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Day 66 of 365 🤺 EARSDON SWORD DANCE at the end of the long week what’s more fun than to go out watching a sword dance in the town...

Day 66 of 365 🤺 EARSDON SWORD DANCE at the end of the long week what’s more fun than to go out watching a sword dance in the town square?

Day 61 of 365 🐊 the lakes of pontchartrain #folk #folksong #folksinger

Day 61 of 365 🐊 the lakes of pontchartrain #folk #folksong #folksinger

Day 59 of 365 😡 the Press Gang aka On Board a Man-of-War #folk #folksong #folksinger #shanty #shanties

Day 59 of 365 😡 the Press Gang aka On Board a Man-of-War #folk #folksong #folksinger #shanty #shanties

Day 57 of 365 ⛵️ can’t find this song anywhere except as a live concert recording by @rachmcshane — isn’t a stunning piece of...

Day 57 of 365 ⛵️ can’t find this song anywhere except as a live concert recording by @rachmcshane — isn’t a stunning piece of songwriting? Can’t figure out why there hasn’t been a studio version of it captured yet, but the lyrics are apparently from #theDarwinProject collaboration between Rachael and @ChrisWood @karinepolwart @jezlowebadpennies @markerelli @kristadetor @stuhanna and Emily Smith (@smithandmcclennan) commemorating the 200th birthday of #CharlesDarwin.

Day 55 of 365 🕯️ DON’T LISTEN TO THIS instead check out the stellar track by @furrowcollective upon whose concise 3 verses I have...

Day 55 of 365 🕯️ DON’T LISTEN TO THIS instead check out the stellar track by @furrowcollective upon whose concise 3 verses I have based my inferior effort. This is “Apprenticed in London” not to be confused with “The Sheffield Apprentice” of which you can find a recording via my video of 1st February 2024.

Day 53 of 365 🧜‍♀️ #OnThisDay the Last Invasion of Britain, launched by the French during the Revolutionary Wars, begins near...

Day 53 of 365 🧜‍♀️ #OnThisDay the Last Invasion of Britain, launched by the French during the Revolutionary Wars, begins near Fishguard — but fails. That was presumably due to a mermaid sighting, so here’s a song about a mermaid which I learned from a tape by William Howell (of Fishguard)

Day 51 of 365 🐇 DON’T LISTEN TO THIS — go hear @bellahardy‘s haunting rendition instead.Thx @bethanjones9 for the nudge on this...

Day 51 of 365 🐇 DON’T LISTEN TO THIS — go hear @bellahardy‘s haunting rendition instead.

Thx @bethanjones9 for the nudge on this one! Hope to perform it at @east_anglian_folklore_centre’s upcoming celebration of all things #hare

Day 50 of 365 😛 DON’T LISTEN TO THIS — go hear Jez Lowe’s delightfully sung version instead. Either way, here’s yet another song...

Day 50 of 365 😛 DON’T LISTEN TO THIS — go hear Jez Lowe’s delightfully sung version instead.

Either way, here’s yet another song about the #lowlands.

Day 48 of 365 🙅‍♀️ inspired by @ladymooncries’ recent bard tutorial on movable chords for the octave mandolin — but here...

Day 48 of 365 🙅‍♀️ inspired by @ladymooncries’ recent bard tutorial on movable chords for the octave mandolin — but here applying them to a bouzouki — I wanted to try a rough & ready version of @paulbradymusic’s song “Don’t Come Again”.

Day 47 of 365 🍻 #onthisday in 600CE Pope Gregory the Great decrees saying “God bless You” is the correct response to a sneeze… so...

Day 47 of 365 🍻 #onthisday in 600CE Pope Gregory the Great decrees saying “God bless You” is the correct response to a sneeze… so here’s a song about a sneeze

Day 46 of 365 🌿 the trees they do grow high in a blues flavoured take on the arrangements of Martin Carthy & Bob Fox

Day 46 of 365 🌿 the trees they do grow high in a blues flavoured take on the arrangements of Martin Carthy & Bob Fox

Day 45 of 365 ❤️ learned this #burns poem (Tony Cuffe’s arrangement) for my #valentine #valentines

Day 45 of 365 ❤️ learned this #burns poem (Tony Cuffe’s arrangement) for my #valentine #valentines

Day 44 of 365 🌞 #onthisday in 1578 Tycho Brahe first sketched a Tychonic representation of our solar system. I have great fondness for...

Day 44 of 365 🌞 #onthisday in 1578 Tycho Brahe first sketched a Tychonic representation of our solar system. I have great fondness for this moment in the history of astronomy, post-Copernican but pre-Galilean, when our best minds still believed the Sun orbited the Earth even though they’d come far enough to understand the other 8 planets did not.

Day 43 of 365 👸🏼 #onthisday in 1554 (aged 16) in the chaotic aftermath of Edward VI’s death (aged 15) #janegrey was beheaded for...

Day 43 of 365 👸🏼 #onthisday in 1554 (aged 16) in the chaotic aftermath of Edward VI’s death (aged 15) #janegrey was beheaded for high treason… here’s a short poem by Charles Causley set to a melody by @jim.causley

Day 41 of 365 🌊 #onthisday in 60CE St Paul is thought to have been shipwrecked at Malta… so here’s a song about a ship foundering at...

Day 41 of 365 🌊 #onthisday in 60CE St Paul is thought to have been shipwrecked at Malta… so here’s a song about a ship foundering at sea.

Day 40 of 365 🇳🇬 #onthisday horrifically in 1897 the Invasion of Benin City by British Expeditionary Force includes burning and...

Day 40 of 365 🇳🇬 #onthisday horrifically in 1897 the Invasion of Benin City by British Expeditionary Force includes burning and looting to such an extent effectively ending the Nigerian Kingdom of Benin formed in the 11th century… so here’s an ancient traditional #yoruba song #idewerewere

Day 37 of 365 👸🏼 #onthisday 1587 #MaryQueenOfScots is beheaded at #Fotheringhay

Day 37 of 365 👸🏼 #onthisday 1587 #MaryQueenOfScots is beheaded at #Fotheringhay

Day 38 of 365 😇 happy birthday Thomas More! Here’s “Hymn for St. Thomas More & St. John Fisher”

Day 38 of 365 😇 happy birthday Thomas More! Here’s “Hymn for St. Thomas More & St. John Fisher”

Day 37 of 365 🚂 engine 143 — don’t watch this, instead look up #JoanBaez’s version

Day 37 of 365 🚂 engine 143 — don’t watch this, instead look up #JoanBaez’s version

Day 30 of 365 🤴 passed this poster and had to stop for a sing of “Adam & Eve” #folk #folksong #folksinger #charlesi

Day 30 of 365 🤴 passed this poster and had to stop for a sing of “Adam & Eve” #folk #folksong #folksinger #charlesi