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Annie Dearman talks about one of the songs she sings, accompanied by Steve Harrison. A recording of the song is made available for you to listen to.
Annie and Steve sing with Vic Gammon, and have produced a CD of English songs.
Geoff Wood talks about one of his favourite songs from Yorkshire, and soon there is a recording to be made available.
Geoff has spent some time collecting songs, and has had a long association with Folk at the Grove, Leeds, one of the oldest folkclubs in the country.
Nick Caffrey discusses a favourite ballad, Tam Lin, with drawings by Graeme Miles, and with a recording of Nick's singing soon to be made available.
Nick songs both solo as well as with others, and lives in his native Lancashire.
Diane Taylor is greatly interested in the history of Leeds, leading her to the history that lay behind the croppers songs.
Industrial unrest led to violence in the mills of Leeds ant the surrounding areas.
A Graeme Miles Song taken from his newly published book, ‘Forgotten Songs Remembered’.
Graeme spent a decade or so writing several hundred songs in the 1950s, and they have been published in two books, as well as being recorded by several singers.