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Folklife West (FW) magazine 2021 Jan.-Apr. issue. So your news will be online - publicity for 4 months.
<1> PRINTED PAGES (also copied online) Special deadline: 30 November
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<> FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS (FT) pages only ! Printed & on folklife-traditions.uk website.
<> OPEN TO ALL, Folklife Members & non-Members.
Researched articles, plus Folklife news - about non-profit organisations promoting folk music, researchers, etc; your book news.
FW Jan 2020 will be a special print edition combining the FT pages of previous online editions of May 2020, Sept 2020, plus for this issue.
This being smaller than our usual FW, £2 credit to existing Folklife Members x 1 copy. pro rat for those who have more copies.
<> We'll assume: just one copy per member, clubs etc being currently closed - unless we are told otherwise by 30 November.
<> We'll assume: Adverts online only (free) - unless we are told otherwise by 30 November, & received by that date.
We anticipate no print adverts other than FT-appropriate adverts; perhaps a few festival ones.
All print adverts are half-price as our circulation is halved.
We'll need to get to the printers immediately, with normal Christmas print rush plus lockdown complications.
<2> ONLINE-ONLY PAGES Special deadline: 15 December
<> FOLK NEWS pages on this website, folklife.uk, - we welcome up to 200 words per news item. Plus an image (jpeg).
<> for FOLKLIFE MEMBERS and
exceptionally, for those on our NEWSLETTER MAILING LIST if outside our usual area of Wales, West Midlands, South-West
<> VIRTUAL FOLK DIRECTORY open to all, Folklife Members & non-Members. News can include
• your real (non-virtual) folk club/session/sing - a general description for when we all reopen; your lockdown news & stories; your plans for when we can reopen, if you've provisonally booked any guests for later 2020. We will also include your Zoom etc details if listed on our Virtual Folk webpage (if your Zoom session is an unlisted private group, we won't mention it).
• about you as a performer and/or your CDs/downloads (normally for Folklife, we don't do reviews, instead we ask our members to send us up to 200 words about their latest CD).
• regular advertisers - free repeat online adverts
<> THE ONLINE DIRECTORY on folklife-directory.uk website:
FESTIVALS DIARY and WORKSHOPS DIARY, LISTINGS for VENUES, PERFORMERS, MEDIA, SERVICES
<> for FOLKLIFE MEMBERS only, unless advertising
<> FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS pages on folklife-traditions.uk website -- copied from print as above.
Should you wish to pay to join Folklife, annual fee for new members £16, UK or overseas PDF via WeTransfer. This become £18 on 1/1/2021.
For online-only editions, from 2021, there will be a members' charge of £2 per issue, the balance being credited.
<1> PRINTED PAGES (also copied online) Special deadline: 30 November
.
<> FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS (FT) pages only ! Printed & on folklife-traditions.uk website.
<> OPEN TO ALL, Folklife Members & non-Members.
Researched articles, plus Folklife news - about non-profit organisations promoting folk music, researchers, etc; your book news.
FW Jan 2020 will be a special print edition combining the FT pages of previous online editions of May 2020, Sept 2020, plus for this issue.
This being smaller than our usual FW, £2 credit to existing Folklife Members x 1 copy. pro rat for those who have more copies.
<> We'll assume: just one copy per member, clubs etc being currently closed - unless we are told otherwise by 30 November.
<> We'll assume: Adverts online only (free) - unless we are told otherwise by 30 November, & received by that date.
We anticipate no print adverts other than FT-appropriate adverts; perhaps a few festival ones.
All print adverts are half-price as our circulation is halved.
We'll need to get to the printers immediately, with normal Christmas print rush plus lockdown complications.
<2> ONLINE-ONLY PAGES Special deadline: 15 December
<> FOLK NEWS pages on this website, folklife.uk, - we welcome up to 200 words per news item. Plus an image (jpeg).
<> for FOLKLIFE MEMBERS and
exceptionally, for those on our NEWSLETTER MAILING LIST if outside our usual area of Wales, West Midlands, South-West
<> VIRTUAL FOLK DIRECTORY open to all, Folklife Members & non-Members. News can include
• your real (non-virtual) folk club/session/sing - a general description for when we all reopen; your lockdown news & stories; your plans for when we can reopen, if you've provisonally booked any guests for later 2020. We will also include your Zoom etc details if listed on our Virtual Folk webpage (if your Zoom session is an unlisted private group, we won't mention it).
• about you as a performer and/or your CDs/downloads (normally for Folklife, we don't do reviews, instead we ask our members to send us up to 200 words about their latest CD).
• regular advertisers - free repeat online adverts
<> THE ONLINE DIRECTORY on folklife-directory.uk website:
FESTIVALS DIARY and WORKSHOPS DIARY, LISTINGS for VENUES, PERFORMERS, MEDIA, SERVICES
<> for FOLKLIFE MEMBERS only, unless advertising
<> FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS pages on folklife-traditions.uk website -- copied from print as above.
Should you wish to pay to join Folklife, annual fee for new members £16, UK or overseas PDF via WeTransfer. This become £18 on 1/1/2021.
For online-only editions, from 2021, there will be a members' charge of £2 per issue, the balance being credited.
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- You can always read current & recent Newsletters here. Very occasionally, our Newsletters sent by MailChimp may be bounced by your email, especially if Yahoo/BT internet (includes associated Sky, AOL, etc), who may also not deliver our emails sent directly from Folklife !
Ø FOLKLIFE MEMBERS. We publicise Folklife Members [Ø] who pay our printers, Post Office, software, web fees, etc.
- Folk news welcome: up to 200 words for real clubs, virtual clubs, performers, CDs, etc (eligibility, see details below)
- Our Folklife Members' subscriptions keep us going -- so, normally, only their news & listings are publicised.
- Members' dates, at least 3 weeks notice; as we're on a huge number of e-mailing lists, please specifically ask that to be circulated in our Newsletter.
‡‡ During lockdown, all non-Members [‡‡] signed up to our Newsletter can list virtual-folk events;
Additionally, those outside our usual area (Wales, W.Mids, South-West), and signed up to our Newsletter can additionally send in news items.
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Updates which will go in the next Folklife Newsletter
Below you will see our usual area webpages' headings, awaiting your news & listings! Folklife Traditions pages open to all. www.folklife-traditions.uk
Directory of Members including festivals & workshops. Detailed listings from Members only. www.folklife-directory.uk Folk News pages on this site Members-only, except that we'll try to fit in news from other enthusiasts outside our usual area who have signed up for our mailing list and have sent news/information. |
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Folklife Traditions pages on the FT pages website folklife-traditions.uk
researched articles; folklife organisations; researchers, etc; publications news
PUBLICATION ANNOUNCED -------------
FOLKLIFE NEWS & ORGANISATIONS
From Barbara Brown: Books and recordings for sale
Hello all,
We have a large number of books (many of them folk song, music, dance, drama, custom and lore, but also other arts and music books, as well as history, social history, biographies, religion, fiction and a lot more) and quite a few recordings of various kinds, including vinyl, which we need to get rid of. If you think you might be interested, I would be happy to send the list of books and/or the list of recordings for you to look over.
Please e-mail me if you would like either or both lists, and do pass this on to anyone else you think might be interested.
Thank you.
Best wishes,
Barbara
Tom & Barbara Brown, 4 Trafalgar Arcade, Castle Street, Combe Martin, N. Devon EX34 0JD 01271 882366/07977 914736
tomandbarbara.brown <at> btinternet.com [06/11/2020 ]
Just a reminder that during lockdown . . .
Ø The Traditional Song Forum has organised successful talks on Zoom, more are planned. These talks are very popular, now attracting international visitors, currently limited to 100 places; so if interested, see tradsong.org sooner rather than later. This website is a gateway to a number of useful resources for those interested in researching or performing traditional folk songs. There is a newsletter to sign up to.
Ø trac, music traditions Wales, Wales folk development organisation, has a website full of resources, https://trac.wales; a mailing list to sign up to; and is on Facebook, at facebook.com/traccymruwales, where you will find videos, details of online gigs, etc.
researched articles; folklife organisations; researchers, etc; publications news
PUBLICATION ANNOUNCED -------------
FOLKLIFE NEWS & ORGANISATIONS
From Barbara Brown: Books and recordings for sale
Hello all,
We have a large number of books (many of them folk song, music, dance, drama, custom and lore, but also other arts and music books, as well as history, social history, biographies, religion, fiction and a lot more) and quite a few recordings of various kinds, including vinyl, which we need to get rid of. If you think you might be interested, I would be happy to send the list of books and/or the list of recordings for you to look over.
Please e-mail me if you would like either or both lists, and do pass this on to anyone else you think might be interested.
Thank you.
Best wishes,
Barbara
Tom & Barbara Brown, 4 Trafalgar Arcade, Castle Street, Combe Martin, N. Devon EX34 0JD 01271 882366/07977 914736
tomandbarbara.brown <at> btinternet.com [06/11/2020 ]
Just a reminder that during lockdown . . .
Ø The Traditional Song Forum has organised successful talks on Zoom, more are planned. These talks are very popular, now attracting international visitors, currently limited to 100 places; so if interested, see tradsong.org sooner rather than later. This website is a gateway to a number of useful resources for those interested in researching or performing traditional folk songs. There is a newsletter to sign up to.
Ø trac, music traditions Wales, Wales folk development organisation, has a website full of resources, https://trac.wales; a mailing list to sign up to; and is on Facebook, at facebook.com/traccymruwales, where you will find videos, details of online gigs, etc.
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Folklife West magazine: Nº 65, 1 Sept 2020 -- Online only Subscriptions & regular ads extended
With fixed costs (computers & software upgrades/repairs; websites, domains, email) and no income from printed magazine, we're losing more money than usual ! Therefore, normally, only info from our Folklife Members who support Folklife published. We supporting them by printing their news & listing, & copying all online. £16 a year, since you ask, post UK or international pdf. * New Members info published in Newsletters, and in Directory pages folklife-directory.uk Contact: sam@folklife.uk * Exceptionally until at least Dec 2020, if you are signed up for our Newsletter mailing list (form above) . . . --- we now list others (non-folklife Members)' Zoom sessions, free, ---- and include others' folk news (free) from anywhere (incl. US) outside our main area (Wales, W.Mids, South-West, Oxon) |
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Folklife 23 October 2020 Newsletter:
Updates |
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Folklife 2 October 2020 Newsletter:
Updates: Folklife Traditions; folk news |
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Folklife Traditions pages on the FT pages website folklife-traditions.uk
researched articles; folklife organisations; researchers, etc; publications news
PUBLICATION ANNOUNCED
Ø Gwilym Davies writes:
Dear all,
I am pleased to announce that my book "Catch it, Bottle it and Paint it Green" aka Tales of a Folk Song Collector, will be published on 24th September, To order a copy now, go to https://pegasuspublishers.com/books/coming-soon/catch-it_-bottle-it-and-paint-it-green
The advertising blurb reads "Gwilym Davies has spent a lifetime enthusiastically recording folk songs and tunes, mainly from southern England and the USA. He follows in the footsteps of well known folk song collectors such as Cecil Sharp and Ralph Vaughan Williams. This book describes hidden musical gems, drinking songs, children's ditties, ballads, wassails and bawdy tales, along with colourful characters he met along the way. Through this book Gwilym shares his passion for our folk heritage and traditional songs. "
The book mainly deals with Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Devon and the USA but touches on other areas. There's a chapter on Gypsy songs and one on children's songs. It's not an academic book but more of a ramble through my brain.
Musical Traditions will be putting out a companion CD of the same name containing the field recordings of some of the songs mentioned in the book "Catch it ..etc" To reserve your copy, contact Mustrad https://www.mustrad.org.uk/.
Be good and stay safe,
Gwilym
researched articles; folklife organisations; researchers, etc; publications news
PUBLICATION ANNOUNCED
Ø Gwilym Davies writes:
Dear all,
I am pleased to announce that my book "Catch it, Bottle it and Paint it Green" aka Tales of a Folk Song Collector, will be published on 24th September, To order a copy now, go to https://pegasuspublishers.com/books/coming-soon/catch-it_-bottle-it-and-paint-it-green
The advertising blurb reads "Gwilym Davies has spent a lifetime enthusiastically recording folk songs and tunes, mainly from southern England and the USA. He follows in the footsteps of well known folk song collectors such as Cecil Sharp and Ralph Vaughan Williams. This book describes hidden musical gems, drinking songs, children's ditties, ballads, wassails and bawdy tales, along with colourful characters he met along the way. Through this book Gwilym shares his passion for our folk heritage and traditional songs. "
The book mainly deals with Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Devon and the USA but touches on other areas. There's a chapter on Gypsy songs and one on children's songs. It's not an academic book but more of a ramble through my brain.
Musical Traditions will be putting out a companion CD of the same name containing the field recordings of some of the songs mentioned in the book "Catch it ..etc" To reserve your copy, contact Mustrad https://www.mustrad.org.uk/.
Be good and stay safe,
Gwilym
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Folklife 17 Sept 2020 Newsletter:
September Folklife is online. |
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RESEARCHED ARTICLES on our Folklife Traditions pages, folklife-traditions.uk,
researched articles, folklife organisations, researchers, publications news
These 4 researched articles, copied to our Folklife Traditions site, on the FT "this issue" page: www.folklife-traditions.uk/this-issue.html
* Edi beo þu heuene quene: a love song by any name by Ian Pittaway
* #FutureOfFolk: Lynn Noel of Digital Heritage Consulting Looks Ahead --- also on this site, Future of Folk webpage
* ‘Mwynen Meirionydd / The Pleasing Melody of Meirionydd’, Welsh traditional tune, Arr. Helen Adam
* ‘Early, early in the Spring’, sung by Norman Perks by Gwilym Davies
Just a reminder that during lockdown . . .
Ø The Traditional Song Forum has organised successful talks on Zoom, more are planned.These talks are very popular, now attracting international visitors, currently limited to 100 places; so if interested, see tradsong.org sooner rather than later. This website is a gateway to a number of useful resources for those interested in researching or performing traditional folk songs. There is a newsletter to sign up to.
Ø trac, music traditions Wales, Wales folk development organisation, has a website full of resources, https://trac.wales, and is on Facebook, at facebook.com/traccymruwales, where you will find videos, details of online gigs, etc.
researched articles, folklife organisations, researchers, publications news
These 4 researched articles, copied to our Folklife Traditions site, on the FT "this issue" page: www.folklife-traditions.uk/this-issue.html
* Edi beo þu heuene quene: a love song by any name by Ian Pittaway
* #FutureOfFolk: Lynn Noel of Digital Heritage Consulting Looks Ahead --- also on this site, Future of Folk webpage
* ‘Mwynen Meirionydd / The Pleasing Melody of Meirionydd’, Welsh traditional tune, Arr. Helen Adam
* ‘Early, early in the Spring’, sung by Norman Perks by Gwilym Davies
Just a reminder that during lockdown . . .
Ø The Traditional Song Forum has organised successful talks on Zoom, more are planned.These talks are very popular, now attracting international visitors, currently limited to 100 places; so if interested, see tradsong.org sooner rather than later. This website is a gateway to a number of useful resources for those interested in researching or performing traditional folk songs. There is a newsletter to sign up to.
Ø trac, music traditions Wales, Wales folk development organisation, has a website full of resources, https://trac.wales, and is on Facebook, at facebook.com/traccymruwales, where you will find videos, details of online gigs, etc.
Folklife magazine has been growing about 4 pages a year, 64 A4 pages last time.
We've produced this free online issue . . . but have lost substantial festival advertising revenue.
With recurring costs (websites, domains, email, recent repairs & upgrades for computers & software), we are losing even more money than usual !
We can publicise you, our members.
We can keep going because of your support via our membership scheme, but would appreciate your help at this difficult time for the magazine.
So some modest requests:
(1) although this issue is not printed, we will still ask you to renew membership when it's due, for the next 3 printed issues - not counting this free online-only issue, so will be for 1 year + 4 months
(2) non-members who appreciate what we do are asked to consider joining (£16 a year).
(3) please please tell your friends!
We've produced this free online issue . . . but have lost substantial festival advertising revenue.
With recurring costs (websites, domains, email, recent repairs & upgrades for computers & software), we are losing even more money than usual !
We can publicise you, our members.
We can keep going because of your support via our membership scheme, but would appreciate your help at this difficult time for the magazine.
So some modest requests:
(1) although this issue is not printed, we will still ask you to renew membership when it's due, for the next 3 printed issues - not counting this free online-only issue, so will be for 1 year + 4 months
(2) non-members who appreciate what we do are asked to consider joining (£16 a year).
(3) please please tell your friends!
