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In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast

Join folk singer Matt Quinn (with help of folklorists, historians and folk singers) as he dives into the Roud Index on a journey through the world of traditional folk song.

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03:21:14

Roud 40: Lord Bateman (with Steve Gardham, Ruth Perry...

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast ·

2025/08/01

Roud 40 - LORD BATEMAN History Guest: Steve Gardham & Ruth Perry Singer guest: John Kirkpatrick Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree Your host: Matt Quinn Traditional versions: Joseph Taylor Tom Willett - album: Adieu to Old England - The Willet Family Alice Penfold - album: Here's Luck to a Man Nimrod Workman - album: Mother Jones' Will Eunice Yeatts McAlexander - album: Far in the Mountains Vol. 1 Gordon Hall John Reilly Modern performances: The

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01:10:17

Roud 39: The King's Daughter Lady Jean (with Jo Miller)

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast ·

2025/07/23

Roud 39 - THE KING'S DAUGHTER LADY JEAN Guest: Jo Miller Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree Your host: Matt Quinn Traditional versions: Maureen Jelks John Strachan Willie Mathieson Sara Cleveland Modern performances: Hedy West Tim Erikson Martin Simpson Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library Sussex Traditions GlousTrad Tobas an Dualchais/Kist o Riches Jon Boden’s A Folk Song A Day Andy Turner’s A Folk Song A

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02:16:53

Roud 38: The Two Brothers (Jo Miller & Kirsty Law)

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast ·

2025/07/16

Roud 38 - THE TWO BROTHERS Historical guest: Jo Miller Singer Guest: Kirsty Law Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree Your host: Matt Quinn Traditional versions: Lizzie Higgins - album: In Memory of Lizzie Higgins Lucy Stewart Mrs J (Florence) Puckett - album: When Cecil Left the Mountains Texas Gladden Belle Stewart Jeannie Robertson Sheila Stewart Modern performances: Rubus Peter Bellamy Jon Boden Jim Causley Granny's Attic Alison

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01:43:10

Roud 37: Proud Lady Margaret (with Nora Rodes)

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast ·

2025/07/09

Roud 37 - PROUD LADY MARGARET Guest: Nora Rodes Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree Your host: Matt Quinn Traditional versions: Lizzie Higgins - album: In Memory of Lizzie Higgins Modern performances: Pete & Chris Coe Katherine Campbell Ewan MacColl Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library Sussex Traditions GlousTrad Tobas an Dualchais/Kist o Riches Jon Boden’s A Folk Song A Day Andy Turner’s A Folk Song A Week

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01:44:36

Roud 36: Captain Wedderburn's Courtship (with Steve...

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast ·

2025/07/03

Roud 36 - TCAPTAIN WEDDERBURN'S COURTSHIP Historical guest: Steve Roud Singer Guest: Barbara Snape Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree Your host: Matt Quinn Traditional versions: Maggie Murphy Duncan Williamson Sarah Makem - album: As I Roved Out Willie Clancy Seamus Ennis Modern performances: Bellowhead Jon Boden's A Folk Song a Day Karine Polwart & Alasdair Robert Ewan MacColl Tim Hart & Maddy Prior Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The

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02:38:34

Roud 35: Tam Lin (with Amy Leach & Piers Cawley)

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast ·

2025/06/25

Roud 35 - TAM LIN Historical guest: Amy Leach Singer Guest: Piers Cawley Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree Your host: Matt Quinn Traditional versions: Betsy Johnston & Willie Whyte (same track) Duncan Williamson Eddie Butcher Modern performances: The Old Songs Podcast episode on Tam Lin with Jim Moray Mike Waterson Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer Moira Craig Ewan MacColl The Forgetmenauts Jon Boden - A Folk Song a Day The Imagined

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02:17:15

Roud 34: The Broomfield Wager (with Brian Peters and...

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast ·

2025/06/18

Roud 34 - THE BROOMFIELD WAGER Historical guest: Brian Peters Singer Guest: Rachael McShane Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree Your host: Matt Quinn Traditional versions: Gordon Hall Jean Orchard Viv Legg Cyril Poacher - album: Plenty of Thyme George Dunn - album: Chainmaker Pop Maynard - album: Down the Cherry Tree Walter Pardon Carolyne Hughes Modern performances: Martin Carthy (with Dave Swarbrick) (1965) Martin Carthy (1971) Dr. Faustus

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50:07

Roud 33: Hind Etin (with Helen Lindley)

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast ·

2025/06/11

Roud 33 - HIND ETIN Guest: Helen Lindley Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree Your host: Matt Quinn Modern performances: Gavin Davenport Jim Moray Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library Sussex Traditions GlousTrad Tobas an Dualchais/Kist o Riches Jon Boden’s A Folk Song A Day Andy Turner’s A Folk Song A Week The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection Record labels promoting recordings of traditional singers:

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45:02

Roud 32 - Kempy Kay (with Helen Lindley)

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast ·

2025/06/04

Roud 32 - KEMPY KAY Guest: Helen Lindley Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree Your host: Matt Quinn Modern performances: Martin Carthy Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library Sussex Traditions GlousTrad Tobas an Dualchais/Kist o Riches Jon Boden’s A Folk Song A Day Andy Turner’s A Folk Song A Week The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection Record labels promoting recordings of traditional singers: Veteran Records

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02:35:48

Roud 31: The Trees They Do Grow High (with Sandra...

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast ·

2025/05/28

Roud 31 - THE TREES THEY DO GROW HIGH Historical guest: Sandra Kerr Singer Guest: Chris Foster Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree Your host: Matt Quinn Traditional versions:Lizzie Higgins May Bradley - album: Sweet Swansea Fred Jordan George Dunn - album: Chainmaker Walter Pardon Bob Copper Mary Ann Haynes Stanley Robertson Jeff Wesley Mary McGarvey Modern performances: Martin Carthy Brass Monkey Tony Rose Peter Bellamy Dan Quinn & Will Duke

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01:09:09

Bonus episode - Sing Yonder Vol. 9

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast ·

2025/05/21

A look at head at the upcoming release of Sing Yonder Vol. 9, containing Rouds 81 - 90. With guest and Sing Yonder head supremo Karl Sinfield. Preorder Sing Yonder Vol. 9 Order Sing Yonder CD 2 Sing Yonder Substack Geordie in the style of Eiffel 65

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01:24:18

Bonus Episode: Misc Spotlight - Broadsides and how...

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast ·

2025/04/25

Bonus Episode: Misc Spotlight - Broadsides and how they relate to the oral tradition (with Steve Roud) Guest: Steve Roud Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree Your host: Matt Quinn Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library Sussex Traditions GlousTrad Tobas an Dualchais/Kist o Riches Jon Boden’s A Folk Song A Day Andy Turner’s A Folk Song A Week The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection Record labels promoting recordings

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02:11:45

Roud 30: Willie's Lyke Wake aka The Blue Flowers and...

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast ·

2025/04/16

Roud 30 - WILLIE'S LYKE WAKE aka THE BLUE FLOWERS AND THE YELLOW Historical guest: Steve Byrne Singer Guest: Bryony Griffith Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree Your host: Matt Quinn Modern performances: Shepherd, Spiers & Watson June Tabor & Oysterband Ewan MacColl Jez Lowe Lucy Pringle & Chris Wright Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library Sussex Traditions GlousTrad Tobas an Dualchais/Kist o Riches Jon

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02:42:56

Roud 29: Sir Lionel aka Bold Sir Rylas (with Brian...

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast ·

2025/04/09

Roud 29 - SIR LIONEL aka BOLD SIR RYLAS Historical guest: Brian Peters Singer Guest: Jon Wilks Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Follow us on: Facebook Twitter Instagram Threads Bluesky Your host: Matt Quinn Website: Facebook Twitter Instagram Traditional recordings: Samuel Harmon Buna Hicks (audio) Buna Hicks (video) Bobby McMillon Nimrod Workman - album: Mother Jones' Will Eunice Yeatts MacAlexander - album: Far in the Mountains Vol. 1 Modern performances: Spiers

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02:15:14

Roud 28: Hind Horn (with David Atkinson & Rachel Newton)

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast ·

2025/04/02

Roud 28 - HIND HORN Historical guest: David Atkinson (editor of the Folk Song Journal) Singer Guest: Rachel Newton Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Follow us on: Facebook Twitter Instagram Threads Bluesky Your host: Matt Quinn Website: Facebook Twitter Instagram Traditional recordings: Duncan Williamson Maggie Hammons Parker Edward 'Sandy' Ives Modern performances: Bandoggs Maddy Prior Brian Peters Spiers & Boden Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams

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02:08:10

Roud 27: The Bonnie Banks of Fordie (with Brian...

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast ·

2025/03/26

Roud 27 - THE BONNIE BANKS OF FORDIE Historical guest: Brian Peters Singer Guest: Katie Macfarlane Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Follow us on: Facebook Twitter Instagram Threads Bluesky Your host: Matt Quinn Website: Facebook Twitter Instagram Traditional recordings: Minnie Haman Jessie MacDonald John MacDonald Betsy Miller & Ewan MacColl Stanley Robertson Modern performances: Nic Jones Jon Boden Pete Coe Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne Nick Hart & Tom Moore

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01:43:49

Roud 26: The Cruel Brother (with Martin Nail & Sophie...

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast ·

2025/03/19

Roud 26 - THE CRUEL BROTHER Historical guest: Martin Nail Singer Guest: Sophie Crawford Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Follow us on: Facebook Twitter Instagram Threads Bluesky Your host: Matt Quinn Website: Facebook Twitter Instagram Modern performances: Martin Simpson Crucible Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson Steeleye Span (Cruel Brother) Steeleye Span (Gulliver Gentle and Rosemary) Peggy Seeger & Ewan MacColl The Shee Sophie Crawford Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder

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02:05:40

Roud 25: The Fair Flower of Northumberland (with...

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast ·

2025/03/12

Roud 25 - THE FAIR FLOWER OF NORTHUMBERLAND Historical guest: Sandra Kerr Singer Guest: Alasdair Roberts Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Follow us on: Facebook Twitter Instagram Threads Bluesky Your host: Matt Quinn Website: Facebook Twitter Instagram Traditional Recordings: Lizzie Higgins - original LP album (Roud 25 not included) Lizzie Higgins - full performance on YouTube Stanley Robertson Modern performances: Dick Gaughan Sheena Wellington The Exiles Jackie

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01:07:21

Roud 24: Erlinton (with Helen Lindley)

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast ·

2025/03/05

Roud 24 - ERLINTON Guest: Helen Lindley Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Follow us on: Facebook Twitter Instagram Threads Bluesky Your host: Matt Quinn Website: Facebook Twitter Instagram Modern performances: Thank Goodness It's Folk (feat. Sam Baxter) Jack Rutter Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library Sussex Traditions GlousTrad Tobas an Dualchais/Kist o Riches Jon Boden’s A Folk Song A Day Andy Turner’s A Folk Song A Week The Max

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01:24:55

Roud 23: Earl Brand aka The Douglas Tragedy (With...

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast ·

2025/02/26

Roud 23 - EARL BRAND aka THE DOUGLAS TRAGEDY Historical guest: Steve Gardham Singer Guest: Hannah Martin Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Follow us on: Facebook Twitter Instagram Threads Bluesky Your host: Matt Quinn Website: Facebook Twitter Instagram Traditional Recordings: Bella Higgins Mrs Victoria Morris (album - When Cecil Left The Mountains) Professor and Mrs Greer George Fraser Modern performances: Ewan MacColl Jim Moray The Cecil Sharp Project The

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