Beyond the Maypole - ACE225.6

Johnson and Roger Watson talking to Tembo about political songs, which don’t fit popular formulae. Watson talks about his own work with Southern Arts which tries to ensure that older folk music is known about, and also enables people to create new and relevant folk music today. The Band performing. Heather Joyce performing. Joyce tells Tembo about the influences in her music, which came more from a good musical education than from hearing folk music. She describes the story of Lady Jay’s Grave, near Hand Tor, on Dartmoor. She’s interested in keeping history alive through music, and worries that English traditional music is stagnating. Joyce singing her song about Kitty Jaye; views of Dartmoor and the grave intercut.