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06 May, 2021 — By Lucy Popescu Simon Russell Beale plays song collector Cecil Sharp in BBC Radio 3’s Folk. Photo: BBC A TREAT for fans of Cecil Sharp House is Nell Leyshon’s drama, Folk. Originally commissioned by Hampstead Theatre, BBC Radio 3 is broadcasting an audio version of Leyshon’s play with Simon Russell Beale playing the English folk song collector Cecil Sharp. At the heart of the early 20th century folk revival, Sharp co-founded what is now the English Folk Dance ...

On American Pastimes: John Hardy Wasnt a Desperate Little Man Desperate: In dire need; being filled with, or in a state of despair or hopelessness; without regard to danger or safety; extreme (in a bad sense). John Hardy was a desperate little man He carried two guns every day He shot down a man on that West Virginia line You oughta seen John Hardy getting away So begins “John Hardy” an American murder ballad based upon a historical account. John Hardy was an African-American railroad...

© RSC, photo by Hugo Glendinning The BBC has unveiled shows that will be part of its "Lights Up" plans in March and April. Featuring a total of 18 broadcasts on television, radio and iPlayer, the series of productions will support companies and artists affected by the pandemic. The RSCs production of The Winters Tale, which was weeks away from its run before halted in March, will be filmed and broadcast by the company under the direction of deputy artistic director Erica Whyman to coincide wi...

Jackson County Grand Jury indicts 28 Jackson Newspapers The Office of the Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney announces that the Grand Jury sitting in the February, 2021 Term of Court in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, West Virginia has returned 30 Indictments against 28 named individuals, as follows: • Brian Bertloff, (29) of Cleveland, Ohio was indicted with one (1) count of Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm, a felony.  • Jonathan Spencer, (36) of Cottageville, was indict...

Few people would have imagined that a 19th-century sea song from New Zealand would be the number one song in the UK music charts the first week in February. But it does show that in these days of isolation and separation we all need connection; taking part in communal traditions can help us get us through. Traditional song is often thought of as a stable, unchanging inheritance from a bygone age, but much of its value is in the personal and social process through which we create, sing and pas...

The rock’n’rollers were right – vinyl is the future After decades spent listening to CDs, in lockdown Ive fallen back in love with LPs – and the depth of sound is extraordinary Turning the tables: records are back in fashion Credit: Digital Vision Lockdown has given many of us time to revive neglected interests, or to confront chores that we have put off for years. Three or four years ago, my record deck died. It was distressing, because we were old friends. I had bought it in about 198...

The work of reviving the almost forgotten folklore of this country was at first regarded by the public as an esoteric pastime serving to indulge the fancy of harmless cranks. Now, however, country dancing is widely practised in schools, social organisations, and in the six hundred branches of the society in every county of England. (The Scots and Welsh have their own separate societies, though there is liaison between the three organisations.) Grants are made to the society by the Ministry of E...