Roy Palmer English Folk Music Collection
Number of items in collection: 1549
Short description:
Recordings in this collection can be played by anyone.
Approximately 140 hours of field recordings of soldiers’ songs and folk drama recorded for the most part by Roy Palmer in Birmingham, Warwickshire and Gloucestershire, from the 1960s to the present day.
Long description:
Recordings in this collection can be played by anyone.
Approximately 140 hours of field recordings of soldiers’ songs and folk drama recorded for the most part by Roy Palmer in Birmingham, Warwickshire and Gloucestershire, from the 1960s to the present day.
Roy Palmer has been involved from the 1960s in singing and seeking traditional songs. This collection of field recordings includes performances of songs and tunes as well as discussion and reminiscences about repertoire. Some of the recordings were given to Roy as he gathered information for his many published anthologies of traditional songs and street ballads reflecting different aspects of social, military, maritime, industrial, agricultural and recreational history. These publications can be found in Explore the British Library.