It’s Bandcamp day! 🙌🏻 My musical offering this month is a cover of Bob Dylan’s Girl From The North Country. Download here: www.ionafyfe.bandcamp.com/track/girl-from-the-north-country Bandcamp is waiving fees from Friday-Saturday 7am UK time. Photo by Martin Venherm.
Was delighted to have been asked to sing “When Mandela Danced in the Square” for Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation’s online celebration and fundraiser as part of Mandela Day. The song was written by Ian Davison. I heard it from a recording of the wonderful Anne Neilson.
This will focus on the process of sourcing, interpreting, editing, arranging a ballad and will guide members through several of my favourite online (FREE) folksong and ballad resources and archives.
You don’t need any resources or books, just access to Zoom. Resources will be sent to you. Your ticket ensures you get three workshops so you get more out of the classes and can do your research between classes. This is open to beginners. This class is limited to 15 people so it will not be a big class and plenty of space to learn and ask questions.
📺 LIVESTREAM – 4th July – 20:00 I’ll be streaming an hour and a half long live show on my Facebook page and on YouTube. The stream will be saved for rewatching. A suggested donation of £5.00 can be taken at: bit.ly/2NssBgI Bandcamp is once again waiving their artist fee’s so everything goes to the artists. New ballad release: bit.ly/38pupAH
It’s Bandcamp day! I thought I’d make something exclusively for Bandcamp, but don’t worry, it’s not a T-Shirt with my mug on it. It’s a six track release of unaccompanied ballads and accompanying lyric booklet. Proceed only if you are fond of protracted narrative songs of death and despair…
Ballads Vol. I is released exclusively on Bandcamp. Buy here.