Nancy Kerr
@NancyKerrMusic
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Lecturer in Folk and Traditional Music, Head of Performance, researcher, Newcastle University. Former BBC Folk Singer of the Year.
Joined November 2013
From Monday May 12th, our @ahrcpress @RHULMusic @MusicNclUni research project Music Heritage Place is the focus for The Essay on @BBCRadio3! . The Song Detectorists features @MelroseQuartet reimagining archival gems for the 21st Century.
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Possibly my only humorous song!.
Poor Lady Lizzie - The glorious songwriting of @NancyKerrMusic, from @ElizabethanSess:.
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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 @ahrcpress project @MusicHeritagePl with very special guests the National Youth Folk Troupe of England. 3.30 at the Dacre Rooms .
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RT @julian_may: New Generation Thinker @OskarCoxJensen has a year old son, so his interest in lullabies is now more than academic. Oskar an….
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RT @NancyKerrMusic: I’m really looking forward to teaching at the Folkworks Summer Sessions at @glasshouseicm in July! Book your tickets no….
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I’m really looking forward to teaching at the Folkworks Summer Sessions at @glasshouseicm in July! Book your tickets now for what I’m sure will be a brilliant few days of music making and fun.
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RT @PHILIPMORROW18: @NancyKerrMusic Handel meets baroque meets choral meets folk. Absolutely delightful.
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This is our new band! Fi Fraser, Jess Arrowsmith, Rosie Butler-Hall, Sarah Matthews and me. We are Sāwol (soul, life, spirit, being… rhymes with Owl). Carol of the Skies composed by me for Peace Through Folk 2024, with new symphony by Jess.
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RT @themanicule: Join us for the last episode of the #songdetectorists on @bbcradio3 at 21:45 tonight. We're in Northumberland exploring a….
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RT @NancyKerrMusic: Beautifully put together episode featuring our musical journey through sacred/secular music as it snuggles up together….
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Beautifully put together episode featuring our musical journey through sacred/secular music as it snuggles up together in the county archives!.
We're heading to Hampshire in tonight's @BBCRadio3 The Essay episode at 21:45 to explore Richard Pyle's music book and to hear some beautiful reimagining of music performed in 19th-century Nether Wallop by @NancyKerrMusic and @MelroseQuartet #songdetectorists @ahrcpress
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RT @ABRACKENBURY: A rich mix for anyone drawn to history & song! The Essay, BBC Radio 3, 9.45, Mon 12 May on. Seeking music in County archi….
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RT @NancyKerrMusic: Hampshire’s Richard Pyle book of 1788 giving rise to some fiddlehymnsinging - if that’s a thing - tonight on @BBCRadio3.
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Hampshire’s Richard Pyle book of 1788 giving rise to some fiddlehymnsinging - if that’s a thing - tonight on @BBCRadio3.
We're heading to Hampshire in tonight's @BBCRadio3 The Essay episode at 21:45 to explore Richard Pyle's music book and to hear some beautiful reimagining of music performed in 19th-century Nether Wallop by @NancyKerrMusic and @MelroseQuartet #songdetectorists @ahrcpress
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RT @NancyKerrMusic: Loved love LOVED the collaborative quality of this episode of the Song Detectorists in Cornwall - the singing off-the-p….
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Matthew Bannister travels across England finding out about music discovered in archives.
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Hampshire tonight, and the archive that started it all….
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Matthew Bannister travels across England finding out about music discovered in archives.
Loved love LOVED the collaborative quality of this episode of the Song Detectorists in Cornwall - the singing off-the-page in the archive gave me goosebumps, and the brilliant observations on class. Such a delight to sing these beautiful songs.
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Loved love LOVED the collaborative quality of this episode of the Song Detectorists in Cornwall - the singing off-the-page in the archive gave me goosebumps, and the brilliant observations on class. Such a delight to sing these beautiful songs.
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Matthew Bannister travels across England finding out about music discovered in archives.
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RT @KenHunt01: And tomorrow it’s Hampshire. Link gives the whole week’s instalments. @Bannmatt @NancyKerrMusic.
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Matthew Bannister travels across England finding out about music discovered in archives.
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RT @bwthornton: #Music The Essay The Song Detectorists.3. Cornwall.Today 21:45.@BBCRadio3.@Bannmatt travels across England to find out abou….
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Matthew Bannister travels across England finding out about music discovered in archives.
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RT @themanicule: Tonight's #songdetectorists of @MusicHeritagePl head to Cornwall to discover the Cornish tradition of carol singing. Tune….
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