The Parson & the Songmen

Send us Fan Mail In this decidedly autumnal episode we revisit a podcast from the first series of The Parson and the Songmen and the early days of the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould's song collecting. During the autumn of 1888, with a deal of hard work, Sabine, along with two fellow Reverends collected nearly one hundred songs from singers local to him in Devon, many of which were 'taken down' in his own home, Lewtrenchard Manor. Mike very recently gave a concert at the manor house in which he sang a number of these songs, so it is amazing to think they have come home again. More news about this concert in this podcast. And finally, in this Halloween season, we have thrown in a Devon ghost story and song collected by the Reverend Gentleman for good measure as well! Support the show https://gofund.me/48985b32 PLEASE VISIT TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE RUNNING COST OF THE PODCASTS Mike's website: mikebosworth.uk FOR ALL LINKS TO INTERVIEWEES AND ORGANISATIONS https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Parson-and-the-Songmen/100093220748945/ Mike's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thimblerigg+videos Sabine Baring-Gould Centenary Celebration Group: https://www.sbgcentenary.co.uk/ Simon Mayor: mandolin.co.uk Mike O'Connor: http://www.lyngham.co.uk/ Barbara Griggs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Children-Arganteilin-Harp-Cornwall/dp/0954106857 Pete Coe: https://petecoe.co.uk/ Castle Heritage Centre, Bude: ...

Send us Fan Mail This 70th(!) episode of The Parson and the Songmen would not be possible without Mr Edward Blight, born just before the First World War and, whose lifelong obsession was collecting and preserving information about shipwrecks along the North Cornwall coastline around Bude. The archive was donated to The Castle Bude and to talk us through it, and provide us with a few more salty sea yarns, Mike caught up with Janine King, Heritage Curator at The Castle Bude, who we met earlier in this fourth series. Support the show https://gofund.me/48985b32 PLEASE VISIT TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE RUNNING COST OF THE PODCASTS Mike's website: mikebosworth.uk FOR ALL LINKS TO INTERVIEWEES AND ORGANISATIONS https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Parson-and-the-Songmen/100093220748945/ Mike's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thimblerigg+videos Sabine Baring-Gould Centenary Celebration Group: https://www.sbgcentenary.co.uk/ Simon Mayor: mandolin.co.uk Mike O'Connor: http://www.lyngham.co.uk/ Barbara Griggs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Children-Arganteilin-Harp-Cornwall/dp/0954106857 Pete Coe: https://petecoe.co.uk/ Castle Heritage Centre, Bude: ...

Send us Fan Mail "That just floors me every time" was a quote from BBC Radio 3 presenter Verity Sharp, talking about a track by Ben Walker, guitarist extraordinaire, and Mike's guest on this latest podcast from The Parson and the Songmen series. That's probably all that needs to be said about this episode, except check out Ben at benwalkermusic.com and, if you ever meet him, please don't mention the classical guitar.... Support the show https://gofund.me/48985b32 PLEASE VISIT TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE RUNNING COST OF THE PODCASTS Mike's website: mikebosworth.uk FOR ALL LINKS TO INTERVIEWEES AND ORGANISATIONS https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Parson-and-the-Songmen/100093220748945/ Mike's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thimblerigg+videos Sabine Baring-Gould Centenary Celebration Group: https://www.sbgcentenary.co.uk/ Simon Mayor: mandolin.co.uk Mike O'Connor: http://www.lyngham.co.uk/ Barbara Griggs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Children-Arganteilin-Harp-Cornwall/dp/0954106857 Pete Coe: https://petecoe.co.uk/ Castle Heritage Centre, Bude: ...

Send us Fan Mail In this latest episode of The Parson and the Songmen we find The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould at something of a loss. Some research into the Reverend Gentleman carried out by Mike earlier in the year led to the discovery of an article that Sabine wrote in 1894 for a lady's publication. The article explained that he was finding it difficult to obtain songs sung by women for his collection, and made an appeal for help to achieve this. Would the article be successful? Well, find out now in this latest podcast. Support the show https://gofund.me/48985b32 PLEASE VISIT TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE RUNNING COST OF THE PODCASTS Mike's website: mikebosworth.uk FOR ALL LINKS TO INTERVIEWEES AND ORGANISATIONS https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Parson-and-the-Songmen/100093220748945/ Mike's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thimblerigg+videos Sabine Baring-Gould Centenary Celebration Group: https://www.sbgcentenary.co.uk/ Simon Mayor: mandolin.co.uk Mike O'Connor: http://www.lyngham.co.uk/ Barbara Griggs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Children-Arganteilin-Harp-Cornwall/dp/0954106857 Pete Coe: https://petecoe.co.uk/ Castle Heritage Centre, Bude: ...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome to the 67th (yes, you read correctly...) episode of The Parson and The Songmen! In this episode we thought it was high time that we visited the home of Sabine Baring-Gould - Lewtrenchard Manor - on the western edge of Dartmoor in Devon. These days, Lewtrenchard Manor has a life as a luxury hotel, but it's history stretches back some 900 years. Baring-Gould inherited the estate in 1872 and began extensive reconstruction and restoration in 1876. True to the one-of-a-kind type of person that he was, Sabine transformed the house into a highly individual dwelling. Described by famed architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner as 'an intriguing creation', the Reverend Gentleman most certainly left his mark on the building as we find out now from Mike, in the company of Shaun Cockman, General Manager of Lewtrenchard Manor. Support the show https://gofund.me/48985b32 PLEASE VISIT TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE RUNNING COST OF THE PODCASTS Mike's website: mikebosworth.uk FOR ALL LINKS TO INTERVIEWEES AND ORGANISATIONS https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Parson-and-the-Songmen/100093220748945/ Mike's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thimblerigg+videos Sabine Baring-Gould Centenary Celebration Group: https://www.sbgcentenary.co.uk/ Simon Mayor: mandolin.co.uk Mike O'Connor: http://www.lyngham.co.uk/ Barbara Griggs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Children-Arganteilin-Harp-Cornwall/dp/0954106857 Pete Coe: https://petecoe.co.uk/ Castle Heritage Centre, Bude: ...

Send us Fan Mail Hi Folks, We thought it would be fitting to continue to celebrate this very special time of year by revisiting Series 2, Episode 2 of The Parson and the Songmen series. Like Series 2, Episode 1, which we uploaded for you last week, this podcast tells the story of another famous Cornish May celebration - Flora Day, held in Helston every year on, or around, the 8th of May. Summer is a comin' and winter is gone! Support the show https://gofund.me/48985b32 PLEASE VISIT TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE RUNNING COST OF THE PODCASTS Mike's website: mikebosworth.uk FOR ALL LINKS TO INTERVIEWEES AND ORGANISATIONS https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Parson-and-the-Songmen/100093220748945/ Mike's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thimblerigg+videos Sabine Baring-Gould Centenary Celebration Group: https://www.sbgcentenary.co.uk/ Simon Mayor: mandolin.co.uk Mike O'Connor: http://www.lyngham.co.uk/ Barbara Griggs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Children-Arganteilin-Harp-Cornwall/dp/0954106857 Pete Coe: https://petecoe.co.uk/ Castle Heritage Centre, Bude: ...

Send us Fan Mail Hi Folks, and a Merry May Day to One And All! In a fit of May Day frivolity, we thought it would be fitting to revisit S2 1, released on May 1st 2024, which took us to the Padstow May Day celebration, tells winter that enough is enough and... Summer Is A-Coming Today! Oss Oss Wee Oss! Support the show https://gofund.me/48985b32 PLEASE VISIT TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE RUNNING COST OF THE PODCASTS Mike's website: mikebosworth.uk FOR ALL LINKS TO INTERVIEWEES AND ORGANISATIONS https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Parson-and-the-Songmen/100093220748945/ Mike's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thimblerigg+videos Sabine Baring-Gould Centenary Celebration Group: https://www.sbgcentenary.co.uk/ Simon Mayor: mandolin.co.uk Mike O'Connor: http://www.lyngham.co.uk/ Barbara Griggs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Children-Arganteilin-Harp-Cornwall/dp/0954106857 Pete Coe: https://petecoe.co.uk/ Castle Heritage Centre, Bude: ...

Send us Fan Mail ...Or does he? Visit The Castle in Bude, on the North Cornish coast, and you will see a substantial building that has been resting happily on sand dunes for nearly 200 years! Mike has been a volunteer at The Castle Museum and Heritage Centre for a number of years and thought it was high time that he did a podcast on the history and inhabitants of this amazing building. These four walls certainly do have some stories to tell, so let's join Mike in the company of Janine King, Heritage Curator at The Castle, to hear all about it. Support the show https://gofund.me/48985b32 PLEASE VISIT TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE RUNNING COST OF THE PODCASTS Mike's website: mikebosworth.uk FOR ALL LINKS TO INTERVIEWEES AND ORGANISATIONS https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Parson-and-the-Songmen/100093220748945/ Mike's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thimblerigg+videos Sabine Baring-Gould Centenary Celebration Group: https://www.sbgcentenary.co.uk/ Simon Mayor: mandolin.co.uk Mike O'Connor: http://www.lyngham.co.uk/ Barbara Griggs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Children-Arganteilin-Harp-Cornwall/dp/0954106857 Pete Coe: https://petecoe.co.uk/ Castle Heritage Centre, Bude: ...

Send us Fan Mail Well here we are, it's been a while, but here is the second episode in the fourth series of The Parson and the Songmen! One of the themes for this series will be to explore Sabine Baring-Gould's other interests, apart from folk song collecting, and in this episode we explore his fascination with all things supernatural... So for those of a delicate nature, then be prepared! Support the show https://gofund.me/48985b32 PLEASE VISIT TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE RUNNING COST OF THE PODCASTS Mike's website: mikebosworth.uk FOR ALL LINKS TO INTERVIEWEES AND ORGANISATIONS https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Parson-and-the-Songmen/100093220748945/ Mike's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thimblerigg+videos Sabine Baring-Gould Centenary Celebration Group: https://www.sbgcentenary.co.uk/ Simon Mayor: mandolin.co.uk Mike O'Connor: http://www.lyngham.co.uk/ Barbara Griggs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Children-Arganteilin-Harp-Cornwall/dp/0954106857 Pete Coe: https://petecoe.co.uk/ Castle Heritage Centre, Bude: ...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this first episode in the fourth series of The Parson and the Songmen! We kick the series off in fine style by meeting Cornwall-based singer/songwriter Chris Hytch and hearing some of the songs from his band Annown's CD 'A Half A Face'. Chris has a passion for Cornish folklore and history and has the uncanny knack of being able to take an old, old story, give it some extra twists and turns, maybe add a bit of humour, and end up with a fresh-sounding, clever, modern song. In fact, such is Chris's appetite to seek out new folklore or history and turn them into fresh songs that he will openly admit... "I can't stop!" Intrigued? Well listen on. https://www.facebook.com/chris.hytch/?locale=en_GB https://www.annown.co.uk/ https://annown.bandcamp.com/ Support the show https://gofund.me/48985b32 PLEASE VISIT TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE RUNNING COST OF THE PODCASTS Mike's website: mikebosworth.uk FOR ALL LINKS TO INTERVIEWEES AND ORGANISATIONS https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Parson-and-the-Songmen/100093220748945/ Mike's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thimblerigg+videos Sabine Baring-Gould Centenary Celebration Group: https://www.sbgcentenary.co.uk/ Simon Mayor: mandolin.co.uk Mike O'Connor: http://www.lyngham.co.uk/ Barbara Griggs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Children-Arganteilin-Harp-Cornwall/dp/0954106857 Pete Coe: https://petecoe.co.uk/ Castle Heritage Centre, Bude: ...

Send us Fan Mail A Happy New Year to you and welcome to this third compilation of songs (and tunes) from the shows! We have a varied selection for you, some reminding you of spring, the festive season and, as always, a fair dollop of the Reverend Sabine Baring Gould. Here is the track listing, or click on CHAPTERS (above) if you want to go to an individual track. 1. The Jolly Wagoner - Mike Bosworth 2. Black Joke (tune) - Colin Thomsett 3. Jim the Carter Lad - Sophie Legg 4. The Gypsy - Mike Bosworth with Rowan Tidball 5. Parsons Lea - Kate and Jon Tidball 6. All Round My Hat - Mike Bosworth 7. My Jolly Wagoner Drive On - Bob and Gill Berry 8. Twas On One April Morning - Mike Bosworth and the Dawn Chorus 9. Hewlett - Simon Mayor 10. Last of the Singers - Mike Bosworth 11. Ashwater Bell Ringing (alternative version) - Marilyn Tucker and Paul Wilson 12. Sans Day Carol (tune) - Kate and Jon Tidball 13. Can't Keep His Wife At Home - Mike Bosworth with Colin Thomsett Support the show https://gofund.me/48985b32 PLEASE VISIT TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE RUNNING COST OF THE PODCASTS Mike's website: mikebosworth.uk FOR ALL LINKS TO INTERVIEWEES AND ORGANISATIONS https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Parson-and-the-Songmen/100093220748945/ Mike's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thimblerigg+videos Sabine Baring-Gould Centenary Celebration Group: https://www.sbgcentenary.co.uk/ Simon Mayor: mandolin.co.uk Mike O'Connor: http://www.lyngham.co.uk/ Barbara Griggs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Children-Arganteilin-Harp-Cornwall/dp/0954106857 Pete Coe: https://petecoe.co.uk/ Castle Heritage Centre, Bude: ...

Send us Fan Mail Season's Greetings One And All! Welcome to the festive sixtieth edition of The Parson and the Songmen! In this episode we tell the story of a special carol service that takes place every year in the Stratton/Bude area of North Cornwall to keep alive a very special set of carols peculiar to the area. Mike and Jon recorded this year's service so expect some carols that you will most likely be very unfamiliar to you, and to that end here are the words for the carols included in the podcast. Morwenna Carol God from on high hath heard, let sighs and sorrows cease, Lo from the open heaven descends to man the promised peace, To man the promised peace. Lo from the open heaven descends to man the promised peace, To man the promised peace, the promised peace. Hark! Through the silent night angelic voices swell, Their joyful songs proclaim that God is born on earth to dwell, Is born on earth to dwell, Their joyful songs proclaim that God is born on earth to dwell, Is born on earth to dwell, on earth to dwell… Let Christians All With One Accord Rejoice Let Christians all with one accord r ejoice, and praises sing with heart as well as voice, To God on high, who wonderous things have done, In sending us, in sending us, in sending us, in sending us his well beloved son. That blessed babe and holy child of love, came down from heaven that we might reign above, The joyful news was brought on angels’ wings, Of our redemption, our redemption, our redemption, our redemption by the King of Kings. Three wise men by a star were hither brought, and found the blessed babe they long had sought… O Come, O come Emmanuel A deus, A deus, Emmanuel, Daspren an prisner Ysrael, Divres, hirethek, trist, a vyw, Hirneth ow kortos dos Mab Dyw. Omlowenha, Emmanuel A dheu dhis skon, A Ysrael… Support the show https://gofund.me/48985b32 PLEASE VISIT TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE RUNNING COST OF THE PODCASTS Mike's website: mikebosworth.uk FOR ALL LINKS TO INTERVIEWEES AND ORGANISATIONS https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Parson-and-the-Songmen/100093220748945/ Mike's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thimblerigg+videos Sabine Baring-Gould Centenary Celebration Group: https://www.sbgcentenary.co.uk/ Simon Mayor: mandolin.co.uk Mike O'Connor: http://www.lyngham.co.uk/ Barbara Griggs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Children-Arganteilin-Harp-Cornwall/dp/0954106857 Pete Coe: https://petecoe.co.uk/ Castle Heritage Centre, Bude: ...

Send us Fan Mail If you do celebrate, you may well have noticed that Yuletide is nearly upon us... But, if you did need reminding, then this episode of The Parson and the Songmen will do just that for you! There are plenty of Christmas and Winter Solstice customs and traditions out there, but this edition will hopefully open your eyes and ears to some that are (almost) peculiar to Devon and Cornwall, and may even help to explain the origins of some traditions that we take for granted today. Support the show https://gofund.me/48985b32 PLEASE VISIT TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE RUNNING COST OF THE PODCASTS Mike's website: mikebosworth.uk FOR ALL LINKS TO INTERVIEWEES AND ORGANISATIONS https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Parson-and-the-Songmen/100093220748945/ Mike's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thimblerigg+videos Sabine Baring-Gould Centenary Celebration Group: https://www.sbgcentenary.co.uk/ Simon Mayor: mandolin.co.uk Mike O'Connor: http://www.lyngham.co.uk/ Barbara Griggs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Children-Arganteilin-Harp-Cornwall/dp/0954106857 Pete Coe: https://petecoe.co.uk/ Castle Heritage Centre, Bude: ...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Series Three, Episode Twelve. All we will say about this episode is that it involves some early Twentieth Century song collecting, a very enigmatic song collector and two wheeled transport. Listen on... (By the way, and still trying to be all secretive, if this episode does tickle your taste- buds and you want to find out more then please visit https://bobandgillberry.com ) Support the show https://gofund.me/48985b32 PLEASE VISIT TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE RUNNING COST OF THE PODCASTS Mike's website: mikebosworth.uk FOR ALL LINKS TO INTERVIEWEES AND ORGANISATIONS https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Parson-and-the-Songmen/100093220748945/ Mike's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thimblerigg+videos Sabine Baring-Gould Centenary Celebration Group: https://www.sbgcentenary.co.uk/ Simon Mayor: mandolin.co.uk Mike O'Connor: http://www.lyngham.co.uk/ Barbara Griggs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Children-Arganteilin-Harp-Cornwall/dp/0954106857 Pete Coe: https://petecoe.co.uk/ Castle Heritage Centre, Bude: ...

Send us Fan Mail At this time in November we remember the sacrifice that hundreds of thousands of British soldiers made with their lives as they fought in the First World War (and remember that millions died overall). Many songs are associated with this war, but are there songs connected to earlier battles? The simple answer is "Yes" and in this episode Mike collects together some of those found in the Baring Gould Song Collection. Support the show https://gofund.me/48985b32 PLEASE VISIT TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE RUNNING COST OF THE PODCASTS Mike's website: mikebosworth.uk FOR ALL LINKS TO INTERVIEWEES AND ORGANISATIONS https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Parson-and-the-Songmen/100093220748945/ Mike's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thimblerigg+videos Sabine Baring-Gould Centenary Celebration Group: https://www.sbgcentenary.co.uk/ Simon Mayor: mandolin.co.uk Mike O'Connor: http://www.lyngham.co.uk/ Barbara Griggs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Children-Arganteilin-Harp-Cornwall/dp/0954106857 Pete Coe: https://petecoe.co.uk/ Castle Heritage Centre, Bude: ...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Parson and the Songmen we join Mike at Ashwater Church, in the far west of Devon, for a day of 'ringing and singing'. One Day In October are the first four words of a very special song that the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould collected, telling of a bell ringing competition that took place at Ashwater church some two hundred years ago. For the last two years this event has been remembered in the form of a day centred around bell ringing, organised by Jon Bint, Vice-Chair of the Devon Association of Ringers and Marilyn Tucker from Devon-Based Wren Music. Support the show https://gofund.me/48985b32 PLEASE VISIT TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE RUNNING COST OF THE PODCASTS Mike's website: mikebosworth.uk FOR ALL LINKS TO INTERVIEWEES AND ORGANISATIONS https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Parson-and-the-Songmen/100093220748945/ Mike's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thimblerigg+videos Sabine Baring-Gould Centenary Celebration Group: https://www.sbgcentenary.co.uk/ Simon Mayor: mandolin.co.uk Mike O'Connor: http://www.lyngham.co.uk/ Barbara Griggs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Children-Arganteilin-Harp-Cornwall/dp/0954106857 Pete Coe: https://petecoe.co.uk/ Castle Heritage Centre, Bude: ...

Send us Fan Mail The poet John Keats called Autumn the 'season of mists and mellow fruitfulness'. A time for reflection and also a time when 'all is safely gathered in' before the onset of winter. Those words, of course, come from the harvest hymn We Plough The Fields And Scatter, and in this episode of The Parson And The Songmen we discover the origins of what we know as The Harvest Festival church service and find out more about the man behind its creation - Robert Stephen Hawker, the Vicar of Morwenstow in North Cornwall. Hawker was known to The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould who saw something of himself in this larger than life, multi-talented, eccentric figure. So, let's join Mike, in conversation with local historian and Hawker enthusiast, Matt Thomas, Outreach Officer at the Castle Heritage Centre, Bude. Support the show https://gofund.me/48985b32 PLEASE VISIT TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE RUNNING COST OF THE PODCASTS Mike's website: mikebosworth.uk FOR ALL LINKS TO INTERVIEWEES AND ORGANISATIONS https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Parson-and-the-Songmen/100093220748945/ Mike's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thimblerigg+videos Sabine Baring-Gould Centenary Celebration Group: https://www.sbgcentenary.co.uk/ Simon Mayor: mandolin.co.uk Mike O'Connor: http://www.lyngham.co.uk/ Barbara Griggs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Children-Arganteilin-Harp-Cornwall/dp/0954106857 Pete Coe: https://petecoe.co.uk/ Castle Heritage Centre, Bude: ...

Send us Fan Mail 'Catch Me If You Can' is the title of a cassette tape, (originally released in 1978 and please search the interweb if you're too young to know what a cassette tape is) released by Pete Coe who spent a week in the company of a Cornish travelling family, recording songs and stories about their way of life in the early 1900s. Mike has known Pete since the 1960s in Birmingham where they both sang at The Black Diamond Folk Club, held in the Drovers Arms. Pete went on to become, as described by BBC Radio 2, A 'One-Man Folk Industry' and is still sought out by major folk-festivals in Britain to appear to this day. This podcast focuses on the reissue, this year, of 'Catch Me If You Can' on CD and features a reunion between Mike and Pete at Dartmoor Folk Festival as well as some amazing soundbites from the family about their life on the road. Support the show https://gofund.me/48985b32 PLEASE VISIT TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE RUNNING COST OF THE PODCASTS Mike's website: mikebosworth.uk FOR ALL LINKS TO INTERVIEWEES AND ORGANISATIONS https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Parson-and-the-Songmen/100093220748945/ Mike's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thimblerigg+videos Sabine Baring-Gould Centenary Celebration Group: https://www.sbgcentenary.co.uk/ Simon Mayor: mandolin.co.uk Mike O'Connor: http://www.lyngham.co.uk/ Barbara Griggs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Children-Arganteilin-Harp-Cornwall/dp/0954106857 Pete Coe: https://petecoe.co.uk/ Castle Heritage Centre, Bude: ...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back after our summer break! In this episode we focus on William Andrews, a shy farmer from Sheepstor, in a remote part of Dartmoor, Devon. Andrews was not only a farmer though, he was a skilled fiddle player, and was visited by The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould in order to note down some of his tunes that would become known in time as The William Andrews Collection. Support the show https://gofund.me/48985b32 PLEASE VISIT TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE RUNNING COST OF THE PODCASTS Mike's website: mikebosworth.uk FOR ALL LINKS TO INTERVIEWEES AND ORGANISATIONS https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Parson-and-the-Songmen/100093220748945/ Mike's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thimblerigg+videos Sabine Baring-Gould Centenary Celebration Group: https://www.sbgcentenary.co.uk/ Simon Mayor: mandolin.co.uk Mike O'Connor: http://www.lyngham.co.uk/ Barbara Griggs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Children-Arganteilin-Harp-Cornwall/dp/0954106857 Pete Coe: https://petecoe.co.uk/ Castle Heritage Centre, Bude: ...

Send us Fan Mail Join Mike for a very special 'Parson and the Songmen' this time around! It's not every day that you happen to get to the chance to have a chat with one of the world's leading mandolinists, composers and all round wit, but this is just what Mike did recently when he met up with Simon Mayor. Taken from Simon Mayor's biog on his website mandolin.co.uk Please visit for info on all of his work, gigs, workshops, projects, CDs etc 'As well as being an incredible mandolin player, Simon is a fine fiddle player, guitarist, composer, poet and wit. Whether with long-time partner Hilary James or his group The Mandolinquents, his live performances blend dazzling musicianship with poetry both poignant and playful, and a ready supply of humorous anecdotes and off-the-cuff wit. His stages have ranged from primary schools to classical, folk and literature festivals worldwide, and as featured mandolin soloist at orchestral concerts'. So, sit back, make yourself comfy, and join Mike and Simon now in this latest episode of 'The Parson and the Songmen'. Support the show https://gofund.me/48985b32 PLEASE VISIT TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE RUNNING COST OF THE PODCASTS Mike's website: mikebosworth.uk FOR ALL LINKS TO INTERVIEWEES AND ORGANISATIONS https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Parson-and-the-Songmen/100093220748945/ Mike's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thimblerigg+videos Sabine Baring-Gould Centenary Celebration Group: https://www.sbgcentenary.co.uk/ Simon Mayor: mandolin.co.uk Mike O'Connor: http://www.lyngham.co.uk/ Barbara Griggs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Children-Arganteilin-Harp-Cornwall/dp/0954106857 Pete Coe: https://petecoe.co.uk/ Castle Heritage Centre, Bude: ...