Gigs and Talks

This list includes the gigs and talks that are confirmed at present. There are a few more in the pipeline, and we'll add them when we know they are definitely on.

 

2008

24th - 26th Oct      Baring-Gould Festival and Song School            www.wrenmusic.co.uk

21st - 23rd Nov      Folk in the Forest, Dwellingup, W. Australia   

 

2009

13th - 15th Feb      Cheltenham Folk Festival   

21st May              Derby Gaol (Derby Heritage Traditional Music Club) www.dhtmc.co.uk

26th - 28th Jun      Traditions Folk Festival, Preston.   www.madontrad.co.uk

22nd - 28th Aug     Whitby Folk Week.   www.whitbyfolk.co.uk

 

Event organisers  -  if you want to know more about what we could do for you click here 

Discography

1. Songs of the West - a live recording of songs collected by Sabine Baring-Gould made in 1992 and featuring Paul Wilson, Marilyn Tucker and Martin Graebe. The programme is based on a show put together to celebrate the Centenary of the publication of 'Songs of the West' and as well as the songs, it features readings from Baring-Gould. Available from Wren (see http://www.wrenmusic.co.uk/ )
   
   
2. Dead Maid's Land (Wildgoose Records WGS292) - More songs from the Baring-Gould Manuscripts by Paul Wilson, Marilyn Tucker, Tim Laycock and Chris Bartram with Chris Foster and Martin Graebe. This CD has recently been re-mastereed and is now available again from Wildgoose records (http://www.wildgoose.co.uk/) or from Wren (see http://www.wrenmusic.co.uk/).
   
   
3. Parallel Strands (Wildgoose Records WGS 323) - see here for details
   
   
4. Songs from the Golden Fleece (MTCD335-6) - Live recording of songs by singers from the Stroud Singers Club on which Martin and Shan sing separately and on one track (Christmas Lamentation) together. This CD was produced by Rod Stradling of Musical Traditions and you can see details here (including the full booklet from the CD) - http://www.mustrad.org.uk/records.htm
   
   
5. Nice Warm Socks (Wren CD 008) - This is a CD of both traditional and newly composed songs that have been selected and adapted to be particularly appropriate for young children and those who have special needs, particularly those who use AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication – signing, symbols and voice output devices). For more details go to http://www.nicewarmsocks.org.uk/  
   
   
6. Dusty Diamonds (Wildgoose WGS359CD) - Launched at the Whitby Folk Week in August 2008. Click the link to the right of the screen for further details this CD eleased August 2008

 

Publications

Martin has written a number of articles about Sabine Baring-Gould and his work over the years.  If he had been more organised he might have a complete bibliography. No such luck! - so here are the ones that he can remember.

 

Magazine/Journal Articles

This list is still work in progress but has the majority of the most recent articles described. I plan to provide links to texts of these as the next stage to this list. In the meantime, if there are any articles that you want to read and cannot get hold of please contact me.

• 'A Book goes on Holiday - The Land of Teck and its Neighbourhood', SBGAS Newsletter
• Farewell Heat and Welcome Frost', SBGAS Transactions, 2008
• 'Devon by Dog Cart and Bicycle: The Folk Song Collaboration of Sabinre Baring-Gould and Cecil Sharp, 1904-17,' Folk Music Journal, 2008
• 'A Book Goes on Holiday - Iceland: its Scenes and Sagas', SBGAS Newslatter, Oct 2007
• 'A Book Goes on Holiday - A Book of the Pyrenees', SBGAS Newsletter, June 2007
• 'Working from Home - Collecting Folk songs from Lewtrenchard', SBGAS Transaction, 2007
• 'Touching on Nelson: Sabine Baring-Gould on the Trafalgar Centenary', SBGAS Newsletter Oct 2005
• Baring-Gould and Gladstone', SBGAS Newsletter, June 2004
• 'A Hard Road to Travel: The folk process at work', SBGAS, June 2003
• 'When we went A Gipsying', SBGAS Transactions, 2003
• Songs of the West Rediscovered, English Dance and Song, Spring 1995

Books

• Iceland - It's Scenes and Sagas - Foreword to the reprint of Baring-Gould's 1963 book published by Signal.  Click here for details
• A Garland of Country Song  -  Introduction to the 1998 reprint of Baring-Gould's second song book published by Llanerch Press.  Click here for details
• Folk Song: Tradition Revival and Re-creation, Ed. Ian Russell and David Atkinson, Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, 2004 - 'Sabine Baring-Gould and his old singing men', paper delivered at the conference marking the centenary of the Folk Song Society held in Sheffield in July 1998. 

 

Websites

Websites related to work by Martin and Shan include:

Songs of the West - (www.sbgsongs.org/)

A collection of material about Sabine Baring-Gould including a more detailed biography, photographs, songs, bibliography, articles and other reources.

 

Sabine Baring-Gould Appreciation Society (SBGAS)  - (www.sbgas.org)

The website for the literary society associated with SB-G.  Details and reports of events, SB-G timeline, SB-G links, photos and other good stuff

 

Traditional Song Forum  -  (www.tradsong.org) 

A resource for those interested in studying or collecting English Traditional Song.  It includes records of Forum meetings and other events as well a number of useful resources.

 

Nice Warm Socks  -  (www.nicewarmsocks.org.uk)

Site dedicated to the CD and associated resources for the 'Nice Warm Socks' project, bringing songs to young people and, particularly, to those with special needs.  The site includes notes for using song to support early learning, use with AAC and other learning as well as downloadable resources such as printable song sheets (with music) and a link to symbols through Widgit Software.