Helen Lindley

Long time no blog!

It's been a busy time since my last post, with lots of things going on, some connected to music and some not.  In the ‘not’ category was getting our 16 year-old son, Will, through his GCSEs…

It's been an exciting start to the year - I've been doing some work on a few podcasts! 

First up was a chat on Zoom with Karl Sinfield from Sing Yonder Publications about my journey into folk music as well…

I bought a new fiddle - bringing the total to 3! The newest one is the reddish colour. It's not the prettiest of my fiddles (the light one in the middle is the best looking) but that's not loud enough…

Back in November 2022 I was privileged to be commissioned by the Lincolnshire author Neil S Reddy to write a theme tune to his recently completed book, Arise Giles Bastet, 9th Heavenly Cat, a folk horror tale with an Egyptian…

It's out at last! My EP, that is. Awakening the Lady consists of 5 Child Ballads that I've composed tunes for and rewritten lyrics to make them either more manageable and/or easier to sing. The EP has only had limited…

Another of the tunes which Karl Sinfield at Sing Yonder asked me to revive was Willie O’Douglas Dale (Child Ballad 101, Roud Index 65). This song features Dame Oliphant who, having fallen in love with the ‘wrong’ man and getting…

When Karl asked me if I'd consider undertaking some songwriting for Sing Yonder, my initial thought was “What, me?” Because although I write songs and tunes, and have made no secret about my love of finding old folk songs that…

Some regular folk fans will be aware of the Sing Yonder book series that is the brainchild of Karl Sinfield. For those who don't know them, in 2021 Karl wanted to learn more folk songs so he decided to use…

If you've found this blog you've found my new website! I'll use it keep you up-to-date with what I'm up to, share some of the work in progress, and probably review the odd album and upcoming gigs from other musicians…