Folklife Traditions Journal:   Archive & Directory

Our old site www.folklife-traditions.uk has been moved here; that web address now redirects here.
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

​Index to Folklife Traditions Journal: Archive & Directory webpages

FTJ articles: index

FTJ articles: index  LIsts of authors and their articles.    Links to each issue's free PDFs downloads & list of contents

FTJ issues: index

ISSUES listed below. All have links to each issue: free PDFs downloads & list of contents. FWJ 01 to FT 56 are also on Issuu e-magazine site.
         Started as Folklife West Journal (FW being our folk-news magazine), then changed to Folklife Traditions when omitted folk club material.
Later added Journal after Folklife Traditions, as simpler to explain on Zoom during Covid that Folklife Traditions Journal wasn't a folk-news magazine.
Was part of Folklife West, which changed name to Folklife Quarterly when it became quarterly, now 3 per year, so that name has gone back to Folklife West.

✅  FWJ 01-09 ~ Folklife West Journal, started with a grant for FWJ 01, published as a separate magazine, includes some folk club material, published irregularly,
  • After FWJ 07, also available as part of Folklife West, later renamed Folklife Quarterly when became quarterly
  • After FWJ 08; starting with FT 09, it was renamed as Folklife Traditions
There is no FT 10-35 !, as after FT 09, renumbered to be same number as Folklife Quarterly (FT becoming pages within FQ), so next was FT 36 (in FQ 36).

✅  FT 36-46 ~ Folklife Traditions, published as part of Folklife Quarterly
✅  FT 47-56 ~ Folklife Traditions, published as part of Folklife Quarterly 
✅  FT 57-66 ~ Folklife Traditions, published as part of Folklife Quarterly 
  • Continuing as part of Folklife Quarterly (FQ) whose name changed back to Folklife West, when no longer quarterly, as of FT 59
From FTJ 67, name changed to Folklife Traditions Journal (the term 'Journal' flags up it's not a folk-news magazine), but continuing as part of Folklife West (which is a folk-news magazine).
✅  
FTJ 67-73 ~ Folklife Traditions Journal, published as part of Folklife Quarterly
✅  FTJ 74-80 ~ Folklife Traditions Journal, now published separately (as combined magazine became too big to edit in time for publication dates)

Note:  FWJ 01 to FW 56 as e-magazines.  When we started, we produced e--magazines on "Issuu". It was free; became paid-for, so FT 56 was the last one as e-magazine. We can't access or modify the site unless we sign up (£23/month+VAT !​). Instead, we've created pdfs for you to download, for all issues, from 01 to date. 
Issuu sometimes still accessible, so for each of FWJ 01 - FW 56 we've included a link to that issue's e-magazine on Issuu.

FTJ single issues: index

✅  Single Issues — Each has index, pdf, plus pictures (jpegs) of pages as printed. From FT-76 (Nov. 2024)
Suggestions welcome, bearing in mind we are print editors, without web expertise, with limited time. Tech-savvy volunteers always welcome, especially anyone knowing about databases! For example, our Articles Index is a simple list, & would be better as a spreadsheet, & ideally a database. 
Ideally, we'd like a volunteer web editor to run this site, whilst we concentrate on print editing and producing the magazine.
Web-editor(s) wanted ! Currently it's just Sam for all admin . . .
  • our print readers tell us how much they enjoy our publication
  • ideally we would concentrate on editing print magazines, with others more web-knowledgeable volunteering to run a website.
  • or volunteers to advise on set up, or running part of site
  • contact sam@folklife.uk
We would like to be set up formally as a charity or CIC; a volunteer to take this on would be most welcome.

More Details for new readers

Folklife Traditions Journal 
16 - 20 A4 pages. March, Nov.
Print, & copied to this site
folklife-traditions.uk
some pages on old site, as above

Researched articles;
news from societies,
researchers, book publishers.
Archive of all past issues.
And Folklife Traditions Directory.

£2 printed, £3 post UK;
or £ free PDF downloads 
Folklife Traditions Directory 
Online only
Updates  webpage  
for updates for
FT Journal, FT Directory,
Folklife West,
Folklife Directory
& then we send free summaries of UPDATES EMAILS; details on that webpage.
Folklife Traditions Journal
Opt in to our UPDATES email, 
a summary of our UPDATES WEBPAGE  Opt In [on home page]
news from researchers & organisations; directory updates; and from Folklife members, folk news (venues, performers, festivals, workshops, etc)

For our subscriptions & advert info, see foot of page, and Info
  • Funded solely by Folklife West membership & Journal subscriptions, advertising, small donations; and by the editors.​
ABOUT: FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS JOURNAL 
-- a print magazine; also copied online on this site
  • Copying A4-size print pages, so website not suitable for phones
  • Free PDF downloads of FTJ latest issue,
    • plus free PDFs downloads for our large archive of previous issues, see FTJ Archive
  • Folklife: research  News Updates  and you can join our "UPDATES EMAILS" list - see that page

  • We welcome short researched articles -- up to 2500 words - see FTJ Contribute
  • Size varies, c.16 A4 pages (10-20 pages)
  • FTJ is published in November & March (separately from Folklife West, which is Jan/May/Sep)
  • Any queries: email sam@folklife.uk -- more details 
  • .... see Contact & Contribute, currently on Folklife Traditions website
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 3 Folklife West plus 2 Journals.   PDF download, £9.   Posted, £21; Europe £27; World £33.
or   Journal-only ~ print subscription: home page posted 1 year 2 issues, £7 / Europe £10 / World £12; or 2 years 4 issues £13 / £19 /£22.
Also available (3 or more copies sent) from Shops, Clubs, and Correspondents as listed on   home page
Exploring Folklore Weekend 2017, Halsway Manor, Somerset.  Photos © 2017 JK Simmons 
  • Making Calennig - diolch Pat!
  • The Black Dog, from Devon, brought by Mark Norman
  • Mari Lwyd, from Llantrisant, brought by Pat Smith & Ned Clamp​
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