This is a collection of some of the songs and tunes that I have written over the years, and deposited here for posterity. It isn't about the the quality of the singing, playing or recording ; all these items are home recordings, many of the earlier ones recorded on a Tascam Porta One cassette four-track. It is about the songs and tunes themselves. They span the period from 1982 to the present day, with the most recent tracks at the top.

This is a new community of song-collecting enthusiasts who strive to empower a new generation of collection and distribution of old, orally-transmitted song and wider culture.

Despite wide assumption that all the traditional singers have long passed away and no more culture is passed on through the oral tradition, there is in fact a wealth of song held by those unknown by the wider traditional music community. 


Fiddle and pipes - mostly sad slow old stuff. Recording knowledge extends to having a mic and hoping for the best.

‘Knight, Briggs et al’ has been set up to house archival recordings of the folk and traditional music associated with the Knight family of Surrey and the Briggs family of Newcastle upon Tyne.

The collection includes music from the Knight Brothers (Simon, Chris, Andrew & Patrick) and the Briggs Sisters (Anna, Lesley, Astrid, Gael, Stephanie & Claire), amongst others.

Furthermore, the archive serves as a platform for John Knight's culturally priceless 1970's and 80's folk club, tune session and kitchen table recordings, which are slowly but surely being digitised by his descendants. More info here - https://soundcloud.com/knight-briggs-et-al/sets/john-knights-tapes

Hello, these pages host some of the music archive of the International Concertina Association, which was founded in 1952. The ICA exists to promote and preserve the playing of the concertina and we have members all over the world. If you have any special recordings that you would like to share, please feel free to get in touch. 


Fire Draw Near is a monthly podcast and radio show which investigates Irish traditional music and song in all of its myriad forms.

https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

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