Handed Down

Jenny Shaw
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Handed Down

Handed Down celebrates traditional songs and the people who sing them. The show is presented by Jenny Shaw, an amateur musician and professional writer. Each episode is full of music, tales and curiosities as we delve into the history a single song, often with the help of a fellow folk musician, to uncover the strange stories and colourful characters that lie beneath.  These are the songs that have been handed down from our ancestors. This podcast and the people involved in it help keep them alive so that we can hand them down in turn to future generations.

  1. 2024/12/26

    Wren Day

    After all the festivities of Christmas Day are over, what could be better than to run around the village and hunt a tiny little bird with all your neighbours. This special St Stephen's Day episode explores the strange custom of wren hunting in the British Isles. Hang on to your hats, it's going to be a weird one.MusicHunt the Wren, a Manx songMedieval French tune (known to me as 'Dancing Bears' but YMMV)The Cutty Wren, to the tune of Green Bushes (thanks A. L. Lloyd!)ReferencesMany thanks go ...

    21 分钟

  2. 2024/12/12

    The Pretty Girl - A Moo-ving Love Song

    This little Irish love song has quite a back story. To trace its origins, we have to travel back in time to a very subversive harp festival, dig into the Irish harper tradition and follow the fortunes of some proper characters. There’s a tiff between an Irish and an English poet, a moody watcher on a hillside, and what does Judy Garland have to do with it all? Find out in our brand new episode!MusicThe Airy Bachelor, tune collected in Donegal by Herbert Hughes The Coolin, traditiona...

    34 分钟

  3. 2023/12/22

    The Cherry Tree Carol - Biblical Fanfic

    When a Christmas carol is also a folk ballad you know it's not going to be the usual angels/shepherds/kings extravaganza. This one doesn't disappoint, with a lovely garden, a jealous Joseph and a fruit-related miracle.But, as ever, all is not as it seems. Continuing the theme of weird Christianity from last month's episode, we get to explore medieval mystery plays and alternative gospels, and in 5th Century Syria we discover a scholarly and forthright Mary who doesn't need an angel to fight h...

    19 分钟

  4. 2023/11/25

    Lyke Wake Dirge - Dream Visions and Necrodestinations

    This unusual song was a feature of the 60s and 70s folk revival - a real show stopper and something of a curiosity. But underneath it lies a thousand years of European folklore, and a further thousand years of vivid theology.So, my friends, we're going on a metaphysical journey to the underworld. Have you been charitable in your life? Did you give a cow to the poor, or 'hosen and shoon' to a beggar? Did you judge rightly? Have you been moving your neighbours' boundary stones? Better take stoc...

    30 分钟

  5. 2023/07/02

    The Rosebud in June – Seduced By A Rural Idyll

    The sheep are all sheared and we’re dancing and drinking in the warm June sun. We’re transported back to simpler and more innocent times with more than a whiff of nostalgia for the loss of our connection to the land. And yet nothing is ever quite as straightforward as it seems, and this song is no exception. While delving into its theatrical past I once again get into that most thorny of issues – what is a folk song, and what should we do with them today?But mostly I have lots of fun sin...

    21 分钟

  6. 2023/04/30

    Staines Morris - Then to the Maypole Haste Away!

    It's the first of May and we have a May Mini episode about the song Staines Morris, also known as the Maypole Dance. But did you know it started life in a puritan era farce? It was a joy to find out more about one of my favourite songs, and I hope you'll like it as much as I do.Thanks as always go to Mudcat Cafe and Mainly Norfolk websites without which I hardly know where I would start my research, and to Stones Barn who gave me the confidence to sing again.Other references:Stanes Morris in ...

    6 分钟

  7. 2023/03/30

    Banks of the Sweet Primroses - A False Young Man

    A chance meeting in a meadow, a false young man and a philosophical ending… it’s that folk favourite the Banks of the Sweet Primroses, beloved of collectors and Broadside publishers alike. In fact it’s part of the history of so many folk song collectors that we’ve taken the opportunity to follow one of them on their collecting expedition.But what really happened in that meadow and why did the young man get such a dressing down? We’ve got all the theories and a few of our own, and even a poten...

    23 分钟

  8. 2022/12/22

    The Wexford Carol - Old Singing Traditions

    The Wexford Carol - also known as the Enniscorthy Carol - is said to be one of Europe's most ancient Christmas songs, but the truth is even more interesting. In this festive episode I take a look at the singing traditions that produced this lovely song, and put out a little theory of my own.Thank you for following the podcast during 2022, I'll keep making episodes while people keep listening.Have a wonderful Christmas!MusicWexford Carol (instrumental)All You Who Are To Mirth Inclined (recorde...

    13 分钟
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Handed Down celebrates traditional songs and the people who sing them. The show is presented by Jenny Shaw, an amateur musician and professional writer. Each episode is full of music, tales and curiosities as we delve into the history a single song, often with the help of a fellow folk musician, to uncover the strange stories and colourful characters that lie beneath.  These are the songs that have been handed down from our ancestors. This podcast and the people involved in it help keep them alive so that we can hand them down in turn to future generations.

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  • 创作者
    Jenny Shaw
  • 活跃年份
    2021年 - 2024年
  • 单集
    41
  • 分级
    儿童适宜
  • 版权
    © 2024 Handed Down
  • 节目网站
    Handed Down

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