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A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of traditional folk music and his passion for publishing compact discs of traditional music and song.

The article discusses the production of "May Bradley: Sweet Swansea," the first CD release by Musical Traditions Records in 2010. One of the difficulties encountered in producing the CD include the lack of information on Bradley, which may be due to the fact that she was only ever recorded by song collector Fred Hamer. In performing "The Outlandish Knight," the singer is said to have used various techniques used by traditional singers, such as melodic variation and varied tempi.

This article presents comments responding to a previous essay about Peter Kennedy, a collector of folk songs in the 1960s. One person mentions how he saw replies from singers to Kennedy's form letter requesting that they sign over all rights to songs recorded by him. Another recalls how Kennedy objected to Topic using BBC recordings for Vol.19 of Topic's VoP series.

The article presents information on a recording of traditional singer Jabez "Biggun" Smith made by folk song authority Peter Shepheard in 1967. It discusses Shepheard's early interest in the folk music traditions of Scottish Traveller, Irish Traveller, and English Gypsy communities. It lists songs performed by Smith and recorded by Shepheard including "My Ship's Lost Her Rigging," "Three Jolly Butcher Boys," and "Davy Faw," or "The Barley Straw."