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Helen Lindley

@helenlindley.bsky.social

Sings folk songs. Plays fiddle. Writes songs & tunes. Reviver of old songs (see Sing Yonder books & In The Roud podcast). Hear my music on Bandcamp & YouTube. https://helenlindleymusic.com/

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Helen Lindley@helenlindley.bsky.social · last mo.

It's #BandcampFriday today, when the lovely people at @bandcamp.com waive their fees so artists can get the whole price. I had a new EP out last week; Over The Castle Wall, which contains some of the songs I've recorded for @intheroud.bsky.social. Buy my music at helenlindley.bandcamp.com #folkmusic

Helen Lindley

I sing mainly unaccompanied folk songs of the British Isles and play fiddle tunes. I write new tunes for old folk songs where the original tune isn't known and sometimes write songs & tunes for other ...

helenlindley.bandcamp.com

Helen Lindley@helenlindley.bsky.social · last mo.

For people into long folk ballads, The Gest of Robin Hood is 456 verses, spilt into 8 parts and took 2 episodes to fit into the In The Roud podcast (1 for the history, 1 for the singing.) 6 of us wrote tunes and recorded parts, with Matt & I taking 2 parts each to create a 90 minute song! #FolkMusic

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast@intheroud.bsky.social · last mo.

S7/E10 – Roud 70: A Gest of Robin Hood (full song performance) Singers: Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne, Holly Clarke, Marilla Homes, @helenlindley.bsky.social, @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social & @audinarymusic.bsky.social. Available from wherever you get your podcasts.

Helen Lindley@helenlindley.bsky.social · 3mo ago

All of this (read Cav's thread). It's why I love folk music, especially the unaccompanied singing that I do. It's a great way to reset myself. Just me and a song that's 150-250 (or more) years old. And there are some excellent rebel/protest songs in the world of traditional folk song!

Cavan Scott@cavan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In the culture wars, they want to stop us creating, from doing what matters for us. To make us fit their world. Art has never been that.

Helen Lindley@helenlindley.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Exciting news! My next EP of unaccompanied singing of folk songs is available to download on Bandcamp from Friday. Just finalising the cover & pdf lyric sheet. This time the cover art is from an acrylic on board painting so I had to digitise it (which meant taking a very high res photo.) #folksong

Image shows part of a blue painting in the foreground. Behind is a computer screen with the digitised image of the blue artwork partially showing. Next to the screen is an empty beer glass and a blue and floral mug with the words, "I am not sure how but I will" printed on it. In the far background a piano keyboard is visible and some golden fairy lights.
Helen Lindley@helenlindley.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A rubbish start to 2026. It's improving so I'm having an hour in the garden. In early Jan, husband Simon found a problem with one eye. Had emergency surgery to save the sight caused by a detached retina. Weeks of recovery and no driving. He's thankfully on the mend but by 'eck it's been stressful!

Image shows a garden on a sunny spring day. In the background there is a blue sky and trees beginning to bud by a fence. In the foreground is a book on Hildegard of Bingen by Fiona Maddocks and a mug of tea. The mug has the words, "I'm not sure how, but I will." printed on it. You can't see the cat as he's hiding near a hedge.
Helen Lindley@helenlindley.bsky.social · 7mo ago

We have a new fridge. In the shop named after some spicy foods is a wall of huge ugly grey chill robots with screens requiring an app and internet connection. For the price of a small second-hand car. All we want is a smallish plug-in white box that keeps stuff cold. I DON'T NEED MY FRIDGE TO THINK!

Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 7mo ago

WHY DO ALL THESE HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES WANT TO BE CONNECTED TO THE BLOODY INTERNET? Our landlady installed light switches that don't work properly unless you use them in conjunction with an app. I don't want a fucking app for light switches. I just want to switch a light on and off, using a switch.

Helen Lindley@helenlindley.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Oops, another new acquisition in the instrumental department! I now have a lovely wooden Risa concert ukulele. Risa make some gorgeous ukes. I don’t know much about this one, other than she's a few years old and was made in Europe. (Just don't ask how many instruments I own 😂🤫) ##folkmusic #ukulele

Image shows a ukulele in the foreground, laying on its black gig bag. Behind it is a concertina, a fiddle, and a speaker with a microphone on top.Image shows the label inside a Risa ukulele.
Helen Lindley@helenlindley.bsky.social · 8mo ago

A bunch of musicians that both my daughter and son know are in a band called Oscar's Room. We popped along to watch them on Wednesday; they were really good. If you're local to Grantham, catch them at future gigs. It's great we have venues willing to support musicians, so thanks to The Blue Man pub.

Image shows a band of 4 teenagers performing on a stage on a pub. On has a bass guitar, one is singing into a microphone, another plays an electric guitar, and one is playing an electronic drum kit (as the stage is too small for a full size drum kit).Black and white Image shows a band of 4 teenagers performing on a stage on a pub. On has a bass guitar, one is singing into a microphone, another plays an electric guitar, and one is playing an electronic drum kit (as the stage is too small for a full size drum kit).
Helen Lindley@helenlindley.bsky.social · 9mo ago

My brain's having one of its 're-live conversations I've had/messages I've sent' moments, which then results in my berating myself for any (often imagined) offence I've caused. Am I the only one who does this? 😫 Sometimes I think my brain dislikes me. So I'm going to try to drown it out with tunes.

Image shows an old fiddle on a stand with a bow. To the left is an audio speaker on which stands a microphone and some rosin.
Helen Lindley@helenlindley.bsky.social · 9mo ago

From 1-31 Jan 2025 I decided to learn a new fiddle tune every day to increase my session repertoire. It helped a lot so I decided to do the same for 1-31 Jan 2026. Except it's far easier & quicker this time as I've played lots of sessions and noticed I've gotten massively better at sight reading!

Image shows some old fiddle tune books in the foreground with some black and orange headphones on top of them and an open laptop screen in the background with music notation software displaying on it.
Helen Lindley@helenlindley.bsky.social · 10mo ago

One of my musician friends, who lives up the road from me in our village, is originally from Sheffield. He's realised that I sing Sheffield Carols so asked me to partner him to sing some in the pub last night. So we rehearsed them yesterday and did just that. An absolute privilege to perform them ❤️

Image shows a fiddle, a concertina and a ukulele on a table, along with a folder containing songs. There is a gaudy christmas tablecloth on the table that we really like for its sheer garish colours! Image shows an acoustic guitar in a brown case and a part of a Busson Harmoniflute (a rare tabletop squeezebox from 1860s Paris).
Helen Lindley@helenlindley.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Another fab time last night singing Christmas carols and songs, this time as part of a group of performers leading the singing in our village. We displayed the lyrics on a screen for everyone (controlled by our splendid new sound guy who did both sound desk and screen).

Image shows a bunch of 7 musicians and singers after a carol concert.Image shows a bunch of 6 musicians and singers plus sound guy after a carol concert.