Royal Festival Hall, LondonOn 1 June 1951, the folklorist AL Lloyd organised an evening at St Pancras Town Hall in London, as a contribution to the Festival of Britain. The Singing Englishmen concert featured the Workers Music Association Choir and a brass band promoting British traditional music at a time when it was highly unfashionable.Nearly 60 years on, that event was celebrated with a very different, brave but curiously titled show (why "jukebox"?). It only included two of the songs featur...
Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonOn 1 June 1951, the folklorist AL Lloyd organised an evening at St Pancras Town Hall in London, as a contribution to the Festival of Britain. T... more info