Carty has always seen folk as reflecting social life and conditions, so has never shied away from social and political issues ...
"The Wassail Bowl," printed in The Illustrated London News on Dec. 22, 1860. Going door to door and offering a song or performance in exchange for a drink or money is a centuries-old English custom.
Australian-born composer Percy Grainger was drawn to English folk songs, including songs heard around the holidays. He ...
Gearing up for Christmas, the Virgin Consort shares two carols in a folk tradition. The first is the English carol "Tomorrow shall be my dancing day" and the second is the Spanish carol "Riu, riu, ...
Elizabethan songs. Man is for the woman made ; Come again, sweet love doth now invite ; Never weather-beaten saile ; I care not for these ladies ; Willow song ; The cypress curtaine of the night ; ...
You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. FARMINGTON — Old South Church welcomes northern Manchester, England’s folk ...
He was both the longtime archivist of folk music at the Library of Congress and a widely respected singer and songwriter. By Clay Risen Joe Hickerson, a singer and songwriter who as the lead archivist ...