Nancy Kerr
@nancyannfolk.bsky.social
Musician singer composer educator researcher
The Song Detectorists unearth music in the most unlikely places tonight at 9.45pm on Radio 3: political balladry hidden in legal documents and - most exciting of all - a score in Henry Purcell's own hand among the minutes of a town council. @musicheritageplace.bsky.social @nancyannfolk.bsky.social
This is a wonderful collection, and through it I discovered something new about my favourite tune - Night Till Morn AKA “A Love”…
Matthew Bannister@matthewbannister.bsky.social · 11mo agoThe Song Detectorists of @musicheritageplace.bsky.social take me to Northamptonshire tonight at 9.45pm on BBC Radio 3 in search of The Maunsell Family Music Book. Then @nancyannfolk.bsky.social and The Melrose Quartet bring it back to life. Top production by @natalie-steed.bsky.social
This is a wonderful collection, and through it I discovered something new about my favourite tune - Night Till Morn AKA “A Love”…
Matthew Bannister@matthewbannister.bsky.social · 11mo agoThe Song Detectorists of @musicheritageplace.bsky.social take me to Northamptonshire tonight at 9.45pm on BBC Radio 3 in search of The Maunsell Family Music Book. Then @nancyannfolk.bsky.social and The Melrose Quartet bring it back to life. Top production by @natalie-steed.bsky.social
Here's a taster of tonight's episode. Join us on BBC Radio 3 at 9.45pm as we journey to Northamptonshire with @matthewbannister.bsky.social @natalie-steed.bsky.social @nancyannfolk.bsky.social and the Melrose Quartet. #music #heritage #place #songdetectorists
Tonight on BBC Radio 3, Matthew and the Song Detectorists discover why a gentlewoman from Wiltshire collected this salty song of the sea (sung by the wonderful Melrose Quartet). Tune in at 21:45 or listen afterwards on BBC Sounds. @nancyannfolk.bsky.social
Wiltshire tonight on #thesongdetectorists I fell in love with many of the songs found here - all collected/composed by women - AND got to work with brilliant local historian Lucy Whitfield! @musicheritageplace.bsky.social
Folk on Foot@folkonfoot.com · 11mo agoTonight on BBC Radio 3, Matthew and the Song Detectorists discover why a gentlewoman from Wiltshire collected this salty song of the sea (sung by the wonderful Melrose Quartet). Tune in at 21:45 or listen afterwards on BBC Sounds. @nancyannfolk.bsky.social
Tonight's episode on BBC Radio 3 takes us to Wiltshire. Tune in at 9.45pm for another adventure by the #songdetectorists
Nancy Kerr@nancyannfolk.bsky.social · 11mo agoWiltshire tonight on #thesongdetectorists I fell in love with many of the songs found here - all collected/composed by women - AND got to work with brilliant local historian Lucy Whitfield! @musicheritageplace.bsky.social
Wiltshire tonight on #thesongdetectorists I fell in love with many of the songs found here - all collected/composed by women - AND got to work with brilliant local historian Lucy Whitfield! @musicheritageplace.bsky.social
Folk on Foot@folkonfoot.com · 11mo agoTonight on BBC Radio 3, Matthew and the Song Detectorists discover why a gentlewoman from Wiltshire collected this salty song of the sea (sung by the wonderful Melrose Quartet). Tune in at 21:45 or listen afterwards on BBC Sounds. @nancyannfolk.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand... Here we are in Lincolnshire - tracking down the Devil and - on a brighter note - The Jolly Miller. @nancyannfolk.bsky.social @musicheritageplace.bsky.social @natalie-steed.bsky.social
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Episode 2 tonight!
Nancy Kerr@nancyannfolk.bsky.social · 11mo agoIt was very moving to hear our Melrose Quartet Shrewsbury Folk Festival song workshop revisited as part of this season 2 premiere last night. Thanks to @natalie-steed.bsky.social for capturing our teaching - something we love to do! Listen again here and to the rest of the series all week.
Tune into @radio3.es for tonight’s adventure in Lincolnshire! I’m looking at place names and bits of melody as they surface in this region over the centuries - and the Devil features heavily! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, The Song Detectorists, 7. Lincolnshire
Matthew Bannister travels across England finding out about music discovered in archives.
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Lincolnshire tonight! The cradle of English folk, in many ways, and a favourite region of mine. Jess & Richard Arrowsmith’s super version of Jolly Miller is the first tune in the book we’re uncovering, and I look at bits of melody and place names as they resurface across centuries. 9.45 Radio 3
Matthew Bannister@matthewbannister.bsky.social · 11mo agoWe're off to Lincolnshire in search of the Devil with Carol Dawson, @nancyannfolk.bsky.social and the Melrose Quartet and @musicheritageplace.bsky.social in tonight's Song Detectorists on Radio 3 at 9.45pm. Lovely production, as ever, by @natalie-steed.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... In case you missed it - here’s tonight’s Song Detectorists - “rewilding” the West Gallery compositions of a thatcher from Shropshire. Thanks to @nancyannfolk.bsky.social and The Melrose Quartet, @musicheritageplace.bsky.social and @natalie-steed.bsky.social
The Essay - The Song Detectorists - 6. Shropshire - BBC Sounds
Matthew Bannister travels across England finding out about music discovered in archives.
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@shrewsburyfolk.bsky.social Splendid sharing of an equally splendid example of what makes #ShrewsburyFolkFestival such a top tier Folk event. Don't know if @matthewbannister.bsky.social and the @folkonfoot.com team have ever had the pleasure of visiting SFF. :)
Nancy Kerr@nancyannfolk.bsky.social · 11mo agoIt was very moving to hear our Melrose Quartet Shrewsbury Folk Festival song workshop revisited as part of this season 2 premiere last night. Thanks to @natalie-steed.bsky.social for capturing our teaching - something we love to do! Listen again here and to the rest of the series all week.
Lincolnshire tonight! The cradle of English folk, in many ways, and a favourite region of mine. Jess & Richard Arrowsmith’s super version of Jolly Miller is the first tune in the book we’re uncovering, and I look at bits of melody and place names as they resurface across centuries. 9.45 Radio 3
Matthew Bannister@matthewbannister.bsky.social · 11mo agoWe're off to Lincolnshire in search of the Devil with Carol Dawson, @nancyannfolk.bsky.social and the Melrose Quartet and @musicheritageplace.bsky.social in tonight's Song Detectorists on Radio 3 at 9.45pm. Lovely production, as ever, by @natalie-steed.bsky.social
It was very moving to hear our Melrose Quartet Shrewsbury Folk Festival song workshop revisited as part of this season 2 premiere last night. Thanks to @natalie-steed.bsky.social for capturing our teaching - something we love to do! Listen again here and to the rest of the series all week.
The Essay - The Song Detectorists - 6. Shropshire - BBC Sounds
Matthew Bannister travels across England finding out about music discovered in archives.
bbc.co.uk
We're off to Lincolnshire in search of the Devil with Carol Dawson, @nancyannfolk.bsky.social and the Melrose Quartet and @musicheritageplace.bsky.social in tonight's Song Detectorists on Radio 3 at 9.45pm. Lovely production, as ever, by @natalie-steed.bsky.social
Lincolnshire tonight!
Matthew Bannister@matthewbannister.bsky.social · 11mo agoWe're off to Lincolnshire in search of the Devil with Carol Dawson, @nancyannfolk.bsky.social and the Melrose Quartet and @musicheritageplace.bsky.social in tonight's Song Detectorists on Radio 3 at 9.45pm. Lovely production, as ever, by @natalie-steed.bsky.social
Tune to BBC Radio 3 at 21:45 tonight for the second series of the #songdectorists, starting in Shropshire
Nancy Kerr@nancyannfolk.bsky.social · 11mo agoSeries 2 of The Song Detectorists launches tonight! Featuring me with Melrose Quartet, and the @musicheritageplace.bsky.social team. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Series 2 of The Song Detectorists launches tonight! Featuring me with Melrose Quartet, and the @musicheritageplace.bsky.social team. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, The Song Detectorists, 6. Shropshire
Matthew Bannister travels across England finding out about music discovered in archives.
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Off to Kimpton folk fest as usual at this time of year! I’ll be presenting some of the discoveries so far from AHRC project Music Heritage Place, with very special guests the National Youth Folk Troupe of England. 3.30 at the Dacre Rooms kimptonfolk.co.uk/schedules
I’m really looking forward to teaching at the Folkworks Summer Sessions in Gateshead this July 16-18! Book your tickets now for what I’m sure will be a brilliant few days of music making and fun. theglasshouseicm.org/whats-on/fol...
Folkworks Summer Sessions 2025 | The Glasshouse
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I’m really looking forward to teaching at the Folkworks Summer Sessions in Gateshead this July 16-18! Book your tickets now for what I’m sure will be a brilliant few days of music making and fun. theglasshouseicm.org/whats-on/fol...
Folkworks Summer Sessions 2025 | The Glasshouse
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This beautiful collection has been explored by a range of musicians including our much-missed Paul Sartin. My new words to the ubiquitous Evening Hymn are inspired by the Test Valley and Richard Adams’s Watership Down. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, The Song Detectorists, 4. Hampshire
Matthew Bannister travels across England finding out about music discovered in archives.
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Folk on Foot@folkonfoot.com · last yr.Music from an eighteenth-century tune book unearthed in the County archives is brought back to life by Nancy Kerr and the Melrose Quartet in Matthew’s series “The Song Detectorists” tonight on BBC Radio 3 at 9:45pm, and on BBC Sounds. @nancyannfolk.bsky.social @natalie-steed.bsky.social
This beautiful collection has been explored by a range of musicians including our much-missed Paul Sartin. My new words to the ubiquitous Evening Hymn are inspired by the Test Valley and Richard Adams’s Watership Down. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, The Song Detectorists, 4. Hampshire
Matthew Bannister travels across England finding out about music discovered in archives.
bbc.co.uk
Folk on Foot@folkonfoot.com · last yr.Music from an eighteenth-century tune book unearthed in the County archives is brought back to life by Nancy Kerr and the Melrose Quartet in Matthew’s series “The Song Detectorists” tonight on BBC Radio 3 at 9:45pm, and on BBC Sounds. @nancyannfolk.bsky.social @natalie-steed.bsky.social
Music from an eighteenth-century tune book unearthed in the County archives is brought back to life by Nancy Kerr and the Melrose Quartet in Matthew’s series “The Song Detectorists” tonight on BBC Radio 3 at 9:45pm, and on BBC Sounds. @nancyannfolk.bsky.social @natalie-steed.bsky.social
