In 1916, British song collector Cecil Sharp traveled to the United States to explore folk traditions in the Appalachians. During his time, Sharp knocked on the doors of homes, interviewing Appalachian ...

From 1916–1918, folk song collector Cecil Sharp traveled to remote regions of southern Appalachia in search of old English folk songs. A century later, with help from the English Folk Dance and Song ...

100 years ago, in the spring of 1916, English folk song collector Cecil Sharp set out on a voyage to America, planning to give a series of lectures on English folk music. However, as he was crossing ...

Or did he? Sharp’s legacy has divided academic opinion since the 1980s, attracting complaints that he was a racist (he collected Appalachian songs but none from people of colour), a sexist who ignored ...

The first US exhibit of rare, century-old photos taken by British song collector Cecil Sharp opens at The Madison County Arts Center from April 3- May 31st. The photos feature some of the singers he ...

SONGBIRDS: Ballad singer and fiddler Daron Douglas, left, joins fellow folk musician Betty Smith at a recent celebration in Hot Springs of the centennial of Cecil Sharp's visit to Madison County.