Broadside Day 2015

Broadside Day 2015 took place at Cecil Sharp House on 21st February 2015.

The day consisted of the following talks...

The Truth to you I’ll Tell: how much can we Trust Broadside Ballads?

Colin Bargey

Seeing Music: George Scharf and the street musicians of London 

Nigel Tallis

What I don’t know about Broadsides 

Steve Roud

Broadside Tunes from Claude M. Simpson and the Folk and Broadside Tunes in The Full English: a comparative analysis

Lewis Jones

From Old Country to New World: emigration in Welsh ballads

E. Wyn James

Samuel Harward (1741/2–1809) Printer and Bookseller in Tewkesbury, Gloucester, and Cheltenham

David Atkinson

Songs from the Sailorhood: Robert Gilchrist, ‘Bard of Tyneside’

Paul Gilchrist

Sheer Cheek and Cheap Chic: chapbooks for children 

Jonathan Cooper

Do broadsides play a part in relaying the great events of history? Case Number 1: The Battle of Waterloo

Peter Wood

You can download a PDF copy of the Programme.