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14 Feb 08 - 10:41 AM (#2262244) Subject: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: RoyH (Burl) The late A.L.(Bert)Lloyd, singer, folklorist, writer, and guiding light in the British folk revival, was born on Feb 29th 1908. His centenary comes up next week. How about if folk DJ's broadcasting that night, or artists with a gig, could include a Bert song in their shows? He gave a lot to the folk world,let's honour his memory. Burl. |
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14 Feb 08 - 11:21 AM (#2262277) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: 8_Pints A great idea! Bob |
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14 Feb 08 - 11:26 AM (#2262280) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: Fred McCormick Oh God and my own show's just been uploaded as well. I'll squeeze something in next month. |
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14 Feb 08 - 12:03 PM (#2262319) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: GUEST,Derek Schofield By coincidence, the EFDSS has today released this press release. ENGLISH FOLK DANCE AND SONG SOCIETY 14 February 2008 BERT LLOYD CENTENARY EVENT ANNOUNCED February 29th 2008 marks the centenary of the birth of A.L. (Bert) Lloyd, the renowned English singer, folklorist, journalist, and writer. To mark this anniversary, the English Folk Dance and Song Society will publish a biography, by Dave Arthur, entitled Bert: The Life and Work of A.L. Lloyd. To launch the publication and to celebrate Bert Lloyd's life and work, the English Folk Dance and Song Society will host a day of concerts at its London headquarters, Cecil Sharp House, on Saturday 15 November 2008. Guests confirmed so far include folk luminaries Frankie Armstrong, Martin Carthy, Bob Davenport with Roger Digby, Will Duke, Dan Quinn and Alex West, Roy Harris, Louis Killen, Maddy Prior, Dave Swarbrick, Norma Waterson, Martyn Wyndham-Read with Iris Bishop and, from the current explosion of young singers and musicians, Lisa Knapp and Sam Lee. Bert Lloyd (Albert Lancaster Lloyd, 29 February 1908 – 29 September 1982) was not only a world-famous scholar but also a spellbinding singer who inspired many of today's leading folk performers, giving generously of his time and material. He continues to influence new generations of singers through his books and recordings. Bert's daughter Caroline Clayton and her husband Ted are pleased to support the occasion, all proceeds from which will be donated to the English Folk Dance and Song Society's Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. |
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14 Feb 08 - 12:36 PM (#2262347) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: folk_radio_uk Sounds like a great idea, more than happy to add a heap of tracks into the playlist. I never tire of "A Jug of This" from "English Drinking Songs" on Topic... Alex http://www.folkradio.co.uk |
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14 Feb 08 - 01:41 PM (#2262419) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: Folkiedave I'll also play some of Bert's singing in honour of his birthday. I'll do a piece too if I can find enough material. thread.cfm?threadid=106141 You can find details of my show on the above thread. The link to the podcast now seems to work well. Details of the playlist can be found at here. |
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14 Feb 08 - 01:51 PM (#2262427) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: GUEST,Shimrod I doubt whether anyone who heard Bert sing live will ever forget the experience. An amazing performer! |
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14 Feb 08 - 02:34 PM (#2262467) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: The Sandman well done, EFDSS. |
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14 Feb 08 - 02:42 PM (#2262472) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: Les in Chorlton Looks like a great night out! Thanks to Folkie Dave for the links to the pod casts of his Radio Sheffield Folk Prog. I just had a listen and it sounded excellent! Shimrod, I saw him a couple of times and he certainly was an amazing performer, made every song his own, that's for sure. So where abouts are you then Shim? Cheers Les |
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14 Feb 08 - 03:08 PM (#2262493) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: greg stephens Somewhere in the house, but I haven't managed to find them yet, are reel to reel tapes of Bert classic radio series on Australian songs, which I am not convinced exist in the BBC archives. Can anyone enlighten on this? |
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14 Feb 08 - 04:18 PM (#2262540) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: Folkiedave Sorry Les - the programme is on a community radio called Sheffield Live! Radio Sheffield is the competition (except they scrapped their folk programme ages ago). |
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14 Feb 08 - 06:10 PM (#2262633) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: irishenglish Think I'll play some A.L. that night in tribute! Love his Jack O'Rion with Swarb. |
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15 Feb 08 - 02:58 AM (#2262843) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: Dave Hanson Bert was not only one of the 20th centurys great folklorists and singers, in his younger days he worked on an Australian sheep station and actualy was a deck hand on a whaling ship, a truly amazing man. eric |
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15 Feb 08 - 03:56 AM (#2262858) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: folk_radio_uk Does anyone know of a biography on Bert that is still available? |
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15 Feb 08 - 04:13 AM (#2262865) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: theleveller There are some interesting insights in Michael Brocken's 'English Folk Revival' - not overwhelmingly complimentary about him and MacColl, though. |
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15 Feb 08 - 04:47 AM (#2262878) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: folk_radio_uk Thanks, I have the Brocken book, maybe I'll have to wait until EFDSS publish Dave Arthur's Bio on him. |
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15 Feb 08 - 06:24 AM (#2262912) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: Dave Sutherland |
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15 Feb 08 - 06:29 AM (#2262914) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: Dave Sutherland This time! There is a lengthy piece by E.David Gregory for The Canadian Journal for Traditional Music on line which can be accessed by Googling "A.L.Lloyd" There is a mountain of stuff there about him and it would probably take the rest of the day to read it all. Thanks for reminding us Roy, he really deserves every tribute going. |
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15 Feb 08 - 06:58 AM (#2262923) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: folk_radio_uk Thanks for that Dave...that will keep me occupied for a while here's the link for anyone interested: http://cjtm.icaap.org/content/25/v25art2.html |
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15 Feb 08 - 07:05 AM (#2262928) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: folk_radio_uk Also came across this 1970 interview published in Overland that focused on Australian Folk Songs http://folkstream.com/reviews/lloyd/ |
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15 Feb 08 - 07:10 AM (#2262932) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: Brian Peters I never heard him sing live, unfortunately. But I do remember sitting with a friend, with one of his CDs on in the background, as we chatted and drank late one night. Then Lloyd's live version of 'Tam Lin' came on. After a while we became aware that the conversation had stopped, and both of us were completely transfixed by his telling of the tale. Not a word was spoken for ten minutes or so. The first thing I said in the ensuing silence was: "How the f*** did he do that??!" |
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15 Feb 08 - 07:17 AM (#2262935) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: folk_radio_uk Brilliant... I missed out a second article tucked away on CJTM which was a follow up to the article published in 1997 http://cjtm.icaap.org/content/27/27_gregory.html |
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16 Feb 08 - 07:17 AM (#2263702) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: RoyH (Burl) Just to refresh. The centenary comes up on Friday 29th. All possible chances to remember Bert Lloyd should be taken. Please. Burl. |
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17 Feb 08 - 06:45 AM (#2264422) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: RoyH (Burl) Hi Greg, I'm still interested in those Australian song tapes if you come across them. Burl |
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17 Feb 08 - 11:15 AM (#2264542) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: Charley Noble Refresh |
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18 Feb 08 - 03:56 AM (#2265148) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: Folkiedave I interviewed Martin Carthy at Cheltenham for my radio show on February 29th. We talk about Llyod and without giving too much away - the subject of Bert Lloyd's Tam Lin comes up!! Well there's a surprise!! |
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18 Feb 08 - 05:09 AM (#2265179) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: GUEST,redmax So he was one of those birthday-every-four-years chaps? |
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18 Feb 08 - 05:18 AM (#2265182) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: GUEST,doc.tom Fantastic man! I remember two lecture/recital tours he did in the late sixties(?) - one with Dave & Toni Arthur, and the following year with Tim Hart & Maddy Prior - a real inspiration and a man whose enthusiasm hooked you! And then there was his lecture at the National Festival in Roy Harris' days on 'Virtuosity in folk music' -his only British Isles example was Sheamus Ennis! Tom Brown |
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18 Feb 08 - 06:58 AM (#2265224) Subject: RE: A.L. Lloyd Anniversary. Feb 29th. From: mark gregory I have started Bert Lloyd Centenary page on the Australian Folk Songs website see Bert Lloyd Centenary There are lots of links to other A.L.Lloyd pages on the web including the start of a listing of Bert Lloyd Centenary celebrations starting with Illawarra Folk Club & Illawarra Folk Festival (March 7th 2008) I'd be happy to add more! Mark |