The Song Detectorists unearth music in the most unlikely places tonight at 9.45pm on Radio 3: political balladry hidden in legal documents and - most exciting of all - a score in Henry Purcell's own hand among the minutes of a town council. @musicheritageplace.bsky.social @nancyannfolk.bsky.social

This is a wonderful collection, and through it I discovered something new about my favourite tune - Night Till Morn AKA “A Love”…

This is a wonderful collection, and through it I discovered something new about my favourite tune - Night Till Morn AKA “A Love”…

Here's a taster of tonight's episode. Join us on BBC Radio 3 at 9.45pm as we journey to Northamptonshire with @matthewbannister.bsky.social @natalie-steed.bsky.social @nancyannfolk.bsky.social and the Melrose Quartet. #music #heritage #place #songdetectorists

Tonight on BBC Radio 3, Matthew and the Song Detectorists discover why a gentlewoman from Wiltshire collected this salty song of the sea (sung by the wonderful Melrose Quartet). Tune in at 21:45 or listen afterwards on BBC Sounds. @nancyannfolk.bsky.social

Wiltshire tonight on #thesongdetectorists I fell in love with many of the songs found here - all collected/composed by women - AND got to work with brilliant local historian Lucy Whitfield! @musicheritageplace.bsky.social

Tonight's episode on BBC Radio 3 takes us to Wiltshire. Tune in at 9.45pm for another adventure by the #songdetectorists

Wiltshire tonight on #thesongdetectorists I fell in love with many of the songs found here - all collected/composed by women - AND got to work with brilliant local historian Lucy Whitfield! @musicheritageplace.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand... Here we are in Lincolnshire - tracking down the Devil and - on a brighter note - The Jolly Miller. @nancyannfolk.bsky.social @musicheritageplace.bsky.social @natalie-steed.bsky.social

Episode 2 tonight!

Tune into @radio3.es for tonight’s adventure in Lincolnshire! I’m looking at place names and bits of melody as they surface in this region over the centuries - and the Devil features heavily! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Lincolnshire tonight! The cradle of English folk, in many ways, and a favourite region of mine. Jess & Richard Arrowsmith’s super version of Jolly Miller is the first tune in the book we’re uncovering, and I look at bits of melody and place names as they resurface across centuries. 9.45 Radio 3

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... In case you missed it - here’s tonight’s Song Detectorists - “rewilding” the West Gallery compositions of a thatcher from Shropshire. Thanks to @nancyannfolk.bsky.social and The Melrose Quartet, @musicheritageplace.bsky.social and @natalie-steed.bsky.social

@shrewsburyfolk.bsky.social Splendid sharing of an equally splendid example of what makes #ShrewsburyFolkFestival such a top tier Folk event. Don't know if @matthewbannister.bsky.social and the @folkonfoot.com team have ever had the pleasure of visiting SFF. :)

Lincolnshire tonight! The cradle of English folk, in many ways, and a favourite region of mine. Jess & Richard Arrowsmith’s super version of Jolly Miller is the first tune in the book we’re uncovering, and I look at bits of melody and place names as they resurface across centuries. 9.45 Radio 3

It was very moving to hear our Melrose Quartet Shrewsbury Folk Festival song workshop revisited as part of this season 2 premiere last night. Thanks to @natalie-steed.bsky.social for capturing our teaching - something we love to do! Listen again here and to the rest of the series all week.

We're off to Lincolnshire in search of the Devil with Carol Dawson, @nancyannfolk.bsky.social and the Melrose Quartet and @musicheritageplace.bsky.social in tonight's Song Detectorists on Radio 3 at 9.45pm. Lovely production, as ever, by @natalie-steed.bsky.social

Lincolnshire tonight!

Tune to BBC Radio 3 at 21:45 tonight for the second series of the #songdectorists, starting in Shropshire

Very excited for - and proud of - this!

Series 2 of The Song Detectorists launches tonight! Featuring me with Melrose Quartet, and the @musicheritageplace.bsky.social team. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Really exciting work by our colleagues at @musicheritageplace.bsky.social discovering Purcell manuscripts!

An exciting discovery!

Tomorrow livetoyourlivingroom.com/events/simps...

Off to Kimpton folk fest as usual at this time of year! I’ll be presenting some of the discoveries so far from AHRC project Music Heritage Place, with very special guests the National Youth Folk Troupe of England. 3.30 at the Dacre Rooms kimptonfolk.co.uk/schedules

I’m really looking forward to teaching at the Folkworks Summer Sessions in Gateshead this July 16-18! Book your tickets now for what I’m sure will be a brilliant few days of music making and fun. theglasshouseicm.org/whats-on/fol...

I’m really looking forward to teaching at the Folkworks Summer Sessions in Gateshead this July 16-18! Book your tickets now for what I’m sure will be a brilliant few days of music making and fun. theglasshouseicm.org/whats-on/fol...

This beautiful collection has been explored by a range of musicians including our much-missed Paul Sartin. My new words to the ubiquitous Evening Hymn are inspired by the Test Valley and Richard Adams’s Watership Down. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

This beautiful collection has been explored by a range of musicians including our much-missed Paul Sartin. My new words to the ubiquitous Evening Hymn are inspired by the Test Valley and Richard Adams’s Watership Down. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Music from an eighteenth-century tune book unearthed in the County archives is brought back to life by Nancy Kerr and the Melrose Quartet in Matthew’s series “The Song Detectorists” tonight on BBC Radio 3 at 9:45pm, and on BBC Sounds. @nancyannfolk.bsky.social @natalie-steed.bsky.social

Highly recommended intro to the Radio 4 series. And @nancyannfolk.bsky.social mentions that Lincolnshire discoveries may emerge! My village desperately needed a 19th century song collector. Cheerful admission by our singing foreman Alfred Bateman in the 1930s. 'He couldn't remember any more words'!!

Nancy Kerr chatting to Tim Walker last night about the massively exciting “Music Heritage Place” national research project, and the five-episode BBC Radio 3 series “The Song Detectorists” that starts tonight on The Essay at 9:45pm. Nancy joins at the 1:29:00 mark. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

A rich mix for anyone drawn to history & song! Radio 3, 9.45, Mon 12 May on. Seeking music in County archives. @matthewbannister.bsky.social musicians @nancyannfolk.bsky.social & @jamesfagan.bsky.social. Nancy sets powerful poem by a woman fighting case to keep her home. Deserves a whole programme!

Delightful sense of the collaborative nature of this research, conveyed by the brilliant team! A treat to play a part in exploring these beautiful carol traditions.

Tonight on BBC R3 The Song Detectorists are in Cornwall! Hear an 1816 carol with a mystery female collector, along with its Australian descendent, which I’ve used for a setting of a Henry Lawson poem. Stories of sacred song, industry, gender & diaspora.

Hear the story behind this dramatic ballad from Norfolk sung by Nancy Kerr and the Melrose Quartet in @matthewbannister.bsky.social’s new Radio 3 series “The Song Detectorists” – tonight on BBC Radio 3 at 2145 – and on BBC Sounds. @natalie-steed.bsky.social @nancyannfolk.bsky.social

On the trail of “The Song Detectorists”, @matthewbannister.bsky.social visits a grand stately home outside Wakefield to uncover music of the early 19th century. Listen to his series on Radio 3 tonight at 9:45pm and on BBC Sounds. @nancyannfolk.bsky.social @natalie-steed.bsky.social

Very moving to see my setting of this 1600s ballad with the images of the hall where the writer - a Mrs MH - lived!

Thank you!

I loved the shape of this episode… from Rossini, via a sweet minuet, to the raucous Danse Canadienne! The genre-busting collections of Louisa Winn.

@matthewbannister.bsky.social’s made a brilliant new BBC Radio 3 series with FoF producer @natalie-steed.bsky.social, plus @nancyannfolk.bsky.social and the Melrose Quartet – delving into county archives to uncover music from the 17th to 19th centuries Starts Monday 9:45pm on Radio 3 and BBC Sounds

Tune in tomorrow on BBC Radio 3!

Don’t miss Thank Goodness it’s Folk this Friday 10am, www.sheffieldlive.org Sam Hindley talks to Nancy Kerr @nancyannfolk.bsky.social about her upcoming BBC Radio 3 series on The Essay about her research for “Music Heritage Place”, & to Rosie Butler-Hall about Sãwol and the English Fiddle Ensemble

From Monday May 12th, our AHRC research project Music Heritage Place is the focus for The Essay on BBC Radio 3! The Song Detectorists features Melrose Quartet reimagining archival gems for the 21st Century. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

From Monday May 12th, our AHRC research project Music Heritage Place is the focus for The Essay on BBC Radio 3! The Song Detectorists features Melrose Quartet reimagining archival gems for the 21st Century. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Really looking forward to our Newcastle University music student showcase tomorrow! Hopefully an uplifting transition into a very welcome spring break.

📣We are recruiting📣 Deadline is Monday We are looking for a new Archivist to join our team at the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS). The role, responsible for the cataloguing, organisation and preservation of the archives. The deadline for applications is 10am on Monday bit.ly/4hxsImw

What a fantastically exciting day spent with Melrose Quartet making 5 programmes for BBC Radio 3 about Music, Heritage, Place! Watch for news on how to hear them in the spring. musicheritageplace.uk