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Total number of records: 14

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culture14
folk music14
associations, institutions, etc12
community life12
english language - dialects9
folklore8
play6
communities4
education4
musical instruments4

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Bergal, Nancy Ann14
Curtin, John6
Barstow, John4
Wood, Geoff (1924-2013)2
Bastow, John1
Brown, Andy1
Brownridge, Jerry1
Evans, Gil1
Priestley, Dave1
Robinson, Dave1

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Bergal, Nancy Ann

February 1980

John Barstow singing at Leeds University Folk Club. Recorded 12 February 1980. [Recording level low.] [Tr. 3] John Barstow, [?recorded at home in Leeds], talks about singing in folk clubs in Leeds, ...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Bergal, Nancy Ann

15 February 1980

Geoff Wood and Bob Spray, recorded at the Grove Folk Club in Leeds. Talk of folk clubs in Leeds and the role of Brian Senior; also clubs at the Coach and Horses, [?Seven Hills] and the Union Tavern; t...

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Tradition and Revival: A Comparison of Two Singers

Bergal, Nancy Ann

1980

M.A. dissertation which explores some of the facets of the folk song revival in Leeds in 1980, with particular reference to two men who sing in the city's folk clubs. The study looks at how and why pe...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Bergal, Nancy Ann

15 February 1980

John Barstow sings 'Galway Shawl'and 'Dan O'Hara'. Recorded at the Grove Folk Club in Leeds. Collector also interviews a member of the audience at the bar of the same club. They discuss folk music/sin...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Bergal, Nancy Ann

26 February 1980

Interviews with audience members at the Leeds University Folk Club; their interest in folk music, why they like the music/folk clubs; John Curtin sings 'The Recruited Collier', and two further unident...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Bergal, Nancy Ann

13 March 1980

John Barstow, recorded in his home in Leeds, sings 'If We Only had Old Ireland Over Here', 'The Old House', 'Rosin' a Bow', 'Galway Shawl', 'The Old Bog Road', [ 'The Tanyard's Side'], [ 'Land Where t...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Bergal, Nancy Ann

10 February 1980

Session recorded at the Grove Folk Club in Leeds, featuring Andy Brown and Gil Evans on accordions, Dave Taylor and Jerry Brownridgeon banjos, and Dave Priestley on the bodhran. Spoons and the penny w...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Bergal, Nancy Ann

06 Dec 1979 - 13 Dec 1979

John Barstow, recorded in Leeds, talks about Irish folk songs, Irish immigrants working on building sites [?in Leeds], folk singing in pubs in period after World War Two; folk clubs in Leeds in 1979; ...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Bergal, Nancy Ann

24 January 1980

John Curtin, recorded in his home in the Armley area of Leeds. Talks about the Second Folk Revival; Topic Records, 1950s; the BBC and A. L. Lloyd and Alan Lomax; nineteenth century song collectors; li...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Bergal, Nancy Ann

21 March 1980

John Curtin, recorded in his home in the Armley area of Leeds. Talks about accordion and guitar playing, early interest in folk music; performance, expression; function of folk songs - text, moods, se...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Bergal, Nancy Ann

18 January 1980

Recording made in the Grove Folk Club, Leeds, and featuring John Bastow [JB], John Curtin [JC] and Dave Robinson [DR]. JB sings 'The Holy Ground'; DR sings unidentified song; JB sings 'Rose of Mooncoi...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Bergal, Nancy Ann

27 January 1980

Peter Thorp, recorded at home in Leeds; talks about his interest in folk music; carol singing on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day morning in Leeds - tradition declined due to slum clearances, break up ...

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