The Vermuyden 400 project commemorates the 400th anniversary of the signing of the contract between King Charles 1 and Cornelius Vermuyden to drain the Isle of Axholme. Following their collaboration with North Lincolnshire Museum on ‘Mo Ogg Bard of Coleby’, community group ‘Folk Round Ere’ has set up the Tiddy[…]
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In April this year the last performance promoting the Mo Ogg exhibition took place and a number of T Shirts were made for the cast and crew. A few remained and we are making them available to buy. They are VERY limited so order quickly get your unique souvenir of[…]
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Sadly, we have to announce that Eddie Baird, ex of Amazing Blondel and a talented songwriter, singer and performer died recently after a short illness. It is hoped a tribute concert can be arranged in the near future in his home town of Scunthorpe. Our thoughts go to his family[…]
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North Lincolnshire Museums commissioned these films to provide a record of a living tradition still performed in the North Lincolnshire area. The film was created by Smallcogmusic The films connect to our temporary exhibition Mo Ogg, The Bard of Coleby. For decades the Plough Jag had not been performed in[…]
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We’ve had an amazing review for the album; “Mo Ogg the Bard of Coleby” in Folk London magazine. Brian Cope writes… “ …the CD is refreshingly authentic, placing centre stage talented musicians and singers of the type who make up the mainstay of traditional folk clubs and pub singarounds throughout[…]
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