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Pf.1    FOLK MUSIC & SONG

​• Pf.1a-1c = general: Group, Duo, Solo    • Pf.1d-1f = specific: eg Community Bands; Shanties

Pf.1a    Folk Music & Song - Bands / Groups

Pf.1b    Folk Music & Song - Duo

Pf.1b    Folk Music & Song - Solo    

Pf.1c    Folk Music & Song - Solo - Australia

Australia    ØØ    BRUCE WATSON   http://www.brucewatsonmusic.com
⇒ Email: jandbwatson<at>gmail.com  Music available at https://brucewatsonmusic.bandcamp.com
     Showcase video: https://youtu.be/yRa-xpPQQ_Q
⊕  An icon and longtime favourite of the Australian folk scene and an engaging and joyful performer and songwriter in the folk style. “The best songwriter I have seen in a long time.”  (Eric Bogle). Toured UK in 2019.

Pf.1c    Folk Music & Song - Solo - Ireland

IRELAND              ‡    BRENDAN KENNEDY  ​ 
⇒ For further information contact Brendan at  brendan12k34kennedy <at> gmail.com
⊕ Brendan has been singing traditional/folk songs for many years and is well known in the singing clubs around Dublin, “An Góilín”, “The Clé Club”, “Croonerista” and many others.       In 2019 he recorded his first CD “In Good Company".

Pf.1c    Folk Music & Song - Solo - USA

California    ØØ   RICHARD ADRIANOWICZ  www.walkashore.com
⇒  Leading the shanty Mister Stormalong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb8LT0sBg1Y
⊕  The website www.walkashore.com includes very comprehensive notes about individual songs, and lyrics.
I recorded a solo shanty album in 2002, Time Ashore is Over. After that Peter Kasin and I formed a duet and we recorded four shanty albums together: 

California    ØØ   RIGGY RACKIN    www.riggy.com
⇒ riggy<at>riggy.com.   Album download by PayPal: see website www.riggy.com
⊕ Riggy's latest album is "Simple” - simple, well-chosen and relatively unfamiliar folksongs, with sparse concertina accompaniment. Contact Riggy for purchase, riggy<at>riggy.com

​California    ØØ   BEV PRAVER  ​
⇒ Videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/bevjerry/videos
​⊕ for more information, see our Folklife News website's "International" webpage,  www.folklife.uk/world.html

New Hampshire    ØØ   CHRIS MADEN  
⇒  http://crism.maden.org/,  http://music.maden.org/
​⊕  Chris Maden, text nerd & chanteyman.    “Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me...” — Emma Lazarus

Pf.1d    Choirs & Quires: Folk & Community Choirs & Bands, West Gallery  
→ indicates venue and times 

Entries welcome

Pf.1e    Shanty Groups, Duos, & Solo  --  USA

California    ØØ  RICHARD ADRIANOWICZ  www.walkashore.com
⇒  Leading the shanty Mister Stormalong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb8LT0sBg1Y
⊕  The website www.walkashore.com includes very comprehensive notes about individual songs, and lyrics.
I recorded a solo shanty album in 2002, Time Ashore is Over. After that Peter Kasin and I formed a duet and we recorded four shanty albums together: 

California    ØØ   RIGGY RACKIN    www.riggy.com
⇒ riggy<at>riggy.com.   Album download by PayPal: see website www.riggy.com
⊕ Riggy's latest album is "Simple” - simple, well-chosen and relatively unfamiliar folksongs, with sparse concertina accompaniment. Contact Riggy for purchase, riggy<at>riggy.com

New Hampshire    ØØ  CHRIS MADEN  
⇒  http://crism.maden.org/,  http://music.maden.org/
​⊕  Chris Maden, text nerd & chanteyman.    “Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me...” — Emma Lazarus

For other possible categories, see list above

Pf.2   FOLK DANCE  (Social / Country / Display / Ceremonial)
     Many callers & bands travel across the country; so we give the home area just for information
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Pf.2a    Folk Dance Callers    • for Folk Dance Teachers: see W.2, Workshops pages, every issue

​Pf.2b    Folk Dance Bands    

Pf.2c    Ceremonial & Dance Display   (including Clog, Morris, Sword)
None at present  

​Pf.3    SPOKEN WORD PERFORMERS

Pf.3a    Folk Shows & Theatre, Mummers
 - entries welcome

Pf.3b    Poets & Monologuists  
- entries welcome  

​Pf.3c   Storytellers 
- entries welcome