In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast (Matt Quinn)
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| 09 Oct 2024 | Roud 11: The Baffled Knight (With Steve Roud & Vic Gammon) | 01:58:47 | |
Roud 11 - THE BAFFLED KNIGHT
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Your host: Matt Quinn
Historical Guest: Steve Roud
Singer Guest: Vic Gammon
Traditional recordings played:
Hail the Dewy Morning by Cyril Barber Among the New Mown Hay by Alfred Edgell There was a Shepherd's Boy by John Campbell
Modern versions mentioned: The Baffled Knight by The City Waites
Blow the Windy Morning by Faustus
Stroll Away the Morning Dew by Andy Turner Blow the Winds by Eliza Carthy
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| 10 Jul 2024 | Roud 10: Lord Randall (with Martin Nail & Holly Clarke) | 02:06:55 | |
Roud 10 - LORD RANDAL
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Your host: Matt Quinn
Historical Guest: Martin Nail
Singer Guest: Holly Clarke
Traditional recordings played:
Lord Donald by Jeannie Robertson Henry My Son by Fred Jordan (album - The Birds Upon The Tree) Henry, My Son by George Spicer (album - Up in the North, Down in the South)
Modern versions mentioned: Green and Yeller by Wounded Scott Cree Lord Randall by Reg Meuross with Harbottle and Jonas Lord Randall by Pete Morton/Roger Wilson/Simon Edwards (album - Urban Folk)
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| 05 Feb 2025 | Roud 21: The Outlandish Knight (with Vic Gammon & Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne) | 02:20:15 | |
Roud 21 - THE OUTLANDISH KNIGHT
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Your host: Matt Quinn
Historical Guest: Vic Gammon
Singer Guest: Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne
Traditional recordings played: Sarah Porter (album - Just Another Saturday night) May Bradley (album - Sweet Swansea)
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| 22 May 2024 | Roud 3: The Seeds of Love (with Steve Roud & Lizzy Hardingham) | 01:12:17 | |
Roud 3 – THE SEEDS OF LOVE
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Your host: Matt Quinn
Historical Guest: Steve Roud
Singer Guest: Lizzy Hardingham
Traditional recordings played: Sprig 'o Thyme by Joseph Taylor Sprig of Thyme by Jean Hopkins The Seeds of Love by ‘Pop’ Maynard The Seeds of Love by George Withers The Seeds of Love by Gordon Hall Thyme 'Tis A Pretty Flower by LaRena Clark
Modern versions mentioned: The Wilsons
Folk song recourses: The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library Andy Turner’s A Folk Song A Week
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| 19 Mar 2025 | Roud 26: The Cruel Brother (with Martin Nail & Sophie Crawford) | 01:43:49 | |
Roud 26 - THE CRUEL BROTHER
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Your host: Matt Quinn
Modern performances: Steeleye Span (Gulliver Gentle and Rosemary) Folk song recourses:
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| 03 Jul 2024 | Roud 9: The Cruel Mother (with Steve Gardham & Fay Hield) | 01:15:42 | |
Roud 9 - THE CRUEL MOTHER
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Your host: Matt Quinn
Historical Guest: Brian Peters
Singer Guest: Fay Hield
Traditional recordings played:
Cruel Mother by Stanley Robertson Down by the Greenwood Sidie O by Lucy Stewart
Modern versions mentioned:
The Cruel Mother by Shirley Collins
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| 29 May 2024 | Roud 4: Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor (with Steve Roud & Debbie Armour) | 01:17:26 | |
Roud 4 - LORD THOMAS & FAIR ELEANOR Historical guest: Steve Roud
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Your host: Matt Quinn
Historical Guest: Steve Roud
Singer Guest: Debbie Armour
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| 12 Mar 2025 | Roud 25: The Fair Flower of Northumberland (with Sandra Kerr & Alasdair Roberts) | 02:05:40 | |
Roud 25 - THE FAIR FLOWER OF NORTHUMBERLAND
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Your host: Matt Quinn
Traditional Recordings: Lizzie Higgins - original LP album (Roud 25 not included) Lizzie Higgins - full performance on YouTube
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| 12 Jun 2024 | Roud 6: Long Lankin (with Vic Gammon & Gemma Khawaja) | 01:35:39 | |
Roud 6 - LONG LANKIN
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Your host: Matt Quinn
Historical Guest: Vic Gammon
Singer Guest: Gemma Khawaja
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Long Lankin by Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick Long Lankin by The Devil's Interval Cruel Lincoln by Shirley Collins
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| 16 Apr 2025 | Roud 30: Willie's Lyke Wake aka The Blue Flowers and the Yellow (with Steve Byrne & Byrony Griffith) | 02:11:45 | |
Roud 30 - WILLIE'S LYKE WAKE aka THE BLUE FLOWERS AND THE YELLOW
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| 18 Dec 2024 | Roud 20: The False Knight on the Road (with Steve Roud & Barry Goodman) | 01:35:37 | |
Roud 20 - THE FALSE KNIGHT ON THE ROAD
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Historical Guest: Steve Roud
Singer Guest: Barry Goodman
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| 05 Mar 2025 | Roud 24: Erlinton (with Helen Lindley) | 01:07:21 | |
Roud 24 - ERLINTON
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Your host: Matt Quinn
Thank Goodness It's Folk (feat. Sam Baxter)
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| 19 Feb 2025 | Roud 22: Gil Brenton (with Helen Lindley & Nancy Kerr) | 01:40:45 | |
Roud 22 - GIL BRENTON
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Your host: Matt Quinn
Historical Guest: Helen Lindley
Singer Guest: Nancy Kerr
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| 26 Jun 2024 | Roud 8: The Two Sisters (with Brian Peters & Hazel Askew) | 02:01:04 | |
Roud 8 - THE TWO SISTERS
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Your host: Matt Quinn
Historical Guest: Brian Peters
Singer Guest: Hazel Askew
Traditional recordings played:
Bow and Balance by Horton Barker Two Sisters by Lee Monroe Presnell
Modern versions mentioned: Two Sisters by The Witches of Elswick
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| 09 Apr 2025 | Roud 29: Sir Lionel aka Bold Sir Rylas (with Brian Peters & Jon Wilks) | 02:42:56 | |
Roud 29 - SIR LIONEL aka BOLD SIR RYLAS
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Your host: Matt Quinn
Buna Hicks (audio)
Eunice Yeatts MacAlexander - album: Far in the Mountains Vol. 1 Modern performances: Folk song recourses:
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| 23 Oct 2024 | Patreon: Singer’s Choice - Roud 3378 - The Wee Weaver (with John Moulden & Nancy Kerr) | 01:45:53 | |
In place of S2/E3 (coming next week) here's the first of three episodes which will go out exclusively on our In The Roud Patreon, which launches on Wednesday 30th October. Our first Singers' Choice mini season features Nancy Kerr and this is her first choice, the Irish song The Wee Weaver (Roud 3378). History provided by John Moulden.
S2 of In The Roud will be back next week with Roud 13 - The Dowie Dens of Yarrow (with Lori Watson & Amanda MacLean) | |||
| 05 Jun 2024 | Roud 5: The Three Ravens (with Steve Gardham & Rosie Hodgson) | 01:08:59 | |
Roud 5 – THE THREE RAVENS
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Your host: Matt Quinn
Historical Guest: Steve Gardham
Singer Guest: Rosie Hodgson
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Two Crows by The Devil’s Interval
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| 30 Oct 2024 | Roud 13: The Dowie Dens of Yarrow (with Lori Watson & Amanda MacLean) | 02:18:38 | |
Roud 13 - THE DOWIE DENS OF YARROW
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Your host: Matt Quinn
Historical Guest: Lori Watson
Singer Guest: Amanda MacLean
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| 26 Mar 2025 | Roud 27: The Bonnie Banks of Fordie (with Brian Peters & Katie Macfarlane) | 02:08:10 | |
Roud 27 - THE BONNIE BANKS OF FORDIE
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| 20 Nov 2024 | Roud 16: The Frog and the Mouse (with Steve Gardham & Jess Arrowsmith) | 01:52:42 | |
Roud 16 - THE FROG AND THE MOUSE
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Your host: Matt Quinn
Historical Guest: Steve Gardham
Singer Guest: Jess Arrowsmith
Traditional recordings played:
Cecilia Costello (album called Old Fashioned Songs) Maud Long (album called When Cecil Left the Mountains)
Modern versions mentioned: Kermit the Frog (Muppet Show pilot episode) Rowlf the Dog (Muppet Show S3/E1)
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| 13 Nov 2024 | Roud 15: The Cruel Ship's Carpenter (with Vic Gammon & Andy Turner) | 02:36:40 | |
Roud 15 - THE CRUEL SHIP'S CARPENTER
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Your host: Matt Quinn
Historical Guest: Vic Gammon Singer Guest: Andy Turner
Traditional recordings played: George Dunn - album Chainmaker Weenie Brazil - album Down by the Old Riverside
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| 15 May 2024 | Roud 2: The Unfortunate Lass (with Vic Gammon & Brian Peters) | 01:18:24 | |
Roud 2 – THE UNFORTUNATE LASS
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Your host: Matt Quinn
Historical Guest: Vic Gammon
Singer Guest: Brian Peters
Traditional recordings played:
Tom Sherman's Barroom by Almeida Riddle One Morning In May by Texas Gladden The Royal Albion by Harry Upton A Young Sailor Cut Down In His Prime by Bob Hart
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Folk song recourses: The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library Andy Turner’s A Folk Song A Week
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| 17 Jul 2024 | Bonus Episode - Karl Sinfield & Sing Yonder Vol. 8 | 01:07:34 | |
Bonus Episode -Karl Sinfield & Sing Yonder Vol. 8
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| 11 Dec 2024 | Roud 19: The Nobleman & The Thresherman (with Vic Gammon and Vic Shepherd & John Bowden) | 02:23:01 | |
Roud 19 - THE NOBLEMAN & THE THRESHERMAN
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Your host: Matt Quinn
Historical Guest: Vic Gammon
Singer Guest: Vic Shepherd & John Bowden
Traditional recordings played:
Bob Copper - album called The Two Bobs' Worth
Modern versions mentioned: Paul & Liz Davenport - album called Spring Tide Rising
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| 12 Feb 2025 | PATREON - Singer Spotlight: Emma Dusenbury (with Nora Rodes) | 00:43:31 | |
Due to circumstances beyond anyone's control, the rest of season will be delayed by one week, so here is one of our Patreon episodes for you. As part of our Spotlight strand, I had a chat with Nora Rodes, to discuss the life and songs of the American traditional singer Emma Dusenbury. See you next week for our regularly scheduled programme, with S3/E2: Roud 22 - Gil Brenton (with Helen Lindley & Nancy Kerr) | |||
| 02 Apr 2025 | Roud 28: Hind Horn (with David Atkinson & Rachel Newton) | 02:15:14 | |
Roud 28 - HIND HORN
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| 01 May 2024 | Podcast Introduction (with Steve Roud & Karl Sinfield) | 00:38:48 | |
As an introduction to the podcast, Steve Roud explains the Roud Index, and Karl Sinfield chats about his Sing Yonder song book series based on the Roud Index.
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| 27 Nov 2024 | Roud 17: The Three Butchers (with Steve Roud & Jon Loomes) | 02:02:42 | |
Roud 17 - THE THREE BUTCHERS
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Your host: Matt Quinn
Historical Guest: Steve Roud
Singer Guest: Jon Loomes
Traditional recordings played: Bob Scarce (album called A Story to Tell - Keith Summers in Suffolk 1972 - 1979) Nimrod Workman (album called Meeting's A Pleasure vol 1 & 2)
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| 21 Oct 2024 | Podcast delay + PATREON announcement | 00:04:51 | |
A message to say we'll be delaying In The Roud S2 by 1 week.
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| 06 Nov 2024 | Roud 14: The Demon Lover (with Brian Peters & Emily Portman) | 02:26:22 | |
Roud 14 - THE DEMON LOVER
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Historical Guest: Brian Peters Singer Guest: Emily Portman
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| 04 Dec 2024 | Roud 18: Bruton Town (with Steve Gardham & James Patterson) | 01:54:16 | |
Roud 18 - BRUTON TOWN
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Your host: Matt Quinn
Historical Guest: Steve Gardham
Singer Guest: James Patterson
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| 26 Feb 2025 | Roud 23: Earl Brand aka The Douglas Tragedy (With Steve Gardham & Hannah Martin) | 01:24:55 | |
Roud 23 - EARL BRAND aka THE DOUGLAS TRAGEDY
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Your host: Matt Quinn
Traditional Recordings: Mrs Victoria Morris (album - When Cecil Left The Mountains)
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| 16 Oct 2024 | Roud 12: The Elfin Knight (with Brian Peters & Martin Carthy) | 02:59:46 | |
Roud 12 - THE ELFIN KNIGHT
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Your host: Matt Quinn
Historical Guest: Brian Peters
Singer Guest: Martin Carthy
Traditional recordings played:
Every Rose Grows Merry in Time by Sara Cleveland Flim-a-Lim-a-Lee by Lawrence Older The Elfin Knight by Martha Reid
Modern versions mentioned: Whittingham Fair by Eliza Carthy and Nancy Kerr
Strawberry Lane by Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne
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| 19 Jun 2024 | Roud 7: The Female Highwayman (with Steve Roud & Laura Smyth) | 01:28:43 | |
Roud 7 - THE FEMALE HIGHWAYMAN
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Your host: Matt Quinn
Historical Guest: Steve Roud
Singer Guest: Laura Smyth
Traditional recordings played:
Cecilia by Gordon Hall (version 2)
Modern versions mentioned: Long Lankin by Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick Sovay by Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick
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| 08 May 2024 | Roud 1: The Raggle Taggle Gypsies (with Steve Roud & Jon Boden) | 01:10:16 | |
Starting as we mean to go on, with Roud #1 – THE RAGGLE TAGGLE GYPSIES.
Historical guest: Steve Roud
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Your host: Matt Quinn
Historical Guest: Steve Roud
Singer Guest: Jon Boden
Traditional recordings played: Black-Hearted Gypsies O by Harry Cox Dark Eyed Gypsy by Jean Orchard The Draggle-Tail Gypsies by Carolyne Hughes The Raggle Taggle Gypsies by Walter Pardon
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Folk song recourses: The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library Andy Turner’s A Folk Song A Week
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