The Gathering will be followed by some informal drinks at the Travelling Through… bookshop and cafe on Lower Marsh, from 4pm. + highlights from our recent song collecting trip to Ireland, which was filmed and recorded by Radio 4, who will be broadcasting a 2-part documentary on song collecting and the work of the SCC on May 1st & 8th + Lead Curator of World and Traditional Music at the British Library – Dr Janet Topp Fargion + folklorist extraordinaire and author of Folk Song in England, The English Year, The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs, London Lore, and many, many other books – Steve Roud + founder of The Nest Collective and co-founder of The Song Collectors Collective – Sam Lee + Romani folklore, animism and otherworld spirits from the author of We Borrow the Earth – Patrick Jasper Lee + leader of the James Madison Carpenter Collection Project – Dr Julia Bishop + the phenomenal Scottish singer and song collector – Margaret Bennett As in previous years, we will have insightful talks from esteemed invitees such as: The SCC Gathering is a celebration of folk and oral cultures in the fine company of some of the leading folklorists, singers, musicians and storytellers in Britain today.
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