An Hour With Cecil Sharp and Ashley Hutchings

Ashley Hutchings goes on a virtual journey back to meet Cecil Sharp, the pioneer of collecting folk songs and dances in England and America. A mixture of talking and songs intermixed with original cylinder recordings from Cecil Sharp house. Ashley will be touring this show during 2021 in theatres across the land.

Musicians Martin Carthy, guitar and vocals; Richard Thompson, guitar Dave Whetstone, concertina, one row melodeon, guitar The Cylinders Very little is known about the cylinder recordings used on this recording. The original cylinders, from which they were taken, were found mostly unlabelled and in a dilapidated condition at Cecil Sharp House. They were made by Cecil Sharp and Ralph Vaughan Williams and date from the very early years of the 20th century.