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1.4 FOLKLIFE WEST JOURNAL
your shortcut to this page: http://journal.folklife-west.org.uk
Interested in all aspects of folklife? We are. Our Journal (FWJ), now published June & December, covers a range of topics.
FWJ contains learned articles aimed at interested readers; it is not a peer-reviewed journal. It also seeks to raise awareness about relevant organisations. We are a non-profit organisation and publish in print, and as much as possible free online.
Typically, we include
ARTICLES & SONGS • NEWS / DATES from eg Folklife Organisations and Researchers • and occasionally REVIEWS
- Revised/additional listings for our Folklife Traditions Directory (free, open to all; categrories see below link to FTD webpage)
- Local Celebrations listings compiled by Doc Rowe
- Member-listings: Folklife Organisations, Folklife Studies - also on this site http://traditions.folklife-west.org.uk
Your contributions are welcome, please contact us before submitting.
- The deadlines are for Articles, Songs Collected, and News, and also for dates of folklife conferences, exhibitions, schools and workshops, from Folklife Organisations or those concerned with Folklife Studies
Reviews - as appropriate. Please contact us first before submitting, well before the deadline. Contact us before posting anything larger than 'Large Letter' size.
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A link to ad-rates sizes & costs: FWJ-ads.pdf
- Ad rates (and publications info) are always on p2 of the current issue --->
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- Ad rates are also available by email or by post
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The contents of each FWJ are listed on the cover, and below.
FWJ is a print magazine.
The cover and some contents are online, subject to permissions and copyrights of contributors.
- From Nº 3: most content online. Please be aware that this is entirely at the discretion of the unpaid contributors, so we will publish some print-only articles.
- Nº 1 and Nº 2: a few items are online. Other articles from No.1 & 2 may be added in PDF format, if and when we obtain permission.
- In the contents list below, those articles in RED are followed by PDF links:
Folklife West is a non-profit group. In order to continue and to expand, please support us by advertising, Membership or donations. For Membership details - see below
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FOLKLIFE WEST JOURNAL,
Nº5,
Now July 2010
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FOLKLIFE WEST JOURNAL, No.5 , (was June, now July 2010).
RESEARCHED ARTICLES & SONGS to include
- 'THE BALLAD PRINTERS OF WORCESTER. 5: H.F. SEFTON' from Roy Palmer.
FOLKLIFE ORGANISATIONS & FOLKLIFE STUDIES: NEWS
PUBLICATIONS and LISTINGS
- POSTPONED due to bereavement
- Deadline tba - publication now late July
- other than Reviews, see note at top of page (review material email us first)
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Items in RED below = available online; see PDF link that follows
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No.4, December 2009.
- 20 A4 pages (mono)
- £2 (£3 posted to UK
COVER FWJ Nº4. PDF link
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FOLKLIFE WEST JOURNAL, No.4, December 2010.
RESEARCHED ARTICLES & SONGS
- 'THE BALLAD PRINTERS OF WORCESTER. 4: R. HOUGHTON' from Roy Palmer. Includes song ‘The lamentation of James & Joseph Carter’, and map & illustrations RP4 pdf
- ‘ TWO SONGS TO THE SAME TUNE: WILLIKINS AND HIS DINAH and THE BACK-TO-FRONT SONG', songs from Charles Menteith
- ‘‘WELSH BORDER MORRIS’: ‘THE BROMSBERROW HEATH MORRIS DANCE’ including two tunes, plus illustrations, by the late Dave Jones
FOLKLIFE ORGANISATIONS & FOLKLIFE STUDIES: NEWS
- 'VESTA TILLEY SOCIETY’ formed to celebrate Music Hall Legend; with illustrations
- 'DEVON TRADITION HERITAGE PROJECT: the SABINE BARING-GOULD COLLECTION and THE PAUL WILSON COLLECTION' to be digitised and made available online (Wren Music)
- 'CECIL SHARP DIARIES' made available online (EFDSS)
- NEWS: EFDSS - Arts Council Grant; CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS & SCHOOLS St Fagans ‘Traditional Welsh Love Customs’; EFDSS classes 'Folk Song in England'; The Folklore Society AGM; Traditional Song Forum meeting
Vesta Tilley pdf ; all the rest of the news is on FWJ4-News.pdf
PUBLICATIONS and LISTINGS all on FWJ4-reviews-listings.pdf
- Book/CDs Review: Phonofossils 1,2,3,5 reviewed by Cresby Brown
- Book announced: The Fallibroome Collection
- CONTACT LISTINGS & Directory updates
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No.3, June 2009.
- 24 A4 pages (mono)
- £2 (£3 posted to UK
COVER FWJ Nº3. PDF link
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FOLKLIFE WEST JOURNAL, No.3, June 2009.
RESEARCHED ARTICLES & SONGS
- THE BALLAD PRINTERS OF WORCESTER. 3: JAMES AND JOHN GRUNDY, GEORGE AND THOMAS LEWIS, THOMAS HAYES’ from Roy Palmer. Includes songs ‘Jump Jim Crow’ and ‘Jack Tar’s Frolic’, and illustrations PDF RP3 link
- ‘DOWN AT THE SUICIDE ARMS’ song from Charles Menteith
- ‘‘WELSH BORDER MORRIS’: ‘THE BRIMFIELD MORRIS DANCE’ including two Brimfield tunes, plus illustrations, by the late Dave Jones
- WINCHCOMBE MUMMERS PLAY and WINCHCOMBE MORRIS from ‘Winchcombe Cavalcade’ by Eleanor Adlard (1939), from Bill Pullen PDF Winchcombe link
FOLKLIFE ORGANISATIONS & FOLKLIFE STUDIES: NEWS
- THE FOLKLORE SOCIETY PDF FLS link;
- EFDSS ‘TAKE 6’ ARCHIVE WEBSITE PDF Take 6 link;
- TRADITIONAL ARTS TEAM; GLOSFOLK; FOLK SOUTH WEST PDF news link;
- CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS & SCHOOLS EFDSS ‘New Wave’; The Folklore Society; Society for Folk Life Studies; The Traditional Arts Team; Baring-Gould Folk Song School [all on PDF news above]; ‘Transatlantic Routes’ conference, Worcester University [on PDF Winchcombe above]
PUBLICATIONS and LISTINGS all on PDF reviews & listings link
- Book/CDs Review: WHY DANCE? reviewed by Paul Burgess
- CD announced: DOWN UPON OLD DARTYMOOR
- CONTACT LISTINGS
- LOCAL CELEBRATIONS LISTINGS, contributed by Doc Rowe
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No.2, December 2008.
- 24 A4 pages (mono)
- £2 (£3 posted to UK
COVER FWJ Nº2 PDF link
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FOLKLIFE WEST JOURNAL, No.2, December 2008.
RESEARCHED ARTICLES & SONGS
- ‘The WITHY TREE CAROL’ (Evesham version) from Charles Menteith
- ‘WELSH BORDER MORRIS’: ‘THE VILLAGE TEAMS’ including a map, and illustrations, by the late Dave Jones
- “NOT THE GOOD OLD TIMES”, George Swinford’s narrative of rural life a century and more ago, with photos: from Roy Palmer
- ‘THE BALLAD PRINTERS OF WORCESTER. 2: SAMUEL GAMIDGE’ from Roy Palmer. Includes song ‘THE STAFFORDSHIRE MAID’; illustrations ‘SIR JOHN BARLEY-CORN’, ‘THE COUNTRYMAN’S GARLAND’ [by permission of Roy, and also Chetham's Library for illustrations, © 2009] PDF link
- THE MORRIS RING FOLK PLAY ARCHIVE’: THE RON SHUTTLEWORTH COLLECTION
- 'WHAT IS FOLK?' from Geoff Davies
OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS
- 40 YEARS OF BODMIN FOLK CLUB from Christopher Ridley
- REVIEWS. CDs: from Veteran, by Paul Burgess; BOOKS: Traveller’s Joy (book/CD); The Folklore of Discworld; The Folklore of the Black Country, by the Editors PDF link
- LISTINGS:
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No.1, September 2006.
- 20 A4 pages (including colour photos)
- £1.50 (£2.50 posted to UK)
COVER FWJ Nº1 PDF link
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FOLKLIFE WEST JOURNAL, No.1, September 2006
A special Worcestershire issue, assisted by an Awards for All grant. Journal No 1 was distributed free of charge throughout Worcestershire, to local community groups, venues, folk clubs listed in our Worcestershire Folklife Directory, and also to Worcestershire Tourist Offices and libraries. Therefore, in addition to typical Journal contents, we included some material that would normally be allocated to our "folk" publication Folk West.
WORCESTERSHIRE SONGS AND WORCESTERSHIRE ARTICLES
- “BILL THE WEAVER” and “NOW ON THAT HILL …”: collected by Charles Menteith
- ‘THE WELSH BORDER MORRIS DANCES’ and ‘THE EVESHAM MORRIS DANCES’ by the late Dave Jones
- ‘THE BALLAD PRINTERS OF WORCESTER. 1. JOHN BUTLER’ from Roy Palmer PDF link
- ‘CECIL SHARP AT EVESHAM’ from Roy Palmer
- “MUD, DUST AND NOISE”: WHITMAN’S HILL QUARRY from Eric Payne
- ‘WORCESTERSHIRE MEMORIES: A WORCESTERSHIRE CORONATION PAGEANT’ from Robert Wimbury
- ‘A WORCESTERSHIRE FOLK CLUB: SOMERS TRADITIONAL FOLK CLUB’, by its Members
- ‘WORCESTERSHIRE FOLKLIFE’S RECORDING FACILITIES’
WORCESTERSHIRE REVIEW AND OTHER WORCESTERSHIRE CONTRIBUTIONS
- ‘THE FOLKLORE OF WORCESTERSHIRE’ (Roy Palmer), by the Editors
- ‘ROMANY ROAD’, ‘HOLLY & MISTLETOE AUCTIONS’, ‘WORCESTERSHIRE CHINESE ASSOCIATION’
- ‘JUST LATIN SALSA’, ‘FOOD & FOLK’ ENDS, ‘DAMPIERS ROUND’, and ‘APPLEYARD DANCERS'
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We also publish the
FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS DIRECTORY 2009
Local Celebrations, Folklife Organisations, Folklife Studies
Printed August 2009
Comprehensive listings open to all (Members & non-Members), and listings are free.
Contact details and up to 40 words description.
Updates are welcome, and published in the next Journal.
Your link to our 'Folklife Traditions Directory' page
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MEMBERSHIP and contact details
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"JOURNAL MEMBERSHIP" of FOLKLIFE WEST:
- Just £10 for 2 years UK (EU £15) (USA £20).
- 4 issues of FWJ; plus our alternate-years Folklife Traditions Directory 2011
- Back issues, special rate to add when subscribing:
- each Journal add £1.50 (£2.25) (£3). All (No. 1-4) available.
- Folklife Traditions Directory 2009, add£1 (£1.50) (£2).
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CONTACT US by email
or see our home page, www.folklife-west.org.uk for contact details, info re Membership and publications, and links to our online Member-listings.
Last updated: 3 June 2010
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OR ~ "FULL MEMBERSHIP" of FOLKLIFE WEST:
- above Journals & Folklife Traditions Directory,
- plus folk-club-based Folk West quarterly, alternate-years Folk West Directory 2010
- all posted £13/year UK
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