Project Director: John Adams

The Common Genius Project

An Archive of Vernacular Culture in England and beyond

This is a developing site hosted by Salford University and will soon provide online access to
audio visual material related to the vernacular culture of England and beyond.

 It is initially based around a number of audio collections that have been donated or made available to the project.

 

From the Paul Graney Archive

by permission of the Paul Graney Memorial Folk Trust

Paul Graney talks of life on the dole.
320 kb/s MP3 stream.

Paul Graney describes his experiences as a penniless vagrant.in and around 1930's Manchester, UK

Part 1 "Twenty Thousand Dossers"


Part 2 "The Shirtless Thirties"

 

Coming soon!

Traditional tunes from the
English Traditional Music Archive

including recordings from

The Ryburn Sessions
The English Country Music Weekend
The Mike Herring Collection
The Doc Rowe Collection
and more.

First pass!

From the Old Bridge Inn, Ripponden.
October 2006.
(Initial buffering takes approx 4 seconds)

 

 

 

 

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