In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast

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  Roud 68 - The Twelve Days of Christmas (with Steve Roud) 13.08.2026 1h 37min

  Roud 68 - THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS Guest: steve roud  Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree   Subscribe to our PATREON   Your host: Matt Quinn Traditional recordings: Bob & Ron Copper Modern recordings: Twelfth Day Wassail album (John Kirkpatrick et all) 70 Golden Nursery Rhymes at 8mins 43s (Martin Carthy, Isla St Clair etc) Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library The Traditional Song Forum 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 Topic Records Musical Traditions One Row Records    Other Folk Song/Music podcasts: The Folk Files Nick Caffrey: A Singer's View The Old Songs Podcast Every Folk Song Folk On Foot Fire Draw Near Handed Down
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  Roud 67: The Knight and the Shepherd's Daughter (with David Atkinson & Nick Hart) 05.08.2026 2h 17min

  Roud 67 - THE KNIGHT AND THE SHEPHERD'S DAUGHTER History Guest: David Atkinson Singer guest: Nick Hart  Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree   Subscribe to our PATREON   Your host: Matt Quinn Traditional Recordings: Charlie Carver Emily Sparkes John Strachan Lizzie Higgins Modern performances: A.L. Lloyd  The Young Tradition The Young Tradition (live) Steeleye Span Fay Hield Andy Turner Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library The Traditional Song Forum 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 Topic Records Musical Traditions One Row Records    Other Folk Song/Music podcasts: The Folk Files Nick Caffrey: A Singer's View The Old Songs Podcast Every Folk Song Folk On Foot Fire Draw Near Handed Down
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  Roud 66: Tom Potts (with Helen Lindley) 29.07.2026 49min

  Roud 66 - TOM POTTS Guest: Helen Lindley  Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree   Subscribe to our PATREON   Your host: Matt Quinn Modern recordings: Helen Lindley Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library The Traditional Song Forum 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 Topic Records Musical Traditions One Row Records    Other Folk Song/Music podcasts: The Folk Files Nick Caffrey: A Singer's View The Old Songs Podcast Every Folk Song Folk On Foot Fire Draw Near Handed Down
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  Roud 65: Willie o' Douglas Dale (with Helen Lindley) 22.07.2026 49min

  Roud 65 - WILLIE O' DOUGLAS DALE Guest: Helen Lindley  Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree   Subscribe to our PATREON   Your host: Matt Quinn   Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library The Traditional Song Forum 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 Topic Records Musical Traditions One Row Records    Other Folk Song/Music podcasts: The Folk Files Nick Caffrey: A Singer's View The Old Songs Podcast Every Folk Song Folk On Foot Fire Draw Near Handed Down
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  Roud 64: Willie of Winsbury (with Sheena Wellington & Sophie Crawford) 15.07.2026 1h 43min

  Roud 64 - WILLIE OF WINSBURY History Guest: Sheena Wellington Singer guest: Sophie Crawford  Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree   Subscribe to our PATREON   Your host: Matt Quinn Traditional Recordings: Joe McCafferty Stanley Robertson Betsy & Bryce White Robert Cinnamond Modern performances: Anne Briggs Andy Irvine (Sweeney's Men) Andy Irvine (solo) Nic Jones Annais Mitchell Jim Moray Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne Sam Sweeney & Hannah James Queer Folk Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library The Traditional Song Forum 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 Topic Records Musical Traditions One Row Records    Other Folk Song/Music podcasts: The Folk Files Nick Caffrey: A Singer's View The Old Songs Podcast Every Folk Song Folk On Foot Fire Draw Near Handed Down
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  Roud 63: Johnny Scott (with Sheena Wellington & Emily Smith) 08.07.2026 1h 31min

  Roud 63 - JOHNNY SCOTT History Guest: Sheena Wellington Singer guest: Emily Smith  Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree   Subscribe to our PATREON   Your host: Matt Quinn Traditional Recordings: Mary Baylon Modern performances: Sean Corcoran Susan McKeown The MacMath Collective Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library The Traditional Song Forum 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 Topic Records Musical Traditions One Row Records    Other Folk Song/Music podcasts: The Folk Files Nick Caffrey: A Singer's View The Old Songs Podcast Every Folk Song Folk On Foot Fire Draw Near Handed Down
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  Roud 62: Brown Robin (with Helen Lindley) 01.07.2026 51min

  Roud 62 - BROWN ROBIN Guest: Helen Lindley  Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree   Subscribe to our PATREON   Your host: Matt Quinn   Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library The Traditional Song Forum 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 Topic Records Musical Traditions One Row Records    Other Folk Song/Music podcasts: The Folk Files Nick Caffrey: A Singer's View The Old Songs Podcast Every Folk Song Folk On Foot Fire Draw Near Handed Down
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  Roud 61: The Gay Goshawk (with Steve Roud & Nancy Kerr) 24.06.2026 2h 11min

  Roud 61 - THE GAY GOSHAWK History Guest: Steve Roud Singer guest: Nancy Kerr  Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree   Subscribe to our PATREON   Your host: Matt Quinn Modern performances: The Magpie Arc Stone Angel Alison McMorland (Some Ballads of Anna Gordon album) Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library The Traditional Song Forum 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 Topic Records Musical Traditions One Row Records    Other Folk Song/Music podcasts: The Folk Files Nick Caffrey: A Singer's View The Old Songs Podcast Every Folk Song Folk On Foot Fire Draw Near Handed Down
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  A Sailor and His True Love - Alvar Smith CD release (with Alvar Smith) 04.06.2026 51min

  Bonus episode of In The Roud. 24th May 2026 saw the release of A Sailor and His True Love by Alvar Smith on CD and digital download.  For this episode, I am joined by Alvar Smith himself to chat about his life, his experiences at the Blaxhall Ship and his own traditional songs.  This release comes from Veteran - The Traditional Music Label
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  Bonus episode: Oli Steadman - 365 Days of Folk 13.05.2026 1h 18min

  Oli Steadman 365 Days of Folk In The Roud on Patreon
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  Roud 60: The Brisk Young Sailor (with Steve Gardham & Seb Stone) 29.04.2026 2h

  Roud 60 - THE BRISK YOUNG SAILOR History Guest: Steve Gardham Singer guest: Seb Stone  Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree   Subscribe to our PATREON   Your host: Matt Quinn Traditional recording: Joseph Taylor Tom Willet Sarah Porter - album: Just Another Saturday Night Carolyne Hughes Danny Brazil - album: Down by the Old Riverside Amy Birch Modern performances:   Emily Portman & Rob Harbron Martin Carthy Shirley Collins Jim Causley  Seb Stone Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library The Traditional Song Forum 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 Topic Records Musical Traditions One Row Records    Other Folk Song/Music podcasts: The Folk Files Nick Caffrey: A Singer's View The Old Songs Podcast Every Folk Song Folk On Foot Fire Draw Near Handed Down
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  Roud 59: Fair Mary of Wallington (with vic Gammon & Frankie Archer) 22.04.2026 2h 5min

  Roud 59 - FAIR MARY OF WALLINGTON History Guest: Vic Gammon Singer guest: Frankie Archer Pre-order Frankie's debut album here  Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree   Subscribe to our PATREON   Your host: Matt Quinn Traditional recording: Bell Duncan Bell Duncan transcription   Modern performances: June Tabor James Findlay Cath & Phil Tyler Frankie Archer Frankie Archer (live) Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library The Traditional Song Forum 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 Topic Records Musical Traditions One Row Records    Other Folk Song/Music podcasts: The Folk Files Nick Caffrey: A Singer's View The Old Songs Podcast Every Folk Song Folk On Foot Fire Draw Near Handed Down
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  Roud 58: Jellon Grame (with Steve Roud & Nick Caffrey) 15.04.2026 1h 58min

  Roud 58 - JELLON GRAME History Guest: Steve Roud Singer guest: Nick Caffrey  Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree   Subscribe to our PATREON   Your host: Matt Quinn   Modern performances:  Paul Clayton Peggy Seeger Broadside Electric  Sara Grey and Kieron Means Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library The Traditional Song Forum 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 Topic Records Musical Traditions One Row Records    Other Folk Song/Music podcasts: The Folk Files Nick Caffrey: A Singer's View The Old Songs Podcast Every Folk Song Folk On Foot Fire Draw Near Handed Down
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  Roud 57: False Foodrage (with Brian Peters) 08.04.2026 1h 23min

  Roud 57 - FALSE FOODRAGE Guest: Brian Peters  Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree   Your host: Matt Quinn   Modern performances: Brian Peters Chris Coe Katherine Campbell Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library The Traditional Song Forum 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 Topic Records Musical Traditions One Row Records    Other Folk Song/Music podcasts: The Folk Files The Old Songs Podcast Every Folk Song Folk On Foot Fire Draw Near Handed Down
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  Roud 56: Young Johnstone (with Steve Roud & Ellen Mitchell) 01.04.2026 1h 7min

  Roud 56 - YOUNG JOHNSTONE History Guest: Steve Roud Singer guest: Ellen Mitchell  Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree   Your host: Matt Quinn Traditional Recordings: Jessie MacDonald Betsy Whyte Modern performances: Ellen Mitchell Jackie Oates June Tabor Alistair Roberts Ewan MacColl Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library The Traditional Song Forum 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 Topic Records Musical Traditions One Row Records    Other Folk Song/Music podcasts: The Folk Files The Old Songs Podcast Every Folk Song Folk On Foot Fire Draw Near Handed Down
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  Roud 55: Prince Robert (with Steve Roud & Jackie Oates) 25.03.2026 1h 41min

  Roud 55 - PRINCE ROBERT History Guest: Steve Roud Singer guest: Jackie Oates  Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree   Your host: Matt Quinn Traditional Recordings: Jim Kelly Frank Feeney Modern performances: Jackie Oates Al O'Donnell Lankum Ewan McLennan Caladh Nua Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library The Traditional Song Forum 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 Topic Records Musical Traditions One Row Records    Other Folk Song/Music podcasts: The Folk Files The Old Songs Podcast Every Folk Song Folk On Foot Fire Draw Near Handed Down
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  Roud 54: Barbara Allen (with Vic Gammon & Nancy Kerr) 18.03.2026 2h 54min

  Roud 54 - BARBARA ALLEN History Guest: Vic Gammon Singer guest: Nancy Kerr  Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree   Your host: Matt Quinn Traditional Recordings: Musical Traditions for performances by Cecilia Costello, Jim Wilson, Debbie & Pennie Davies, Sarah Makem, George Belton, Patsy Flynn, Sam Larner, Bill Smith, Bob Hart, Dany Brazl and Wiggy Smith. Veteran Records for performances by Emma Briggs, Phil Tanner, Vic Legg, Phoebe Smith and Fred Jordan.  Topic Records for performances by Sarah Makem, Johnny Doughty, John Hughes, Bess Cronin, Charlie Scamp and Caroline Hughes. Modern performances: Nancy Kerr Frankie Archer Gavin Atkin Shirley Collins (1959) Shiley Collins (1967) Shirley Collins (2020) Joan Baez Martin Carthy (Signs of Life -  1998) Martin Carthy (Songlinks - 2003) Jon Boden (A Folk Song a Day) Nic Jones Norma Waterson Martin Simpson Pete Morton Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library The Traditional Song Forum 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 Topic Records Musical Traditions One Row Records    Other Folk Song/Music podcasts: The Folk Files The Old Songs Podcast Every Folk Song Folk On Foot Fire Draw Near Handed Down
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  Roud 53: Child Maurice (with Sandra Kerr & Jon Boden) 11.03.2026 2h 37min

  Roud 53 - CHILD MORRIS History Guest: Sandra Kerr Singer guest: Jon Boden  Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree   Your host: Matt Quinn Traditional Recordings:   Martha Stewart Modern performances: Spiers & Boden Spiers & Boden (live) Martin Carthy Alasdair Roberts Piers Cawley Ewan MacColl Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library The Traditional Song Forum 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 Topic Records Musical Traditions One Row Records    Other Folk Song/Music podcasts: The Folk Files The Old Songs Podcast Every Folk Song Folk On Foot Fire Draw Near Handed Down
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  Roud 52: Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (with David Atkinson & Frankie Armstrong) 04.03.2026 2h 14min

  Roud 52 - LITTLE MUSGRAVE AND LADY BARNARD History Guest: David Atkinson (editor of the Folk Music Journal) Singer guest: Frankie Armstrong  Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree   Your host: Matt Quinn Traditional Recordings: Eunice Yeatts McAlexander - album: Far in the Mountains Vol. 1 Mary Lozier - album: Meeting's a Pleasure Vol. 1 & 2 Nimrod Workman - album: Mother Jones' Will Jeannie Robertson   Modern performances: Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne Martin Simpson Nic Jones Planxty Martin Carthy Fairport Convention (studio) Fairport Convention (live) Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library The Traditional Song Forum 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 Topic Records Musical Traditions One Row Records    Other Folk Song/Music podcasts: The Folk Files The Old Songs Podcast Every Folk Song Folk On Foot Fire Draw Near Handed Down
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  Roud 51: The Unquiet Grave (with Brian Peters & Nick Dow) 25.02.2026 2h 19min

  Roud 51 - THE UNQUIET GRAVE History Guest: Brian Peters Singer guest: Nick Dow  Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree   Your host: Matt Quinn Traditional Recordings: George Dunn - album: Chainmaker May Bradley - album: Sweet Swansea Stanley Robertson Jeff Wesley   Modern performances: Shirley Collins  Peter & Barbara Snape The Askew Sisters Frankie Armstrong Bellowhead John Kirkaptrick & Sue Harris John Kirkpatrick Nancy Kerr Granny's Attic Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library The Traditional Song Forum 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 Topic Records Musical Traditions One Row Records    Other Folk Song/Music podcasts: The Old Songs Podcast Every Folk Song Folk On Foot Fire Draw Near Handed Down