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Musical Traditions site down?

28 Nov 25 - 02:53 PM (#4232257)
Subject: Musical Traditions site down?
From: Reinhard

The site mustrad.co.uk shows an error message since this morning. I tried to alert Rod Stradling with an email to his address that worked in January but it bounced as undeliverable.

Does anybody know how to reach him?


28 Nov 25 - 03:32 PM (#4232261)
Subject: RE: Musical Traditions site down?
From: FreddyHeadey

idk


I know that when I looked earlier this month the most recently dated info was for 2024.


30 Nov 25 - 07:19 AM (#4232318)
Subject: RE: Musical Traditions site down?
From: GUEST

It seems down but it is mustrad.org.uk to be correct


30 Nov 25 - 09:08 AM (#4232322)
Subject: RE: Musical Traditions site down?
From: Stilly River Sage

Viewing this site through https://www.websitedown.info/mustrad.org.uk the site is down.

Viewing it via the Internet Archive the last screenshot they made was on October 5 of this year. You can view parts of the site through that portal.


30 Nov 25 - 02:05 PM (#4232330)
Subject: RE: Musical Traditions site down?
From: Reinhard

Sorry for the typo in the URL, guest.

And somebody responsible has noted the outage - after two and a half days, www.mustrad.org.uk seems to be back working.


01 Dec 25 - 09:06 AM (#4232353)
Subject: RE: Musical Traditions site down?
From: Steve Gardham

Thanks, R.
Have you managed to get through to Rod?


01 Dec 25 - 02:17 PM (#4232365)
Subject: RE: Musical Traditions site down?
From: GUEST,Howard Jones

I don't think Rod is involved any longer. The online magazine was taken over by Reinhard Zierke, who also runs "Mainly Norfolk", and MT Records has been taken over by Mossy Christian, who has also taken on the Veteran label formerly rung by the late John Howson.

This was explained in Rod's Editorial of 11.2.21, which is now available again.


01 Dec 25 - 02:33 PM (#4232366)
Subject: RE: Musical Traditions site down?
From: Steve Gardham

Rod is still running the main website, and it was Reinhard who made the initial post. His emails are bouncing. That's the worry.


01 Dec 25 - 03:17 PM (#4232370)
Subject: RE: Musical Traditions site down?
From: Reinhard

Howard, the MusTrad site still belongs to Rod. I do have a hopefully complete mirror running in a subdomain under Mainly Norfolk (except for the search functionality which is external) and I'm ready to offer the contents if and when Rod won't or can't continue. But I will not push him aside.

Since I haven't heard from him since early last year I was concerned when the MusTrad site ran into problems last Friday; that's why I asked if somebody knew how to contact Rod.


01 Dec 25 - 03:24 PM (#4232371)
Subject: RE: Musical Traditions site down?
From: Steve Gardham

You're doing a grand job, Reinhard. A lot of researchers are very grateful for what you do. I use you MN site regularly when making the discography for the books I have published.


01 Dec 25 - 07:16 PM (#4232377)
Subject: RE: Musical Traditions site down?
From: Nick Dow

I use it all the time for help with tune research.


01 Dec 25 - 09:37 PM (#4232381)
Subject: RE: Musical Traditions site down?
From: GUEST,Julia L

Ditto from me- thanks for all you do!


02 Dec 25 - 05:08 AM (#4232387)
Subject: RE: Musical Traditions site down?
From: MoorleyMan

Thank you so much, Reinhard, you are just amazing and I so appreciate everything you do for Mainly Norfolk, which is the most invaluable of resources (no contest!). May you live long and prosper!


02 Dec 25 - 02:47 PM (#4232413)
Subject: RE: Musical Traditions site down?
From: Steve Gardham

Rod has had a fall and is recovering from this, which would explain some of the mystery, but emails bouncing I don't know about. I could understand him not replying yet to emails but don't understand the bouncing. I hope he recovers quickly.


02 Dec 25 - 03:15 PM (#4232415)
Subject: RE: Musical Traditions site down?
From: Robert B. Waltz

Steve Gardham wrote:

I could understand him not replying yet to emails but don't understand the bouncing.

Maybe his mailbox is full because he isn't able to clean it out. It certainly can happen.