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Music Heritage Place @musicheritageplace.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

We are over the moon that The Song Detectorists has won Silver at the @newyorkfestivals.bsky.social Radio Awards. You can listen to all the episodes on @bbcsounds.bsky.social Enormous thanks and congratulations to @natalie-steed.bsky.social @matthewbannister.bsky.social @nancyannfolk.bsky.social

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Natalie Steed @natalie-steed.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Good luck to The Song Detectorists, a second appearance by @matthewbannister.bsky.social in the New York Festivals Radio Awards for The Song Detectorists in the Music Category - all hail @nancykerr.bsky.social and the researchers at @musicheritageplace.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, The Song Detectorists, 1. Norfolk

Matthew Bannister travels across England finding out about music discovered in archives.

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Music Heritage Place @musicheritageplace.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Exciting news! Yesterday, the whole project team got together for the first time in person to start discussing publications and we have a plan. Time to start writing....

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Music Heritage Place @musicheritageplace.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The results are in for Northumberland! Check out our latest blog post at www.musicheritageplace.uk #songdetectorists #ahrc #music #heritage #place

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Music Heritage Place @musicheritageplace.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Sorry for being so quiet recently! We've been cataloguing more of the fabulous musical treasures - over 900 sources! - found in county archives across England and adding digitized sources, learning resources, editions and extra snippets of #songdetectorists to the website: www.musicheritageplace.uk

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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Newcastle Uni @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

The Song Detectorists on BBC Radio 3 has been shortlisted for a New York Festivals Radio Award! 🎉 Inspired by @musicheritageplace.bsky.social, the programme features Professor Kirsten Gibson, Nancy Kerr and Dr Steph Carter, and is produced by @natalie-steed.bsky.social. Read more >> bit.ly/3OsebAd

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Radio show inspired by music project shortlisted for award

The Song Detectorists has been shortlisted for a prestigious New York Festivals Radio Award.

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Natalie Steed @natalie-steed.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Delighted to see these podcasts/ programmes make the @newyorkfestivals.bsky.social Radio Awards shortlists. I had an absolute blast making them: @folkonfoot.com Goblin Band in the City of London; The Song Detectorists for BBC R3 & @cockneyyiddish.bsky.social. Minuscule teams but a MIGHTY ensemble.

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Music Heritage Place @musicheritageplace.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Absolutely delighted to announce that the Song Detectorists, featuring the @musicheritageplace.bsky.social project, has been shortlisted in the 2026 New York Festivals Radio Awards thanks to the amazingly talented Rhubarb Rhubarb producer @natalie-steed.bsky.social Congratulations Natalie!

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Music Heritage Place @musicheritageplace.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

An enormous thank you to all the 200,000 listeners of the Song Detectorists on BBC Sounds. If you haven't already tuned in to discover music in England's county archives, you can listen to all 10 episodes on BBC Sounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #music #heritage #place

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BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, The Song Detectorists

Matthew Bannister travels across England finding out about music discovered in archives.

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Music Heritage Place @musicheritageplace.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

With Christmas just around the corner, we had to bring you a selection of carols and festive music lurking in the county record offices. Read our latest blogs: a third-part series by Dr Caro Lesemann-Elliott exploring Christmas music across southern England: www.musicheritageplace.uk/news-1

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Dr(!?!?) Caro @itscaro.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

It’s the last week of term and you know what that means… carols with caro! I’ve written a 3-part blog series of for @musicheritageplace.bsky.social documenting our work on music for Christmas thus far 🎶🎄 part 1 is an introduction to carols and overview of our work… tinyurl.com/3afscfyu

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Carols, heritage, and place: an introduction (Part 1 of 3) — Music, Heritage, Place

The first of a three-part series of long-reads exploring Christmas music sources in county record offices across southern England.

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Music Heritage Place @musicheritageplace.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Join Dr Caro Lesemann-Elliott, one of the project researchers, this Tuesday online to discover more about the project's findings in Buckinghamshire Archives at part of #buckinghamshirehistoryfestival Get the online link here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/music-in-e...

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Natalie Steed @natalie-steed.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

A last outing for the Song Detectorists on BBC Radio 3 tonight. Matthew is in Bedfordshire with Stephen Rose to find out about political ballads. He also hears from Stephen about the discovery of a Purcell autograph manuscript in Norfolk and Stephen plays it for us.

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Music Heritage Place @musicheritageplace.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Exciting last episode of the #songdetectorists second series tonight - tune in at 9.45pm on BBC Radio 3.

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Music Heritage Place @musicheritageplace.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Here's a taster of tonight's episode. Join us on BBC Radio 3 at 9.45pm as we journey to Northamptonshire with @matthewbannister.bsky.social @natalie-steed.bsky.social @nancyannfolk.bsky.social and the Melrose Quartet. #music #heritage #place #songdetectorists

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Matthew Bannister @matthewbannister.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

The Song Detectorists of @musicheritageplace.bsky.social take me to Northamptonshire tonight at 9.45pm on BBC Radio 3 in search of The Maunsell Family Music Book. Then @nancyannfolk.bsky.social and The Melrose Quartet bring it back to life. Top production by @natalie-steed.bsky.social

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Folk on Foot @folkonfoot.com · 22/10/2025

Tonight on BBC Radio 3, Matthew and the Song Detectorists discover why a gentlewoman from Wiltshire collected this salty song of the sea (sung by the wonderful Melrose Quartet). Tune in at 21:45 or listen afterwards on BBC Sounds. @nancyannfolk.bsky.social

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Music Heritage Place @musicheritageplace.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Tonight's episode on BBC Radio 3 takes us to Wiltshire. Tune in at 9.45pm for another adventure by the #songdetectorists

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Music Heritage Place @musicheritageplace.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Join us tonight at 9.45pm on our journey to Lincolnshire with @matthewbannister.bsky.social @natalie-steed.bsky.social @nancykerr.bsky.social Carol Dawson and the Melrose Quartet, on BBC Radio 3

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Matthew Bannister @matthewbannister.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

We're off to Lincolnshire in search of the Devil with Carol Dawson, @nancyannfolk.bsky.social and the Melrose Quartet and @musicheritageplace.bsky.social in tonight's Song Detectorists on Radio 3 at 9.45pm. Lovely production, as ever, by @natalie-steed.bsky.social

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Music Heritage Place @musicheritageplace.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Tune to BBC Radio 3 at 21:45 tonight for the second series of the #songdectorists, starting in Shropshire

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Music Heritage Place @musicheritageplace.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Tune in all week at 21:45 on BBC Radio 3, starting tonight.

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Natalie Steed @natalie-steed.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

What a JOY this was to record and make - travelling to 5 more English County Records offices with @matthewbannister.bsky.social

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Music Heritage Place @musicheritageplace.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Join us this coming Monday when we start in Shropshire, reimagining musical gems from the archives and rewilding them at Shrewsbury Folk Festival with @nancykerr.bsky.social, the Melrose Quartet and Professor Stephen Rose who leads the @musicheritageplace.bsky.social project

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Music Heritage Place @musicheritageplace.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

🌟The Song Detectorists are back🌟 Tune into BBC Radio 3 at 9.45pm between Monday 20 October and Friday 24 October to join @matthewbannister.bsky.social @natalie-steed.bsky.social @nancykerr.bsky.social the Melrose Quartet, project team, archivists and local historians to discover more musical gold

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Dr Katie McKeogh @drklmckeogh.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Really exciting work by our colleagues at @musicheritageplace.bsky.social discovering Purcell manuscripts!

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Music Heritage Place @musicheritageplace.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

🚨🚨🚨new blog alert🚨🚨🚨 Caro Lesemann-Elliott describes the busy summer the team has had sharing project news at conferences in Birmingham, Durham, Newcastle and Southampton Read it here: www.musicheritageplace.uk/posts/d8w0wz...

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Drawing the threads together — Music, Heritage, Place

Caro shares updates on the team’s travels to conferences across England this past summer.

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Music Heritage Place @musicheritageplace.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

The summer has been a busy time for the project researchers too: cataloguing, presenting at conferences, discussing future publications and recording a second series of the #songdetectorists! Here we are at Northamptonshire Archives with @matthewbannister.bsky.social and Sarah Bridges

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Music Heritage Place @musicheritageplace.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

What an amazing summer of performances and singing workshops across the country showcasing Music Heritage Place discoveries by Nancy Kerr and the Melrose Quartet, including Halsway Manor Folk, Kimpton Folk Festival, @folkbytheoak.bsky.social @warwickfolkfest.bsky.social @shrewsburyfolk.bsky.social

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Music Heritage Place @musicheritageplace.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Wonderful to showcase the 'Music, Heritage, Place' project at the #dcdc25 conference at Durham University and chatting with project partners and GLAMA colleagues.

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Music Heritage Place @musicheritageplace.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

A fabulous day at @folkbytheoak.bsky.social for the @musicheritageplace.bsky.social project with Nancy Kerr and the Melrose Quartet performing tunes from 17th-century Newcastle and 19th-century Nether Wallop (Hampshire) on the main stage and 150 people singing a 1688 ballad in our workshop

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Natalie Steed @natalie-steed.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

It's the last episode of The Song Detectorists tonight on Radio 3. What a fabulous time we had criss-crossing England hearing about the music in County Record Offices and especially hearing the wonderful arrangements made by Nancy Kerr for The Melrose Quartet. Tonight it's Henry Atkinson's book.

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Music Heritage Place @musicheritageplace.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Join @matthewbannister.bsky.social and @natalie-steed.bsky.social for the last episode of the #songdetectorists on BBCRadio3 at 21:45. We're in Northumberland exploring a 17th-century merchant's tune book at @nlandarchives.bsky.social. Here's a clip by @nancykerr.bsky.social and Melrose Quartet

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Folk on Foot @folkonfoot.com · 14/05/2025

The Cornish carol singing tradition is the focus of tonight’s episode of Matthew’s Radio 3 series “The Song Detectorists”, featuring Nancy Kerr and the Melrose Quartet. Starts at 9:45pm and on BBC Sounds. @nancyannfolk.bsky.social @natalie-steed.bsky.social

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Music Heritage Place @musicheritageplace.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Heading back to the project's beginnings in Hampshire, thanks to @harchivestrust.bsky.social, with Richard Pyle's music book. Listen on BBCRadio3 at 21:45 tonight for some beautiful reimagining of music originally written down and performed in the village of Nether Wallop with @nancykerr.bsky.social

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Music Heritage Place @musicheritageplace.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Tonight's #songdetectorists head to Cornwall to discover the Cornish tradition of carol singing and its migration to Australia in the 19th century. Tune in to BBC Radio 3 at 21:45 with @nancykerr.bsky.social and @matthewbannister.bsky.social

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Jane Wickenden / Jane Stemp @janevsw.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Heard The Song Detectorists last night (Radio 3, The Essay, 21.45), about folk music in archives, and loved it www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, The Song Detectorists, 1. Norfolk

Matthew Bannister travels across England finding out about music discovered in archives.

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Natalie Steed @natalie-steed.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

The next episode of the Song Detectorists is on BBC Radio 3 tonight at 2145. We're in Wakefield. Meanwhile here's a cracking treat .. the full length version of Nancy Kerr's amazing These Ten Long Years from Epiosde 1 @matthewbannister.bsky.social @musicheritageplace.bsky.social youtu.be/zQcQe0HSwZg

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"These Ten Long Years" performed by The Melrose Quartet

YouTube video by Rhubarb Rhubarb

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Dr Andrew Frampton @andrewframpton.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Join me and @matthewbannister.bsky.social on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds tonight for ‘The Song Detectorists’ in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, exploring the personal music book of Louisa Winn and her life at Nostell Priory @musicheritageplace.bsky.social

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Music Heritage Place @musicheritageplace.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

In tonight's episode at 21:45 on BBC Radio 3, join us as we venture to Wakefield to explore the personal music book of Louisa Winn and her life at Nostell Priory, with @matthewbannister.bsky.social, @nancykerr.bsky.social, @natalie-steed.bsky.social and the Melrose Quartet

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Matthew Bannister @matthewbannister.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

It’s a wonderful listen!

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James Fagan @jamesfagan.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Just saw my missus in Pick of the Week in the Radio Times! The Song Detectorists airs on BBC Radio 3 at 9:45pm tonight!

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Music Heritage Place @musicheritageplace.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Join us with @matthewbannister.bsky.social at 21:45 tonight on BBC Radio 3 as we head to Norfolk to explore Mileham band's 18th-century music book and a ballad by a woman ousted from her home in the 17th century, brought back to life (the ballad that is!) by Nancy Kerr and the Melrose Quartet.

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DORMEME @dormeme16.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Exciting news from our friends @musicheritageplace.bsky.social, who are on Radio 3 next week!

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