My Podcasts
As in the previouse two series I will continue in this one to tell my tales of the Rev Gentleman's song collecting and stories about him and the singers who sang their songs for him who he called 'The Songmen'.
With such a busy life, when he was not folk song collecting there is much more to tell about Sabine his family and his many other interests which I will talk about in future episodes.
There will be episodes of interviews with local folk musicians and some from further afield.
A busy year for the 'Parson and the Songmen', with a production run of 25 episodes to download.
Which I hope you will find interesting and enjoy?
Spring has arrived here in North Devon, and it would seem to have had quite an effect on Mike who is full of vim and vigour ( or possibly something stronger...) In this first episode of the the third series of The Parson and the Songmen w...
April 30, 2025•14:21
The publication of folk songs collected by The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould in Devon and Cornwall made them accessible to the general public, but left Sabine wondering just how he could reach an even wider audience?His answer was to get ...
May 14, 2025•13:07
The songs published in Songs From The West by the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould were wholly collected, or particular to, Devon and Cornwall. But what to do with the songs sent to him from other parts of England and beyond?Sabine never dis...
June 11, 2025•18:22
Firstly, Many Happy Returns to The Parson And The Songmen as it celebrates its Second Birthday with its Fiftieth Episode!In this special episode Mike tells the story of how a song collected by The Reverend Sab...
June 25, 2025•15:31
In this fifth episode of the third series of The Parson and the Songmen, Mike explores Sabine's second autobiography 'Further Reminiscences'. In the book he discovers a song that seems to have , astonishingly, escaped Baring-Gould's keen censor...
July 09, 2025•16:25
Join Mike for a very special 'Parson and the Songmen' this time around! It's not every day that you happen to get to the chance to have a chat with one of the world's leading mandolinists, composers and all round wit, but this is just what Mike...
July 23, 2025•28:39
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