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.
2010
16th January Cellar Upstairs, London www.cellarupstairs.org.uk
12th - 14th Feb Cheltenham Folk Festival http://tinyurl.com/yabdfyy
13th March Ryburn 3 Step Spring Sing http://tinyurl.com/yctmggk
30th March House concert, Melbourne (contact Enda Kenny)
1st April National Folklore Conference 2010, Canberra http://tinyurl.com/yhfgpqa
8th April Hills Folk Club, Perth (contact Ken Kenny)
9th - 11th Apr Fairbridge Festival, Pinjarra, W Australia. www.fairbridgefestival.com.au
24th April House Concert, Perth (contact Ken Kenny)
24th April Workshop/Concert, Berkeley, California (Contact Dick Holdstock)
26th June Lewes Saturday Folk Club www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org
21st - 27th Aug Whitby Folk Week. www.whitbyfolk.co.uk
22nd - 29th Oct Baring-Gould Festival and Song School www.wrenmusic.co.uk
(Event organisers - if you want to know more about what we could do for you click here.)
- 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/ )
- 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-mastered and is now available again from Wildgoose records (http://www.wildgoose.co.uk/) or from Wren (see http://www.wrenmusic.co.uk/).
- Parallel Strands (Wildgoose Records WGS 323) - Our first CD singing together. This is a mixture of songs from the Baring-Gould collection and Martin's own songs. Musicians and singers involved in the process were Keith Kendrick, Jeff Gillett, Paul Wilson, Paul Burgess, Paul Sartin, Barry Lister, Lyn Heraud and Pat Turner. The CD was produced by Doug Bailey. Click on the menu tab at the right for more details.
- 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
- 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/
- Dusty Diamonds (Wildgoose WGS359CD) - A collection of songs from the manuscripts of Sabine Baring-Gould , with a couple from Cecil Sharp and two of Martin's own songs. Martin and Shan's vocals are supported by Keith Kendrick's concertinas and by the fantastic fiddling of Becki Driscoll and Nick Wyke. Click on the menu tab at the right for more details.
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
Mant of the articles referred to here can be read on my 'Songs of the West' website, www.sbgsongs.org. If there are any articles that you want to read and cannot get hold of please contact me.
- A pretty wedding gift', SBGAS Newsletter, Oct 2009
- 'The Global Baring-Gould', SBGAS Newsletter, Oct 2009
- 'Sabine Baring-Gould and the age of electronic printing', SBGAS Newsletter, Feb 2009
- 'A Book goes on Holiday - The Land of Teck and its Neighbourhood', SBGAS Newsletter, Oct 2008
- 'Farewell Heat and Welcome Frost' (Sabine Baring-Gould's expedition to Iceland), 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 Newsletter, 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 Transactions, 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 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.