Folk authors

Folk authors of Britain and Ireland on Folk Calendar: 41 of them, with their dates, where they were born and died, and their recordings. Every artist, A to Z

A

© Judith Burrows CC BY-SA 4.0 Ian A. Anderson Editor of fRoots; Village Thing
Dave Arthur Singer, writer and folklorist; Dave and Toni Arthur

B

Sabine Baring-Gould 1834 to 1924 Collector of Devon and Cornish song; Songs of the West
J. P. Bean 1949 to 2015 Author; Singing from the Floor
Dominic Behan 1928 to 1989 Songwriter and writer; The Patriot Game, Liverpool Lou
© Gonzalo J. Mazzei CC BY-SA 4.0 Margaret Bennett Folklorist, writer and singer
© Jellevc at English Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Joe Boyd Record producer; Fairport Convention, White Bicycles
Breandán Breathnach 1912 to 1985 Piper and collector; Ceol Rince na hÉireann
Katharine Briggs 1898 to 1980 Folklorist; An Encyclopedia of Fairies
Edward Bunting 1773 to 1843 Collector of Irish harp music; the Belfast Harp Festival

C

Tomás Ó Canainn 1930 to 2013 Uilleann piper and writer; Na Filí
Bob Copper 1915 to 2004 Traditional singer and writer; the Copper Family

D

Kevin Danaher 1913 to 2002 Folklorist; The Year in Ireland
© Hollyer, Frederick, born 1837 - died 1933 (photographer)Public Domain Mark Percy Dearmer 1867 to 1936 Priest and editor; The English Hymnal

E

© Cairnryn CC BY-SA 4.0 E. Estyn Evans 1905 to 1989 Geographer; Irish Folk Ways
© Martinevans123 CC BY-SA 4.0 George Ewart Evans 1909 to 1988 Oral historian; Ask the Fellows Who Cut the Hay

F

John Forrest Anthropologist; historian of morris dancing

G

Rolf Gardiner 1902 to 1971 Folk dance organiser; the Travelling Morrice, Springhead
© KevinBree CC BY-SA 4.0 Anne Lorne Gillies Gaelic singer and scholar; Songs of Gaelic Scotland
Martin Graebe Folk song researcher; Sabine Baring-Gould

H

Reg Hall Melodeon player; historian of Irish music in London
Stan Hugill 1906 to 1992 Shantyman, author and sea song historian
© Evan T Jones CC0 1.0 (Public Domain Dedication) Ronald Hutton Historian; The Stations of the Sun

K

Maud Karpeles 1885 to 1976 Collector; Cecil Sharp's collaborator
Peter Kennedy 1922 to 2006 Collector and broadcaster; Folk Songs of Britain and Ireland
© James Henry Hogg Public Domain Mark Frank Kidson 1855 to 1926 Leeds song scholar; Traditional Tunes

L

Ella Mary Leather 1874 to 1928 Folklore and folk song collector; Herefordshire
A. L. Lloyd 1908 to 1982 Singer, writer and collector; Folk Song in England

N

Mary Neal 1860 to 1944 Espérance Club; the early morris revival

O

Francis O’Neill 1848 to 1936 Collector of Irish dance music; Chicago police chief
© Dcs57 CC BY-SA 4.0 Iona Opie 1923 to 2017 Folklorist; The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren
© Dcs57 CC BY-SA 4.0 Peter Opie 1918 to 1982 Folklorist; The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes

P

Roy Palmer 1932 to 2015 Folk song historian and author
George Petrie 1790 to 1866 Antiquary and collector; the Petrie Collection
© David Loggan Public Domain Mark John Playford 1623 to 1686 Publisher of The English Dancing Master

R

Doc Rowe Folklorist, film maker and archivist of customs

S

Hugh Shields 1929 to 2008 Song scholar; Folk Music Society of Ireland
Jacqueline Simpson Folklorist; A Dictionary of English Folklore

T

Paddy Tunney 1921 to 2002 Singer, lilter and writer, the Man of Songs; Fermanagh

V

Fintan Vallely Flute player and writer; Companion to Irish Traditional Music

Y

Rob Young Music writer; Electric Eden