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/
https://helenlindleymusic.com/
My very lovely friend @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social has a new episode of @intheroud.bsky.social podcast out.
In S5/Ep6 I'm back chatting with him about another rare folk ballad, Lord Ingram & Chiel Wyet (Roud 46). I created a new version especially; get it from your usual podcast provider. #FolkMusic
In S5/Ep6 I'm back chatting with him about another rare folk ballad, Lord Ingram & Chiel Wyet (Roud 46). I created a new version especially; get it from your usual podcast provider. #FolkMusic
November 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
My very lovely friend @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social has a new episode of @intheroud.bsky.social podcast out.
In S5/Ep6 I'm back chatting with him about another rare folk ballad, Lord Ingram & Chiel Wyet (Roud 46). I created a new version especially; get it from your usual podcast provider. #FolkMusic
In S5/Ep6 I'm back chatting with him about another rare folk ballad, Lord Ingram & Chiel Wyet (Roud 46). I created a new version especially; get it from your usual podcast provider. #FolkMusic
Have a listen. It's one of the more challenging re-settings I've done but I really enjoyed working on this unsung song, a recording of which is on the podcast.
ew episode out now!!
S5/E6 – Roud 46: LORD INGRAM AND CHIEL WYET
History and Singer guest: @helenlindley.bsky.social
Available from wherever you get your podcasts.
S5/E6 – Roud 46: LORD INGRAM AND CHIEL WYET
History and Singer guest: @helenlindley.bsky.social
Available from wherever you get your podcasts.
November 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Have a listen. It's one of the more challenging re-settings I've done but I really enjoyed working on this unsung song, a recording of which is on the podcast.
Reposted by Helen Lindley
‘I never wanted to sing into a vacuum’: Scottish folk pioneer Dick Gaughan’s fight for his lost music – top work by @juderogers.bsky.social here
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
‘I never wanted to sing into a vacuum’: Scottish folk pioneer Dick Gaughan’s fight for his lost music
A skilled interpreter and social justice champion, Gaughan is a hero to the likes of Richard Hawley and Billy Bragg. Yet much of his work has been stuck in limbo for decades – until a determined fan s...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
‘I never wanted to sing into a vacuum’: Scottish folk pioneer Dick Gaughan’s fight for his lost music – top work by @juderogers.bsky.social here
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Another @intheroud.bsky.social recording with @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social completed (this might be linked with my previous post!). Out soon for you all to listen to!
#InTheRoud #folksong #Podcast
#InTheRoud #folksong #Podcast
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Another @intheroud.bsky.social recording with @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social completed (this might be linked with my previous post!). Out soon for you all to listen to!
#InTheRoud #folksong #Podcast
#InTheRoud #folksong #Podcast
I finished writing/re-setting a folk ballad last night and recorded it today. This one was a request and one of the harder ones to complete. There were 5 historical text versions to consult and no known tune. After several lyric rewrites and similar number of melody revisions, it's done!
#folkmusic
#folkmusic
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I finished writing/re-setting a folk ballad last night and recorded it today. This one was a request and one of the harder ones to complete. There were 5 historical text versions to consult and no known tune. After several lyric rewrites and similar number of melody revisions, it's done!
#folkmusic
#folkmusic
This might amuse you @elizacarthy.bsky.social, overheard when leaving the venue last night.
Man to partner/friend, "As you know it ain't my kind of music, but I enjoyed it. She's folk royalty ain't she? She's good. Never 'eard of 'im though. But 'e were quite good too."
I'm still chuckling 😂🤣
Man to partner/friend, "As you know it ain't my kind of music, but I enjoyed it. She's folk royalty ain't she? She's good. Never 'eard of 'im though. But 'e were quite good too."
I'm still chuckling 😂🤣
November 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This might amuse you @elizacarthy.bsky.social, overheard when leaving the venue last night.
Man to partner/friend, "As you know it ain't my kind of music, but I enjoyed it. She's folk royalty ain't she? She's good. Never 'eard of 'im though. But 'e were quite good too."
I'm still chuckling 😂🤣
Man to partner/friend, "As you know it ain't my kind of music, but I enjoyed it. She's folk royalty ain't she? She's good. Never 'eard of 'im though. But 'e were quite good too."
I'm still chuckling 😂🤣
That was a wonderful night at Stamford Corn Exchange Theatre for The Wassail tour of @elizacarthy.bsky.social and @jonboden.bsky.social. Eliza reciting a Marriott Edgar monologue made me cry a little. But it was all brilliant and I recommend you see the tour if you can! More info at thewassail.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
That was a wonderful night at Stamford Corn Exchange Theatre for The Wassail tour of @elizacarthy.bsky.social and @jonboden.bsky.social. Eliza reciting a Marriott Edgar monologue made me cry a little. But it was all brilliant and I recommend you see the tour if you can! More info at thewassail.com
Reposted by Helen Lindley
Sat 29th Nov, 7pm start (doors 6.30pm): Drive The Cold Winter Away - album launch concert and ceilidh.
Singing songs from our new album, and more, then a ceilidh with music by The Horace Mouse Band.
Venue: St Paul's West Hackney, N16.
Tickets £12/£8/£7: www.tickettailor.com/events/morri...
Singing songs from our new album, and more, then a ceilidh with music by The Horace Mouse Band.
Venue: St Paul's West Hackney, N16.
Tickets £12/£8/£7: www.tickettailor.com/events/morri...
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Sat 29th Nov, 7pm start (doors 6.30pm): Drive The Cold Winter Away - album launch concert and ceilidh.
Singing songs from our new album, and more, then a ceilidh with music by The Horace Mouse Band.
Venue: St Paul's West Hackney, N16.
Tickets £12/£8/£7: www.tickettailor.com/events/morri...
Singing songs from our new album, and more, then a ceilidh with music by The Horace Mouse Band.
Venue: St Paul's West Hackney, N16.
Tickets £12/£8/£7: www.tickettailor.com/events/morri...
There are still tickets available for The Wassail with @elizacarthy.bsky.social and @jonboden.bsky.social tomorrow (Saturday 15th November) 7.30pm at #Stamford Corn Exchange here in Lincolnshire. It'll be a brilliant night so come if you can! 🌲🎅🦛
www.stamfordcornexchange.co.uk/the-wassail-...
www.stamfordcornexchange.co.uk/the-wassail-...
The Wassail with Eliza Carthy & Jon Boden - Stamford Corn Exchange Theatre
Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden combine their considerable talents and reputations within the UK folk scene, for a nationwide wassail, wishing good health to all across key venues.
www.stamfordcornexchange.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
There are still tickets available for The Wassail with @elizacarthy.bsky.social and @jonboden.bsky.social tomorrow (Saturday 15th November) 7.30pm at #Stamford Corn Exchange here in Lincolnshire. It'll be a brilliant night so come if you can! 🌲🎅🦛
www.stamfordcornexchange.co.uk/the-wassail-...
www.stamfordcornexchange.co.uk/the-wassail-...
I finished the first draft of the latest folk song re-setting last week. Time for the second draft. And then there's the melody to compose, although thankfully I have some voice recordings saved on my phone of some suggestions.
#folksong
#folksong
November 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I finished the first draft of the latest folk song re-setting last week. Time for the second draft. And then there's the melody to compose, although thankfully I have some voice recordings saved on my phone of some suggestions.
#folksong
#folksong
Reposted by Helen Lindley
“It's five thousand miles to Rome. We've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.”
“Hit it.”
“Hit it.”
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 7:43 AM
“It's five thousand miles to Rome. We've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.”
“Hit it.”
“Hit it.”
I am really loving this new album from @leveretband.bsky.social (@samsweeney.bsky.social @andycutting.bsky.social Rob Harbron). I recommend you buy it. Or add it to your Christmas list so someone buys it for you.
leveretband.bandcamp.com/album/lost-m...
#folkmusic
leveretband.bandcamp.com/album/lost-m...
#folkmusic
November 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I am really loving this new album from @leveretband.bsky.social (@samsweeney.bsky.social @andycutting.bsky.social Rob Harbron). I recommend you buy it. Or add it to your Christmas list so someone buys it for you.
leveretband.bandcamp.com/album/lost-m...
#folkmusic
leveretband.bandcamp.com/album/lost-m...
#folkmusic
This is such a heart-warming thing. Grassroots venues are the lifeblood of the music industry.
Our huge, heartfelt thanks to Sam Fender, who’s donated his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to Music Venue Trust... after already making sure £1 from every ticket on his recent tour went to support grassroots music venues.
November 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This is such a heart-warming thing. Grassroots venues are the lifeblood of the music industry.
I see there are still tickets available for @magpielane-oxford.bsky.social at Royal Traditions Folk Club near #Sheffield on 6th December. It's going to be a fabulously festive night as we'll no doubt all do some singing afterwards too.
Get tickets at wegottickets.com/event/645679
#festive
Get tickets at wegottickets.com/event/645679
#festive
Magpie Lane @ Royal Traditions
At Sheffield The Old Band Room on Sat 6th Dec, 2025
wegottickets.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I see there are still tickets available for @magpielane-oxford.bsky.social at Royal Traditions Folk Club near #Sheffield on 6th December. It's going to be a fabulously festive night as we'll no doubt all do some singing afterwards too.
Get tickets at wegottickets.com/event/645679
#festive
Get tickets at wegottickets.com/event/645679
#festive
It's that time of year again! Time to rehearse #ChristmasCarols. But even better is that this year I'll be able to sing them in my own village, here in Lincolnshire. It seems my years of travelling to the #Sheffield Carols will indeed serve me well!
#CarolSinging 🎶
#CarolSinging 🎶
November 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
It's that time of year again! Time to rehearse #ChristmasCarols. But even better is that this year I'll be able to sing them in my own village, here in Lincolnshire. It seems my years of travelling to the #Sheffield Carols will indeed serve me well!
#CarolSinging 🎶
#CarolSinging 🎶
Great news!
The lovely Emily has shared this with me. To those of you who, like me, used the Bodleian Broadside Ballads Archive previously, it's gradually making its way back!
@jenniferballads.bsky.social, I remember you were wanting to know about the return too.
Thank you @bodleian.ox.ac.uk 😊
The lovely Emily has shared this with me. To those of you who, like me, used the Bodleian Broadside Ballads Archive previously, it's gradually making its way back!
@jenniferballads.bsky.social, I remember you were wanting to know about the return too.
Thank you @bodleian.ox.ac.uk 😊
Looks like the Bodleian’s Broadside Ballads are just now partially back online and available to search on Solo. Apparently there will be a landing page soon @helenlindley.bsky.social @efdss.bsky.social
oxford.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/se...
oxford.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/se...
oxford.primo.exlibrisgroup.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Great news!
The lovely Emily has shared this with me. To those of you who, like me, used the Bodleian Broadside Ballads Archive previously, it's gradually making its way back!
@jenniferballads.bsky.social, I remember you were wanting to know about the return too.
Thank you @bodleian.ox.ac.uk 😊
The lovely Emily has shared this with me. To those of you who, like me, used the Bodleian Broadside Ballads Archive previously, it's gradually making its way back!
@jenniferballads.bsky.social, I remember you were wanting to know about the return too.
Thank you @bodleian.ox.ac.uk 😊
Reposted by Helen Lindley
Now on sale: the fourth Indoor Festival of Folk.
Featuring the country's finest folk artists: Maddy Prior and Peter Knight, Chris Wood, Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver, Ellie Gowers, The Magpie Arc PLUS a unique interview with Matthew Bannister and a special guest.
Sat 7 Feb bit.ly/4qC4y0c
Featuring the country's finest folk artists: Maddy Prior and Peter Knight, Chris Wood, Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver, Ellie Gowers, The Magpie Arc PLUS a unique interview with Matthew Bannister and a special guest.
Sat 7 Feb bit.ly/4qC4y0c
Indoor Festival of Folk
A day-long winter feast of music and very special guests under Cecil Sharp House’s historic roof, co-hosted by EFDSS and folk rock supergroup The Magpie Arc.
bit.ly
October 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Now on sale: the fourth Indoor Festival of Folk.
Featuring the country's finest folk artists: Maddy Prior and Peter Knight, Chris Wood, Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver, Ellie Gowers, The Magpie Arc PLUS a unique interview with Matthew Bannister and a special guest.
Sat 7 Feb bit.ly/4qC4y0c
Featuring the country's finest folk artists: Maddy Prior and Peter Knight, Chris Wood, Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver, Ellie Gowers, The Magpie Arc PLUS a unique interview with Matthew Bannister and a special guest.
Sat 7 Feb bit.ly/4qC4y0c
Reposted by Helen Lindley
I've been in France working on final edits of the next book of short stories -- should have signed, numbered, first ed. copies to sell online by late Nov. Im signing copies at The Portico Library, Manchester on the evening of December 18th. Early doors.
October 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I've been in France working on final edits of the next book of short stories -- should have signed, numbered, first ed. copies to sell online by late Nov. Im signing copies at The Portico Library, Manchester on the evening of December 18th. Early doors.
Reposted by Helen Lindley
& re Facebook, I'll sometimes post one thing that hits the algorithm & someone will pop in & say something like "I remember you. Why don't you write books any more?"
I've written eight books since 2017.
What kind of chance do we stand when robots are spreading lies about who we are and what we do?
I've written eight books since 2017.
What kind of chance do we stand when robots are spreading lies about who we are and what we do?
The way Instagram's algorithm is now, there's about as much point in someone like me having 35,000 followers there as there would be in selling 35,000 tickets for a rock concert in New York then sitting on a Welsh mountain, playing six songs, unaccompanied, on an old banjo with two strings missing.
October 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
& re Facebook, I'll sometimes post one thing that hits the algorithm & someone will pop in & say something like "I remember you. Why don't you write books any more?"
I've written eight books since 2017.
What kind of chance do we stand when robots are spreading lies about who we are and what we do?
I've written eight books since 2017.
What kind of chance do we stand when robots are spreading lies about who we are and what we do?
Get tickets too see this daft pair* on their Wassail tour!
(*they're both very lovely 🤗)
(*they're both very lovely 🤗)
October 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Get tickets too see this daft pair* on their Wassail tour!
(*they're both very lovely 🤗)
(*they're both very lovely 🤗)
A PhD position is available in my group, researching the synthesis and reactivity of azetidine boronic esters.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
This is part of Sheffield's EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award competition, where applicants will be interviewed and the top candidates offered a position.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
This is part of Sheffield's EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award competition, where applicants will be interviewed and the top candidates offered a position.
October 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Time to get back into the folk songwriting/resetting again as there's a deadline to meet!
#FolkMusic
#FolkMusic
October 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Time to get back into the folk songwriting/resetting again as there's a deadline to meet!
#FolkMusic
#FolkMusic
Book tickets at www.stamfordcornexchange.co.uk/the-wassail-...
October 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Book tickets at www.stamfordcornexchange.co.uk/the-wassail-...
Looking forward to @jonboden.bsky.social & @elizacarthy.bsky.social doing Wassail stuff on 15th Nov at Stamford Corn Exchange Theatre. I spent many happy hours as a child there as Mum was a regular performer. I never performed there and haven't even been back since I was 12, so it'll be emotional!
October 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Looking forward to @jonboden.bsky.social & @elizacarthy.bsky.social doing Wassail stuff on 15th Nov at Stamford Corn Exchange Theatre. I spent many happy hours as a child there as Mum was a regular performer. I never performed there and haven't even been back since I was 12, so it'll be emotional!