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    The Nettle Dress – a review and director’s Q&A

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    Customs Uncovered: The Stick and Bucket Dance

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    Golowan – Penzance’s midsummer celebration

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    May Day Morris: Where to find Morris dancing near me

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    Customs Uncovered: The Stick and Bucket Dance

    A member of Boss Morris, decked in greenery, smiles for the camera. She is standing in a woodland glade on Rodborough Common, Stroud.

    Dancing up the Sun – May Day, 2023

    White Rose Morris dancing at dawn on May Day, 2011, at Castle Hill in Almondbury - Photo credit Bryony Griffith

    May Day Morris: Where to find Morris dancing near me

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    The Old Songs Podcast: Se2Ep8 – ‘Princess Royal’, ft. John Spiers

    Jon Wilks plays guitar at Dorking Folk Club, 2018

    The Old Songs Podcast: Se2Ep7 – ‘The Gloucestershire Wassail / The Wassailing Song’, ft. Jon Wilks

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    The Old Songs Podcast: Se2Ep6 – ‘When I was on Horseback/ The Unfortunate Rake’, ft. Debbie Armour (Burd Ellen)

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David Suff on the future of Topic Records and answering the eternal question: what exactly IS folk music?

As David Suff, Head Honcho at Topic Records, approaches retirement, Jon Wilks finds out what he's most proud of, and whether he's discovered the answer to THAT question.
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The Ian Lynch Interview

From Lynched to Lankum: Traditional musician, Ian Lynch, discusses folk song collecting and the 'pure drop'.
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The Stick In The Wheel Interview

Stick In The Wheel on the the power of raw performance, their From Here field recordings, and the prettification of folk music.
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The Paul Sartin Interview

Celebrated folk musician, Paul Sartin, discusses Bellowhead, Faustus, The Transports and a life in folk music.
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The Sam Sweeney Interview

Traditional fiddle player, Sam Sweeney, discusses a life in folk music, from Bellowhead to Leveret to the Wayward Band, with the Great War in between.
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Marry Waterson on Bright Phoebus

Marry Waterson, daughter of the late, great Lal Waterson, discusses Bright Phoebus, the great lost album the looms large in her family history.
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The Martin Simpson Interview

Martin Simpson on song collecting, Graham Coxon, the Watersons and the true definition of folk music.
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The Eliza Carthy Interview

Eliza Carthy talks to Jon Wilks about her album 'Big Machine', Bellowhead and folk song collecting in the 21st century.
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The Emily Portman Interview

Emily Portman chats to Jon Wilks about studying folk music at university, collecting supernatural folk songs and how to be a touring mum.
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The Ross Couper & Tom Oakes Interview

Festival circuit favourites, Ross Couper & Tom Oakes, chat about the differences in approaches to learning English and Scottish traditional music.
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The Lisa Knapp Interview

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