Access Folk is a UKRI-funded Future Leaders Fellowship headed by Prof Fay Hield at the University of Sheffield. The new series of the Access Folk Podcast was produced as part of the Knowledge Exchange Project: Folk Arts and Policy in the UK’s Devolved Nations and Regions, and the Isle of Man. The project ran from April to November 2024 and was supported by Policy Support Funding from the University of Sheffield.
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Access Folk is a UKRI-funded Future Leaders Fellowship headed by Prof Fay Hield at the University of Sheffield. The new series of the Access Folk Podcast was produced as part of the Knowledge Exchange Project: Folk Arts and Policy in the UK’s Devolved Nations and Regions, and the Isle of Man. The project ran from April to November 2024 and was supported by Policy Support Funding from the University of Sheffield.
In this episode Joanie interviews Clair Le Couteur and Carli Jefferson who together make up the duo Lunatraktors. They talk about their personal journeys to reimagining folk music, thoughts about difference, gender and embracing the carnivalesque and fun in folk. Drawing on the interview Joanie and Oliver discuss how we get to a point of feeling comfortable to participate in the folk scene and how the work of Lunatrakors and others can help people to feel connected through song.
Clair and Carli mention the folk costume exhibition Making Mischief and at the end of the episode Joanie talks about the work of Madge Bray on women’s voices. You can learn more about Lunatraktors and their music on their website and through social media @lunatraktors
Music in the episode:
“Now the Time” by Lunatraktors (2021); and, “Old Adam (Reprise)” from Fay Hield’s album Old Adam (2016, Soundpost Records).
All music used with permission from the artists and copyright holders.
The Access Folk Podcast
Access Folk is a UKRI-funded Future Leaders Fellowship headed by Prof Fay Hield at the University of Sheffield. The new series of the Access Folk Podcast was produced as part of the Knowledge Exchange Project: Folk Arts and Policy in the UK’s Devolved Nations and Regions, and the Isle of Man. The project ran from April to November 2024 and was supported by Policy Support Funding from the University of Sheffield.
