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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...
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...
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...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Bergal, Nancy Ann
13 December 1979
John Curtin, recorded in his home in the Armley area of Leeds. Biographical details; interest in Scottish Country Dance bands; accordion, guitar playing as a teenager; distinction made between traditi...
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...
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...
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...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Bergal, Nancy Ann
25 January 1980
Recorded in John Curtin's home in Leeds, and at the Grove Folk Club (also in Leeds). John Curtin sings an unidentified song, with guitar accompaniment; and tells a story of catching wild boar in Bradf...
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 ...