I love traditional folk songs that are linked to specific place. For the last 18 months I’ve been playing songs from Birmingham, as it was…
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As promised, here’s some background to ‘The Trial of Bill Burn Under Martin’s Act’. Unfortunately, there’s not nearly as much info here as there was…
Leave a CommentPart of the fascination I have for traditional folk songs is the way in which they humble the singer. As a singer/songwriter, I spent years…
Leave a CommentBefore we get started, you can read more about The Trial of Bill Burn Under Martin’s Act (the song itself) by clicking here. The Trial of Bill Burn Under Martin’s Act includes…
Leave a CommentOn June 9th, I took the Midlife songs back to Brum. Performing at Kitchen Garden Cafe, I was delighted to see folk writer and presenter,…
Leave a Comment‘Poverty Knock’ is nothing short of a classic. I first heard it while painstakingly trying to pick it out on a piano, struggling to read…
1 CommentWho Hung The Monkey deals with the tale of the Hartlepool monkey (named Pug in this song) that washed up on a beach during the Napoleonic Wars and…
5 CommentsYep, you read that title correctly. I remember sitting in the library at Cecil Sharp House with a friend of mine, back when I started…
2 CommentsA quiet and unassuming man, it’s hard to reconcile the chap who sidles up to us with the boisterous youngster in those classic Top of the Pops re-runs.…
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