English Dance & Song Magazine

English Dance & Song is the longest-established magazine devoted to folk music, dance and song in the country. First published in 1936, it has appeared at least four times a year ever since.

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Winter 2009 Issue

There’s a seasonal flavour to some of the features in this issue. Plus, a full list of Folk Festivals in 2010, which is also available on the website [LINK].

The Singer, Song and Source feature is Bella Hardy, whose song is ‘All in the Morning’ from her latest CD, In the Shadow of Mountains. The song is from Derbyshire’s Castleton Carol Tradition, which Ian Russell writes about in The Source.

Continuing the seasonal theme, there’s a feature on The Drayton Wassail song custom from Somerset, which Cecil Sharp visited a hundred years ago. And news of the re-publication of Percy Maylam’s book about The Hooden Horse of Kent.

In Never on Sunday in Widecombe, Rollo Woods examines a unique manuscript collection of tunes from the famous village in Dartmoor, Devon.

There’s a feature on the remarkable dance and music group, The Fosbrooks, from Stockport in Cheshire: The Fosbrooks Phenomenon.

Fellside Recordings are the latest in our series on independent record labels.

There’s a feature on the EFDSS’s latest publication, The Fallibroome Collection, a new edition, by Nic Broadbridge, of Bernard Bentley’s classic collection of English country dances.

An article focuses on the Take 6 Education Project, written by Education Director, Rachel Elliott.

EFDSS Matters celebrates Library Director, Malcolm Taylor’s 30 years at the EFDSS, and the continuing party for Cecil Sharp’s 150th birthday.

Plus all the regular features – festive round-up, news, reviews and dance events.