The first US exhibit of rare, century-old photos taken by British song collector Cecil Sharp opens at The Madison County Arts Center from April 3- May 31st. The photos feature some of the singers he ...

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Headington Quarry Morris Dancers commemorated the 100th anniversary of folk-music champion Cecil Sharp's death earlier this week. The celebratory event took place on June 23 at Headington Quarry where ...

The Cecil Sharp Project, which emerged out of a week of workshopping sponsored last year by the Shrewsbury Folk Festival, avoided these pitfalls with a great deal of deftness, a sense of irony as well ...

Cecil Sharp (22 November 1859 - 23 June 1924) was the founding father of the folklore revival in England in the early 20th century, and many of England's traditional dances and music owe their ...

Four diaries written by Cecil Sharp, England's most prolific folk music and dance collector, are being published online 150 years after his birth. Malcolm Taylor, the Library Director of English Folk ...