Harry Boardman

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Harry Boardman (1930–1987) was an English folk singer who was born in Failsworth, Lancashire. He sang both unaccompanied and accompanying himself on the anglo-concertina or banjo.[1] "Boardman has specialised in the lore, songs and dialect poems of his nattive Lancashire. A fine singer, his recorded and printed work has done much to preserve the otherwise ignored aspects of his local tradition."--Fred Woods.[2]

Publications

  • Folk Songs & Ballads of Lancashire; compiled and edited by Harry & Lesley Boardman. London & New York: Oak Publications, 1973 ISBN 0-86001-027-9
  • Manchester Ballads: thirty-five facsimile street ballads; selected and edited by Harry Boardman & Roy Palmer. Manchester: City of Manchester Education Committee, 1983 ISBN 0904072029

Discography

Boardman's recordings:[3]

  • A Lancashire Mon, Topic Records (1973)
  • Golden Stream, AK Records (1978)
  • Personal Selection (1986)
  • Personal Choice, Cock Robin Music (2008)

Compilations

  • New Voices (with the Watersons & Maureen Craik), Topic Records (1965)
  • Deep Lancashire (with the Oldham Tinkers et al.), Topic Records (1968; 1997)
  • Owdham Edge (with the Oldham Tinkers et al.), Topic Records (1970)
  • Trans Pennine (with Dave Hillery), Topic Records (1971)
  • The Bonnie Pit Laddie, Topic Records (1975)
  • Steam Ballads (with Jon Raven et al.), Broadside (1977)
  • The Iron Muse (with Louis Killen et al.), Topic Records ( 1993)
Only features on the CD version

References

  1. ^ "Harry Boardman: traditional and Lancashire; acc. concertina/banjo ... Gatley SK8 4HS".-- The Folk Directory; 1988. London: English Folk Dance & Song Society; p. 34
  2. ^ Woods, Fred (1980) The Observer's Book of Folk Song in Britain. London: Frederick Warne; p. 93
  3. ^ "Harry Boardman - A Lancashire Mon".

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