Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Description

John Curtin, recorded in his home in the Armley area of Leeds. Biographical details; interest in Scottish Country Dance bands; accordion, guitar playing as a teenager; distinction made between traditional and revival singers - regards himself as a newcomer; reference to A. L. Lloyd and Alan Lomax; early influences (Corries); distinction made between eastern and western musical traditions; attending a folk club in Coventry, aged 15; electric folk; instruments played; learning technique and theory; education; writing science fiction - freelance; learning/interpreting songs; nationalism and group identity, traditions, roots; work in schools; important role of folk music and folklore; West Yorkshire folk clubs; folk scene in Leeds; folk music and civil protest (1960s/early 1970s); closing of folk clubs, rise in popularity of allied activities (e.g. mummers' groups); recruitment; folk music in schools; Tykes Association of Folk Clubs in West Yorkshire- teachers' courses; contemporary folk music and problems of definition; Music Hall songs - popular music; sources of songs; other instrumentalists; learning songs, performances in public venues (Working Men's Clubs); local identity (dialect); chemical industry - songs about - sings 'Process Man'; accompaniment, technique, singing style; audience (participation); floor singers; repertoire - themes (women, love songs); sings song in French; Child Ballads. 5 of 13.

Metadata

Identifier lmrypcnp
IRN 414118
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/A068
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/lmrypcnp
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s) Bergal, Nancy Ann
Date 13 December 1979
Size and Medium 1 audiocassette., Duration: 90' 15".

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