Kathleen and her band played a fine gig at Söder Theatre when she was touring her first album. Very unexpectedly, my pals and I ended up drinking with her and the band, and what a charming bunch they were […]

I was pondering about football chants and whether they are always sung in unison, when I stumbled across the interesting fact that football fanatic, Edward Elgar, wrote a chant for his team, Wolverhampton […]

I saw him do a magnificent concert at Roskilde a few years ago. The nearest i will get to seeing The Beatles live. He still plays live because he enjoys it.

Bearing in mind all the joy he has brought us, I […]

Call me a fogey, but I do not go a gig to hear to hear an arena full of youngsters sing songs that I love.

They can sing along of course, but if, for example, I buy a ticket to see Dame Vera Lynn I expect […]

Good work, Moose. I am glad that you brought the passing of this remarkable chap to our attention.

Seriously talented bloke. And he married Paul Desmond’s daughter! Crikey! That is a seriously unusual father in law.

Many US work songs were call and response like the lining out of hymns Professor Ruff is interested in. This article provide a lot of interesting background info.

Call and response, of course, features in many […]

Back to Roskilde. The first band I saw was Tears for Fears. My friend commented: “I haven’t see them live for 30 years.” I looked around the enormous Arena Tent and it struck me that most of the people in the […]

Must hear that one then…..

Agreeably funky band!

Here is a short film by Willie Ruff.

Nice one Cheshire. That UOGB version in inspired.

I wonder what the Bronte Sisters would make of this. Operatic, Finnish, Goth babe warbling her way through a heavy metal version of a song inspired by one of […]

Prof Ruff talking about his discoveries of links between Scotland and Alabama.

This would not be a real KFD thread without the discovery of something rather arcane.

Wikipedia is very good on the different forms of community singing.

Has anyone here heard of “lining out”? It is a call and […]

Thanks a lot, Cheshire. Another song that could have been written with this thread in mind.

I googled to find the lyrics.

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Incidentally, I am really enjoying that Linda Thompson album of old music hall songs. […]

Lax security? This is disturbing to hear.

Next thing I know there will be streakers dashing around the thread.

This witty article from the Telegraph may help to restore order.

The composers of football […]

Brilliant Mike! That is just waiting to be written.

A whole website of rugby songs!

Dare I suggest that there is a greater musicality among rugby supporters than football fans? They take the singing more seriously. I suspect this is a snobbish viewpoint deriving […]

He made waves internationally too. I remember seeing him in Stockholm supporting ??? (Earth Wind and Fire?) and he put on a fine show.

A sad loss

If ever there a song that was just waiting to turn into a sing along…

Even in Sweden and Denmark last year, gaggles of people would suddenly start singing it.

I’m sure that whole books have been written about t […]

That made me think of this popular addition to the Smokie song.

Audience add ons are a whole sub-culture. Sometimes local to a particular bar, town, college or suchlike.

Let’s give a couple of them a listen

Was intrigued by the name of this one.