Steve Roud

A free, half-day workshop at Sheffield University on using the Vaughan Williams Library Digital Archive, and its latest addition the James Madison Carpenter Collection.

Steve Roud’s ‘Folk Song in England’ is a much-needed book, less about the song and more about the cultural life of those who sang them. He tackles the murky waters well as he investigates the wider social history of traditional song in England and he succeeds at furthering our understanding rather than hindering it. An essential and inspiring read.