Lecturer in Folk and Traditional Music, Head of Performance, researcher, Newcastle University. Former BBC Folk Singer of the Year.
Joined November 2013
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Series 2 of The Song Detectorists launches on @BBCRadio3 tonight! Featuring me with @MelroseQuartet, @folkonfoot’s Matthew Bannister, and the @MusicHeritagePl @ahrcpress team along with special guest experts and music-makers.
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Sat 7th Feb at Cecil Sharp House, London! Maddy Prior & Peter Knight, Simon Nicol talking to Matthew Bannister, Chris Wood, Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver, Ellie Gowers & us. Get yourself along for folk, food, facilities & a nice warm winter sit down. Tix from @TheEFDSS TMA x 🖤🤍💜
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Our new album Gil Brenton is in the @officialcharts1 Folk Chart at No 7! If you've got it, thank you so much. If you've not got it then you know what you could do?! 🙄 This is ALL due to CD, vinyl & @Bandcamp downloads, not a single stream as it isn't on any sites. TMA xx 🖤🤍💜
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The Magpie Arc weld their bombast to the folk frame, with lashings of prog and metal, along with a little unexpected goth.
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#albumreview #gilbrenton @TheMagpieArc @NancyKerrMusic @findlaynapier #folkrock #collectiveperspective @Retropath
Tonight at Crookes Social Club Sheffield!
A Bright (and quite silly) New Year!
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Woohoo, the final 2026 line-up. What a day it's going to be! Tickets at the links on the poster. TMA xx 🖤🤍💜
Tomorrow! Very excited to include some live music as part of this special free lecture.
This week! Join us at this @InsightsNCL lecture on Thursday 4 Dec, with Prof Stephen Rose @RoyalHolloway and Prof Kirsten Gibson and @NancyKerrMusic from @MusicNclUni
Free event, but registration essential >> bit.ly/44ym5ga
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This week! Join us at this @InsightsNCL lecture on Thursday 4 Dec, with Prof Stephen Rose @RoyalHolloway and Prof Kirsten Gibson and @NancyKerrMusic from @MusicNclUni
Free event, but registration essential >> bit.ly/44ym5ga
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The Mantle – New single from the ‘new’ Magpie Arc – plus a couple of fabulous friends…
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#newsingle #themantle @TheMagpieArc @NancyKerrMusic @findlaynapier #alexhunter #tomAwright #iananderson @MaddyPriorFolk @jethrotull #gilbrenton
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Delighted to announce the arrival of a brand new song brought into the world today with the help of the wonderful Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull on flute and Maddy Prior of Steeleye Span on backing vocals. TMA xx 🖤🤍💜 @NancyKerrMusic @findlaynapier 👇🏻
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We've something new next week & would say it's very exciting....except the word exciting doesn't come anywhere near describing it. Keep your eyes peeled but best visit our website homepage & join our mailing list to make sure you don't miss the news. 🤔 🎸🥁🎻🎤🪈 TMA xx 🖤🤍💜
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It's been hard to keep up with @MusicHeritagePl colleague @NancyKerrMusic and the Melrose Quartet touring the country this summer showcasing @MusicHeritagePl discoveries, including at Halsway Manor Folk, @KimptonFolkUK @FolkByTheOak @warwickfolkfest @shrewsburyfolk Well done!
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@NancyKerrMusic has also written a wonderful blog post on her experiences as a tutor with the National Youth Folk Ensemble exploring @MusicHeritagePl material thanks to project partners @TheEFDSS and @ahrcpress
musicheritageplace.uk/posts/…
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Meanwhile, @MusicHeritagePl researchers have had a busy summer cataloguing, presenting at conferences, discussing future publications and recording a second series of the #songdetectorists! Here we are at Northamptonshire Archives looking at an 18c tune book from Thorpe Malsor.
