List of traditional singers explained

A traditional singer, also known as a source singer, is someone who has learned folk songs in the oral tradition, usually from older people within their community.

From around the beginning of the twentieth century, song collectors such as Cecil Sharp went to rural areas to collect traditional songs. Later, Percy Grainger and James Madison Carpenter, followed by Alan Lomax and Peter Kennedy, made field recordings of traditional singers. Many old ballads, including the famous Child Ballads, were found within the oral tradition in the twentieth century.

List of traditional singers

(Arranged by nation and year of birth)

England

Scotland

Ireland

See traditional Irish singers

Wales

USA

Canada

Australia

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Copper Family . 2022-03-17 . www.thecopperfamily.com.
  2. Web site: Sussex Traditions . 2022-03-17 . sussextraditions.org.
  3. Web site: Percy Grainger's collection of ethnographic wax cylinders . 2022-03-17 . blogs.bl.uk . en.
  4. Web site: Overd, Emma - Cecil Sharps People . 2022-03-17 . cecilsharpspeople.org.uk.
  5. Web site: White, Lucy - Cecil Sharps People . 2022-03-17 . cecilsharpspeople.org.uk.
  6. Web site: Sam Bennett THE~TRADITIONAL~ILMINGTON~MORRIS~MEN . 2022-03-17 . en-US.
  7. Web site: Sussex Traditions . 2022-03-17 . sussextraditions.org.
  8. Web site: Sam Larner . 2022-03-17 . East Anglian Traditional Music Trust . en-US.
  9. Web site: Cecilia CostelloBirmingham Music Archive . 2022-03-17 . www.birminghammusicarchive.com.
  10. Web site: Harry Cox . 2022-03-17 . East Anglian Traditional Music Trust . en-US.
  11. Web site: david . Bob Roberts - Songs From The Sailing Barges . 2022-03-17 . Topic Records . en-US.
  12. Web site: Walter Pardon . 2022-03-17 . East Anglian Traditional Music Trust . en-US.
  13. Web site: 2002-08-08 . Obituary: Fred Jordan . 2022-03-17 . The Guardian . en.
  14. Web site: david . Frank Hinchliffe - In Sheffield Park . 2022-03-17 . Topic Records . en-US.
  15. Web site: Browse the Collection . 2022-03-17 . www.dhi.ac.uk.
  16. Web site: John Strachan: Songs from Aberdeenshire Association for Cultural Equity . 2022-03-17 . The Association for Cultural Equity . en.
  17. Web site: Jimmy MacBeath : Tramps & Hawkers Association for Cultural Equity . 2022-03-17 . The Association for Cultural Equity . en.
  18. Web site: History of the Stewarts Famous Stewarts Belle Stewart . 2022-03-17 . www.stewartsociety.org.
  19. Web site: 2012-11-01 . Jeannie Robertson MBE . 2022-03-17 . Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame . en-US.
  20. Web site: Remembering the Legacy of Duncan Williamson as Part of National Storytelling Week Events in Scotland . 2022-03-17 . Scottish Storytelling Centre . en-GB.
  21. Web site: 2015-05-20 . Flora MacNeil obituary . 2022-03-17 . The Guardian . en.
  22. Web site: 2019-10-23 . Lizzie Higgins . 2022-03-17 . Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame . en-US.
  23. Web site: 2012-11-01 . Dr Kenna Campbell MBE . 2022-03-17 . Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame . en-US.
  24. Web site: 2014-12-16 . Sheila Stewart obituary . 2022-03-17 . The Guardian . en.
  25. Web site: TANNER, PHILIP (1862 - 1950), folk singer Dictionary of Welsh Biography . 2022-03-17 . biography.wales.
  26. Web site: Family Songs and Stories from the North Carolina Mountains . 2022-03-17 . folkways.si.edu . en-US.
  27. Web site: Jane Hicks Gentry – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area . 2022-03-17 . www.blueridgeheritage.com.
  28. Web site: Bascom Lamar Lunsford . 2022-03-17 . Discogs . en.
  29. Web site: Encyclopedia of Arkansas . 2022-03-17 . Encyclopedia of Arkansas . en-US.
  30. Web site: Clarence Ashley Biography, Songs, & Albums . 2022-03-17 . AllMusic . en.
  31. Web site: Horton Barker - Traditional Singer . 2022-03-17 . folkways.si.edu . en-US.
  32. Web site: Texas Gladden . 2022-03-17 . www.mustrad.org.uk.
  33. Web site: Nimrod Workman . 2022-03-17 . www.arts.gov . en.
  34. Web site: Almeda Riddle: Now Let‘s Talk about Singing . 2022-03-17 . Folkstreams . en.
  35. Web site: Dillard Chandler – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area . 2022-03-17 . www.blueridgeheritage.com.
  36. Web site: Frank Proffitt Sings Folk Songs . 2022-03-17 . folkways.si.edu . en-US.
  37. Web site: 2015-06-03 . Jean Ritchie obituary . 2022-03-17 . The Guardian . en.
  38. Web site: Sheila Kay Adams – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area . 2022-03-17 . www.blueridgeheritage.com.
  39. Web site: O.J. Abbott Biography, Songs, & Albums . 2022-03-17 . AllMusic . en.
  40. Web site: Family Heritage: The Story and Songs of LaRena Clark . 2022-03-17 . University of Calgary Press . en-CA.
  41. Web site: Search . 2022-08-21 . www.vwml.org.
  42. Web site: The music of Sally Sloane . 2022-08-21 . The music of Sally Sloane . en.