partners; Saydisc; Folklore Society; p13.
- Pedlars Pack; Access Folk; The Cornish National Music Archive; Trac Cymru; Folk Legacy Books. p19.
- Exhibition ~ Un/Common People: Folk Culture in Wessex. Poole & Salisbury Museums, p13.
2026 Mar - FTJ 79 From this issue, increased from 2 to 3 FTJ per year
20 A4 print pages, all mono. Print cover (pp1,2,19,20) cream paper; rest white paper.
9 Researched Articles
9 Researched Articles
- Baring-Gould’s People. 3 - Robert Hard by Martin Graebe, including song & music A Frigate Well Manned and song The Pinnacle, pp2-4
- ‘A Comical Tale I’ll Tell unto Ye’ — Spottie [song], by Keith Gregson, pp5-7
- 2 songs from Worcestershire: Now on that Hill, from Stanley Cope; Bill the Weaver, from Buster Mustoe. By Charles Menteith, pp8-9
- Sea Shanties — The North Shields Connection, by Jim Mageean, p10
- The Miner’s Life, sung by Walter Haydn Davies, tune: Calon Lân, by Mick Tems, p11
- The Life Of A Man, Two versions in GlosTrad, sung by Archer Goode and by Dick Parsons, by Veronica Lowe, pp12-13
- Memories of Lacock — and the Herring. By Rosie Upton, pp14-15
- A Forgotten Feast Day in Cornwall, by Lamorna Spry, including song & music Crantock Games,s ometimes referred to as Willy Coombe, pp16-17,
- Tunes from the Isle Of Man: Yn Bollan Bane (‘The White Wort’), A Tune Learnt from the Manx Fairies, by Stephen Miller, p18
- Exhibition ~ Un/Common People: Folk Culture in Wessex. Salisbury Museums, p4
- EFDSS/Vaughan Williams Memorial Library; Access Folk; Traditional Song Forum; Pedlars Pack; p15.
- Folklore Society; Trac Cymru; p17.
- Saydisc; p18
- The Mick Tems Archive; Folk Legacy Books; Cornish National Music Archive; The Ballad Partners; p19
Seasonal Local Celebrations, March to June, list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe, p20
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2026 Jul - FTJ 80 - the biggest yet, 24 A4 pages.
FTJ was March & Nov., now 3x a year, this is the first July FTJ
24 A4 print pages, all mono. Print cover (pp1,2,19,20) cream paper; rest white paper.
11 Researched Articles
11 Researched Articles
- There were three Ravens; a song of sublime love, by Ian Pittaway, p2-4
- Baring-Gould’s People 4 – The Uglow Sisters, by Martin Graebe, p5-7. Includes song The Squire of Tamworth
- The Withy Tree Carol, a version from Evesham, by Charles Menteith, p8
- The Suicide Arms, by Charles Menteith, p9
- The Seeds of Love, Two versions in GlosTrad, Henry Thomas and Willian 'Daddy' Shepherd, by Veronica Lowe, p10-11
- Camborne’s Trevithick Day, by Lamorna Spry, pp12-13. Includes song Camborne Hill
- Of Folk and Fishing — Part 1 of 2: The Tunes, by Keith Gregson, p14-15
- No Bread and No Roses, by Rosie Upton, p16-17
- Press Gangs on the Tyne — Part 1 of 2, by Jim Mageean, including various songs, p18-19
- The Seven Wonders (Y Saith Rhyfeddod) by Mick Tems, p20
- Tunes from the Isle of Man: Three Tunes recorded from Thomas Kermode by Dr John Clague, by Stephen Miller, p21
- Pedlars Pack, p6 • Saydisc, p7 • Access Folk, p9
- The Folklore Society; The Archivist, a film about Doc Rowe; The Ballad Partners; all on p17
- The Mick Tems Archive, p20 • Cornish National Music Archive; Folk Legacy Books [Annie Jones], both p21
- and all on p22: EFDSS & Vaughan Williams Memorial Library; Trac Cymru, p22; [Editorial] Renaming EFDSS, p22; In The Roud podcasts;; Traditional Song Forum
Seasonal Local Celebrations, July to October, list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe, p24
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2026 Nov - FTJ 81
Deadline 1 October 2026
2027 Mar - FTJ 82
Deadline 1 February 2027
2027 Jul - FTJ 83
Deadline 1 June 2027