Local artists - Ray Padgett

Local artists > Ray Padgett

Native of Barnsley with long connections with Barnsley Folk club as Chairman and member of "The Barnsley Lads" for many years with John Booker in particular.

I am now a member of "The Yorkshire Garland" project with Steve Gardham, Ray Black and Mike Parsey where we are working on the establishment of a Yorkshire song database due to be in place by September 2007.

I am known as mainly a singer of traditional songs from Yorkshire and East Anglia and an
active song collector.

I have compered at Sheffield, Barnsley, Holmfirth, Beverley, Doncaster, Whitby [Tap and Spile/Station] and Cleckheaton folk festivals.

I organise Saltburn Folk Festival's "Fred Jordan" competition and I am Captain of The War of the Roses team at Saddleworth Folk Festival

I am now retired from the day job having attained the age of 60!

I am an active Workshop person and keen to do sung workshops of traditional material as well as other spots and also have CD field recordings.

Also available as part of the "Thridings" Group with Steve Gardham and John Greaves, where songs from the three Ridings of Yorkshire are performed.

Ray Padgett September 2007