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Artistic director Roxana Silbert on the year ahead for Hampstead Theatre.

ONE of Birrs most famous citizens is traveller Tommy McCarthy who has gained many plaudits because of his beautiful singing voice. A couple of years ago Tommy ...

Peter Gruner talks to Charlotte Raven about coping with Huntingdon’s disease... and how living in Kentish Town is a real help

Peter Gruner talks to Charlotte Raven about coping with Huntingdon’s disease... and how living in Kentish Town is a real help

Nell Leyshon's drama about how Cecil Sharp gathered songs from rural Somerset then brought them back to Hampstead foregrounds the lives of the singers

A fascinating, moving study of folk-song collectors shows how far people will go to save disappearing musical traditions

Edna Ritchie of Viper, Kentucky by Edna Ritchie, CD artwork Edna Ritchie is an older sister of the famed musician and lap-dulcimer revivalist Jean Ritchie. Theirs was an important family of tradition-bearers from southeastern Kentucky, significant for the popularization of many traditional British and Irish songs first collected by folklorist Cecil Sharp during his historic trips to Appalachia in the early 20th century. While Jean has a prolific catalog of recordings, this is the only album to...

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Peggy Seeger - Credit: Archant Peggy Seeger at Cecil Sharp House Live gigs resume at the Primrose Hill venue from May 20 with two performances by multi-instrumentalist singing trio Lady Maisery celebrating 10 years and five albums of unique harmonies and intelligent arrangements of traditional and original songs. On May 27 its the turn of legendary Queen of folk Peggy Seeger and son Calum MacColl. Their shows are live streamed for those who cant make it to Regents Park Road. For those w...