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Helen Lindley

@helenlindley.bsky.social

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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/

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Helen Lindley @helenlindley.bsky.social · Aug 25

I've added a new song video to my YouTube channel: Erlinton (Child 8, Roud 24). I found it in the Sing Yonder books (Vol 3) and intended to use @karlsinfield.bsky.social tune & words from the book, but on holiday an idea for a different tune came to me instead!
youtube.com/watch?v=kMv4...

Erlinton (Child Ballad 8, Roud Index 24) - unaccompanied folk singing

YouTube video by Helen Lindley Music

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Helen Lindley @helenlindley.bsky.social · 4h

Can I be exempt, please? I really don't want to return to those godforsaken days of phone calls/mailed letters/faxes and doing loads of paperwork. Not to mention not being able to easily look up how to bleed a radiator or replace the door mirror indicator light on my car.

Helen Lindley @helenlindley.bsky.social · 19d

Last weekend was great fun. My birthday present (from back in June) from my sister was for the two of us to watch Les Misérables at Sondheim Theatre in London. I've wanted to see it for years and it did not disappoint. Stunning and moving and everything I hoped it would be!
#LesMisérables

Image shows the outside signage for Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre, London.

Image shows the backdrop and stage for Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre, London.

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Helen Lindley @helenlindley.bsky.social · 19d

It bloody hurts when you step off the kerb and some eejit comes whizzing past with no bike lights and wearing all black. Heck, when I'm on my bike even my bright yellow helmet has embedded lights. But there again back in the 70s/80s we were taught it was an offence to cycle at night without lights.

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Helen Lindley @helenlindley.bsky.social · Aug 17

I absolutely love being involved in this and it's a privilege to be among such a wonderful bunch of people. If you love folk songs, it's well worth listening to.

Thanks to @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social for his dedication in creating the @intheroud.bsky.social podcasts 🤗

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast @intheroud.bsky.social · Aug 11

And that's it for S4.

A huge thanks: @pdcawley.bsky.social, Chris Foster, Steve Gardham, Sandra Kerr, John Kirkpatrick, Kirsty Law, Amy Leach, @helenlindley.bsky.social, @rachaelmcshane.bsky.social, Ruth Perry, Brian Peters, Nora Rodes, Steve Roud and Barbara Snape.
Season 5 starts on 1st October!!

Helen Lindley @helenlindley.bsky.social · Aug 10

When you're sitting outside a #Dorset pub with a pint and discover the river next to it is called the River Jordan you can't help but hear Bellowhead's Jordan in your head. On repeat! 😊

Image shows a shallow river in an English village. There are reeds growing on the river banks and on the left a willow tree overhangs the water. It is a sunny day and a light blue sky is visible through the trees.

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Helen Lindley @helenlindley.bsky.social · Aug 1

It's #BandcampFriday, the day when the lovely @bandcamp.com waives its commission! If you pop by my Bandcamp store there are my unaccompanied folk songs. And if you join my mailing list you'll be first to hear about new releases too, including one coming soon in September
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Helen Lindley

I sing mainly unaccompanied folk songs of the British Isles and play fiddle tunes. I write new tunes for old folk songs where the original tune isn't known and sometimes write songs & tunes for other ...

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Helen Lindley @helenlindley.bsky.social · Jul 10

Another gorgeous night, this time with a full moon. Apparently the July #FullMoon is called the #BuckMoon.
(You can tell my age as I tend to think of it as the Buck Rogers moon! 🤭😁)

Image shows a night sky. In the background is a dark greyish blueish sky with a few clouds. A bright full moon is in the centre of the image and to the right and left are trees. In the foreground is a garden fence with a field beyond it.

Image shows a zoomed-in image of the July full moon, known as the Buck Moon. The photo was taken by me, Helen.

Helen Lindley @helenlindley.bsky.social · Jul 10

That's a beautiful night sky out there tonight! Almost a full moon but not quite.
#NightSky

Image shows a night sky. In the background is a dark greyish blueish sky with a few clouds. A bright, almost full moon is in the centre of the image and to the right and left are trees. In the foreground is a garden fence with a field beyond it.

Helen Lindley @helenlindley.bsky.social · Jul 1

A brilliant chat with @benratkinson.bsky.social on Zoom today which could lead to some future possible projects. Do check him and his music out!
#FolkMusic

Image shows a Zoom meeting between Helen Lindley and Ben Atkinson. Helen is wearing a black t-shirt and white lace jacket. Behind her is a violin and tall bookshelves and in front of her is a microphone. Ben is wearing a bright blue t-shirt and has a guitar next to him.

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Helen Lindley @helenlindley.bsky.social · Jul 1

It looked lovely in our rural Lincolnshire garden but far too hot to sit - at 5.30pm it was still a massive 35°C (95°F). It had cooled around 9pm to a less unbearable 25°C so I sat out until 10pm when it got too dark to read without a light and the bitey bugs came out!
#Summer

Image shows a hand holding a wall thermometer in a garden on a sunny afternoon. At 5.30pm the temperature was still 35 degrees C (96 degrees F).

Image shows a garden on a late summer evening as it's getting dark. There is a table in the foreground with a book on it (Mythology of the British Isles by Geoffrey Ashe). In the background it's possible to make out a fence and beyond that a dry yellow field.

Helen Lindley @helenlindley.bsky.social · Jun 19

The view from the kitchen window this morning!
#sparrows

Image shows a parent sparrow feeding a young sparrow. They are both sitting on a fence and there is a field behind them.

Helen Lindley @helenlindley.bsky.social · Jun 11

Here's another folk podcast for @intheroud.bsky.social where I join @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social for a chat about a lesser-known folk song!
I love my job 😊

(Podcast available on the usual podcast channels.)

#folksong

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast @intheroud.bsky.social · Jun 11

New episode out today!

S4/E3 - Roud 33: HIND ETIN
Guest: @helenlindley.bsky.social

Available from wherever you get your podcasts.

Helen Lindley @helenlindley.bsky.social · Jun 11

I am not listing all the instruments I own. It's a tad excessive 😂

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Helen Lindley @helenlindley.bsky.social · Jun 11

That's the benefit of a instrument you can change the tuning on!

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Helen Lindley @helenlindley.bsky.social · Jun 11

I am going to be selling one or two. Certainly my first 4/4 fiddle is going as I never even get it out the case these days! And I've just reminded myself that I've got 3 others needing attention in the back of a wardrobe (I seem to remember a 1/2, a 3/4, and a 7/8 in the box!)

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Jon Boden @jonboden.bsky.social · Jun 10

Delighted to be heading back to Cambridge in August with the Remnant Kings for a free al fresco folk gig in beautiful Cherry Hinton Hall park! www.cambridgefolkfestival.co.uk

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Helen Lindley @helenlindley.bsky.social · Jun 10

Is 4 violins too many?
Asking for 'a friend' 😂

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Helen Lindley @helenlindley.bsky.social · Jun 8

No sooner has season 4 episode 2 of the @intheroud.bsky.social folk song podcast been released than @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social asked me back to record another one! They're great fun to do, even if we always spend so much time talking that Matt has a huge editing task 😂
##folkmusic #InTheRoud

Image shows a screenshot of Matt Quinn and Helen Lindley recording another episode of the In The Roud folk song podcast. Helen is on the left of the image and is wearing a white t shirt, silver pendant and a white, yellow, and green paisley jacket (part of her large collection of patterned jackets!) Matt is on the right of the image wearing headphones and a black T-shirt shirt. Both are sitting in front of microphones.

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Helen Lindley @helenlindley.bsky.social · Jun 8

A super night at Royal Traditions Folk Club near Sheffield with my folk chums. The Dungworth Singers performance was fab: many great songs - their polyphonic song gave me goosebumps. Lots of singing/playing in the session & singaround too.
Thanks to @jonboden.bsky.social & team for a great night 😊

Image shows The Dungworth Singers performing at The Old Band Room in Dungworth near Sheffield for the Royal Traditions folk club.

Image shows a singaround at The Old Band Room in Dungworth near Sheffield for the Royal Traditions folk club.

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Matt Quinn @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social · Jun 4

Season 4 is well and truly underway now.

Episode 2 out today!

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast @intheroud.bsky.social · Jun 4

New episode out today!

S4/E2 - Roud 32: KEMPY KAY
Guest: @helenlindley.bsky.social

Available from wherever you get your podcasts.

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Helen Lindley @helenlindley.bsky.social · Jun 4

You can hear me and @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social chatting about more folk music on @intheroud.bsky.social. New episode out today from your usual podcast providers.
#FolkMusic

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast @intheroud.bsky.social · Jun 4

New episode out today!

S4/E2 - Roud 32: KEMPY KAY
Guest: @helenlindley.bsky.social

Available from wherever you get your podcasts.

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Andi Ewington @andiewington.bsky.social · Jun 3

A wee reminder this is what I’ve been writing with @ericamarks.bsky.social while unemployed. Appreciate any preorders for it on Amazon Kindle — if not, a RT would be awesome, thank you!

amzn.eu/d/gX7oJpj

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Helen Lindley @helenlindley.bsky.social · Jun 3

Another fine birthday present that I received on Sunday. This is what happens when your family know you like @yorkshiretea.bsky.social!

Image shows 4 boxes of Yorkshire Tea stacked in a 2x2 block. They are sitting on a wooden kitchen worktop. In the background there are kitchen utensils hanging.

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · Jun 3

Bluemoose Books is an AI FREE Publisher.

AI cannot create the flawed human experience that is required to write brilliant books.

It is cut & paste hallucination.

It is Tech bros microdosed capitalism.

It is not publishing.

It is scraping.

@thebookseller.com
@theguardian.com

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English Folk Dance and Song Society @efdss.bsky.social · Jun 3

We are recruiting for a new Education Manager;
responsible for adult, family and youth learning including London Youth Folk Ensemble and our Inclusive Folk programme for learning disabled young people.

The deadline to apply is 30 June.
Find out more and apply: bit.ly/3Sup9nd

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