Hugh Miller

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Wayward Jane. Four-piece acoustic band. Guitar, banjo, fiddle, upright bass. Three men and a woman playing fiddle.

The band Wayward Jane were outstanding in their gig at Carrington Triangle Folk Club this week. Appearing at various places round the UK in June: www.waywardjane.com/tour
Worth seeing if you like Old Timey.
#waywardjane #carringtontrianglefolkclub #oldtimey #americana

Morris dancers on a green hill with buttercups. A crowd watches them.

Morris dancers raise their hands to the rising sun

A dancer in a ribbon coat dances away from the rising sun. Musicians play behind him.

Dancing up the sun on May 1st in Nottinghamshire. #RattlejagMorris and #TrentsideHolmeMorris.

Flowers in the spring. Wilwell Cutting, Nottinghamshire.
(And some beetles)

Good Music in Nottingham 2: Más Y Más (with #RikkiThomas-Martinez) at City Arts, Nottingham last Saturday.

Good music in Nottingham 1: #KarenMacleod launching her new record, Low Road, at The Chapel last week.

At the urology clinic in the past, I've been complimented on the quality of my urine and a 'beautiful bladder'. Today they were saying nice things about my hair. tTey may be hoping for repeat custom.

The Wages of Cuckoldry Chicken crowed for midnight, chicken crowed for dayMe upstairs with another man’s wife, time to get awayTrad The are many traditional songs about unfaithful wives (even more about unfaithful or unr…

Most of the year, I sing positive love songs, but around Valentine's I get a bit cynical. Here's my latest blog post about traditional music: The Wages of Cuckoldry.
millerpsych.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/t...

A view of the sea with Ricky foreshore and dramatic clouds.

Portugal: always good for seascapes.

Beelzebub being revived by a home-made defibrillator (and a home-made doctor) at the Plough Play at Southwell this Sunday. Tradition must move with the times.

Songs of Harassment: or a Ballad Guide to Dealing with Sex Pests Traditional songs are often categorised – sea songs, industrial songs, love songs, drinking songs, and so on…. The classic 10-record ‘Folk Songs of Britain’ set that was based on recordings from th…

My latest blog post: a suggestion that we could add 'songs of harassment' to the various genres/categories of traditional songs (sea songs, love songs, industrial songs, etc).
millerpsych.wordpress.com/2024/12/19/s...

Peace Can Be Louder Than War, by Merry Hell track by Merry Hell

A hopeful New Year message.
A crowdsourced recording from #MerryHell
I'm on there, possibly slightly out of time, among 1000+ others: listen carefully.
merryhell.bandcamp.com/track/peace-...

Sura Susso playing kora

Wide view of musicians and audience at Peggy's Skylight, Nottingham

#SuraSusso playing kora at #Peggy'sSkylight Nottingham tonight.