Lecturer in Folk and Traditional Music, Head of Performance, researcher, Newcastle University. Former BBC Folk Singer of the Year.
Joined November 2013
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20 Oct 2025
Series 2 of The Song Detectorists launches on @BBCRadio3 tonight! Featuring me with @MelroseQuartet, @folkonfootβs Matthew Bannister, and the @MusicHeritagePl @ahrcpress team along with special guest experts and music-makers.
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002kspβ¦
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Jan 15
Sat 7th Feb at Cecil Sharp House, London! Maddy Prior & Peter Knight, Simon Nicol talking to Matthew Bannister, Chris Wood, Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver, Ellie Gowers & us. Get yourself along for folk, food, facilities & a nice warm winter sit down. Tix from @TheEFDSS TMA x π€π€π
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Our new album Gil Brenton is in the @officialcharts1 Folk Chart at No 7! If you've got it, thank you so much. If you've not got it then you know what you could do?! π This is ALL due to CD, vinyl & @Bandcamp downloads, not a single stream as it isn't on any sites. TMA xx π€π€π
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10 Dec 2025
The Magpie Arc weld their bombast to the folk frame, with lashings of prog and metal, along with a little unexpected goth.
atthebarrier.com/2025/12/10/β¦
#albumreview #gilbrenton @TheMagpieArc @NancyKerrMusic @findlaynapier #folkrock #collectiveperspective @Retropath
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6 Dec 2025
Tonight at Crookes Social Club Sheffield!
A Bright (and quite silly) New Year!
wegottickets.com/event/59351β¦
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4 Dec 2025
Woohoo, the final 2026 line-up! Tickets at the links in the poster. π
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4 Dec 2025
Woohoo, the final 2026 line-up. What a day it's going to be! Tickets at the links on the poster. TMA xx π€π€π
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3 Dec 2025
Tomorrow! Very excited to include some live music as part of this special free lecture.
This week! Join us at this @InsightsNCL lecture on Thursday 4 Dec, with Prof Stephen Rose @RoyalHolloway and Prof Kirsten Gibson and @NancyKerrMusic from @MusicNclUni
Free event, but registration essential >> bit.ly/44ym5ga
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This week! Join us at this @InsightsNCL lecture on Thursday 4 Dec, with Prof Stephen Rose @RoyalHolloway and Prof Kirsten Gibson and @NancyKerrMusic from @MusicNclUni
Free event, but registration essential >> bit.ly/44ym5ga
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18 Oct 2025
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8 Oct 2025
The Mantle β New single from the βnewβ Magpie Arc β plus a couple of fabulous friendsβ¦
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#newsingle #themantle @TheMagpieArc @NancyKerrMusic @findlaynapier #alexhunter #tomAwright #iananderson @MaddyPriorFolk @jethrotull #gilbrenton
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8 Oct 2025
Delighted to announce the arrival of a brand new song brought into the world today with the help of the wonderful Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull on flute and Maddy Prior of Steeleye Span on backing vocals. TMA xx π€π€π @NancyKerrMusic @findlaynapier ππ»
themagpiearc.bandcamp.com/trβ¦
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7 Oct 2025
Some new music incoming. Itβs veryβ¦ something!
7 Oct 2025
Incoming!
Very much worth your while checking back here tomorrow morning. Unlike most of our ramblings.....this one is big AND it's clever! π
TMA xx π€π€π
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3 Oct 2025
We've something new next week & would say it's very exciting....except the word exciting doesn't come anywhere near describing it. Keep your eyes peeled but best visit our website homepage & join our mailing list to make sure you don't miss the news. π€ πΈπ₯π»π€πͺ TMA xx π€π€π
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5 Sep 2025
It's been hard to keep up with @MusicHeritagePl colleague @NancyKerrMusic and the Melrose Quartet touring the country this summer showcasing @MusicHeritagePl discoveries, including at Halsway Manor Folk, @KimptonFolkUK @FolkByTheOak @warwickfolkfest @shrewsburyfolk Well done!
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Nancy Kerr retweeted
5 Sep 2025
@NancyKerrMusic has also written a wonderful blog post on her experiences as a tutor with the National Youth Folk Ensemble exploring @MusicHeritagePl material thanks to project partners @TheEFDSS and @ahrcpress
musicheritageplace.uk/posts/β¦
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5 Sep 2025
Meanwhile, @MusicHeritagePl researchers have had a busy summer cataloguing, presenting at conferences, discussing future publications and recording a second series of the #songdetectorists! Here we are at Northamptonshire Archives looking at an 18c tune book from Thorpe Malsor.
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1 Sep 2025
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1 Sep 2025
An album covering 30 years of music making. juliemurphymusic.tumblr.com/β¦
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