2.6 Member-Listings: Folklife Listings

for FOLKLIFE ORGANISATIONS, SEASONAL CALENDAR CUSTOMS, FOLKLIFE STUDIES

100s of listings! in

 

 

Folklife West Journal includes 1-line summaries of Member listings as below

NAME

Contact

Tel

Website

[A.]

FOLKLIFE ORGANISATIONS Associations, Societies, Trusts not including those set up solely for 1 folk festival or club/venue or dance series

A.1

FOLK MUSIC, SONG & DANCE ORGANISATIONS: NATIONAL

 

ENGLISH FOLK SONG & DANCE SOCIETY

(EFDSS)

020 7485 2206

www.efdss.org

A.2

FOLK MUSIC, SONG & DANCE ORGANISATIONS: REGIONAL & LOCAL

A.2b. England - East Midlands

 

TRADITIONAL ARTS TEAM

Pam Bishop

0121 247 3856

www.tradartsteam.co.uk

A.2d. England - North-West

 

FOLKUS

Alan Bell

01253 872317

www.folkus.co.uk/

 

TAMESIDE FOLK ASSOCIATION (TFA)

Mike Riley

0161 366 7326

(no website)

A.2f. England - West Country

 

DEVON FOLK

Colin Andrews

01363 877216

www.devonfolk.co.uk

 

FOLKLIFE WEST

Sam & Eleanor Simmons

01684 575704

www.folklife-west.org.uk/

 

GLOSFOLK

Gwilym Davies

01242 603094

www.glosfolk.org.uk/

 

WILTSHIRE FOLK ARTS

Bob Berry

07714 550990

www.wiltshirefolkarts.org.uk/

 

WREN

Kevin Buckland

01837 53754

www.wrenmusic.co.uk

A.2g. England - West Midlands

 

FOLKLIFE WEST

Sam & Eleanor Simmons

01684 575704

www.folklife-west.org.uk/

 

TRADITIONAL ARTS TEAM

Pam Bishop

0121 247 3856

www.tradartsteam.co.uk

A.4

FOLK SONG ORGANISATIONS

PEDLARS PACK yahoo discussion group

Steve Roud

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Tradsong

 

TRADITIONAL SONG FORUM

Secretary: Martin Graebe

01452 523861

www.tradsong.org

A.8

FOLK LIFE ORGANISATIONS - SPECIFIC GROUPS

 

ROMANY ROAD

Mary Horner

01432 760938

www.romanyroad.co.uk

A.9

FOLKLORE ORGANISATIONS

TALKING FOLKLORE yahoo discussion group

Steve Roud

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore

No Member entries above in Directory for: A.2 other regions, A.3 Folk Music, A.5 Folk Dance, A.6 Folk Drama, A.7 Folk Life generally, A.10 Storytelling, A.11 Oral History, A.12 Language & Dialect; and below Fs.6 Academic Courses (undergraduate or higher) & Research, Fs.7a Booksellers.

[C.]

SEASONAL CALENDAR CUSTOMS

Please see the linked page on the Doc Rowe website. These listings are included in the printed Journal listings.

www.docrowe.org.uk/collect/seasonal.html

 

Additions welcome for Directory and Journal [note that only Folklife West Members will appear on this webpage].

[Fs.]

FOLKLIFE STUDIES

Fs.1

FOLKLIFE RESEARCHERS

 

DOC ROWE

. . . . . . . . .

07747 687734

www.docrowe.org.uk/

 

EDDIE CASS

. . . . . . . . .

contact by email available from editors

 

GWILYM DAVIES

. . . . . . . . .

01242 603094

www.cmarge.demon.co.uk/gwilym

 

MARTIN GRAEBE

. . . . . . . . .

01452 523861

www.sbgsongs.org

 

ROY PALMER

. . . . . . . . .

01684 562958

(no website)

 

STEVE ROUD

. . . . . . . . .

01825 766751

(no website)

 

TAMESIDE MUSEUM FOLK CO-ORDINATOR

 Mike Riley

0161 366 7326

(no website)

Fs.2

FOLKLIFE LECTURERS / SPEAKERS (but note that Performers are listed in Folk West Directory, Performers section: Pf.5c)

 

DOC ROWE

. . . . . . . . .

07747 687734

www.docrowe.org.uk/

 

GWILYM DAVIES

. . . . . . . . .

01242 603094

www.cmarge.demon.co.uk/gwilym

 

MARTIN GRAEBE

. . . . . . . . .

01452 523861

www.martinandshan.net

 

ROY PALMER

. . . . . . . . .

01684 562958

(no website)

Fs.3

FOLKLIFE ARCHIVES (in specialist folklife or general archives)

 

The DOC ROWE COLLECTION ARCHIVE

Sheffield. Access: please see note on website

www.docrowe.org.uk/

FOLKTRAX website, now archived

. . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . .

www.folktrax-archive.org

 

The MORRIS RING FOLK PLAYS ARCHIVE: The RON SHUTTLEWORTH COLLECTION

Ron Shuttleworth

024 7667 6721

www.folkplay.info/Ron/Index.htm

The ROUD FOLKSONG INDEX

over 166,000 references!

http://library.efdss.org/cgi-bin/query.cgi?query=

Fs.4

FOLKLIFE MUSEUMS

 

GLOUCESTER FOLK MUSEUM

Chris Morris

01452 396868

www.glos-city.gov.uk/folkmuseum

Fs.5

FOLKLIFE LIBRARIES (in specialist folklife or general libraries)

 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MEMORIAL LIBRARY

(EFDSS) The Librarian

020 7485 2206

http://library.efdss.org

Fs.7

FOLKLIFE STUDIES: BOOKSELLERS & PUBLISHERS (Folk Media generally is in our Folk West Directory, so eg folk directories, local folk mags, and folk radio not listed here)

 

Fs.7b. Folklife Studies: Publishers (Books, Journals, & Recordings)

 

ENGLISH FOLK SONG & DANCE SOCIETY

(EFDSS)

020 7485 2206

www.efdss.org

"The ROOTS OF WELSH BORDER MORRIS"

Mrs. A. J. Jones

01885 490323

(no website)

 

SAYDISC RECORDS

. . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . .

www.saydisc.com

 

Fs.7c. Folklife Studies: Internet Publishers

  • Those with articles and/or detailed information re resources for subjects covered in Journal or Folklife Traditions Directory (see also many organisations listed above for their links pages)
  • Not included: listings sites (venues, performers, festivals, media, services); see our Folk West Directory

 

SONGS OF THE WEST (Sabine Baring-Gould website)

Martin Graebe

01452 523861

http://www.sbgsongs.org/

 

Other FOLKLIFE categories: suggestions always welcome - but see FOLK WEST and FOLK WEST DIRECTORY for Clubs, Performers, Festivals, Media, Services

 

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