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The Old Songs Podcast
The Old Songs Podcast
The Old Songs Podcast explores old songs – traditional, industrial, street ballads – one at a time. Learn where they came from, where they've been, who sung them and who sings them still. Most of the series is available on Mixcloud. Presented by traditional singer, Jon Wilks.
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Ratings & Reviews
5.0 stars from 22 ratings
Superb!
If you want engaging, enlightening and erudite conversation about the folk songs you’ve enjoyed but never known the history of, this is the podcast you’re looking for. Can’t wait for future episodes!
Xander Thomas via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 07/24/21
Recent Episodes
Published 08/02/23
Today, I'm talking to broadside ballads singer, Jennifer Reid. Although Jenn has been involved in researching and singing these songs for a decade, I'm ashamed to say that she only turned up on my radar when she appeared as the ballad-singing bar owner, Barb, in the recent BBC adaptation of The...
Published 08/02/23
It’s been a while, hasn’t it? But, like buses, you wait ages for an Old Songs Podcast episode and then two come along in quick succession. Because this edition is the first in a two-part thing. Today, we’re chatting to Jim Moray about passing the two-decade mark as a professional musician, about...
Published 06/08/23
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