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Bert had a wonderful lyrical sense of the traditional and was not hampered by false loyalty to any rigid idea of how it “should” be. He consequently greatly enriched the music for us all.
Maddy Prior

A.L. Lloyd (29.2.1908 - 29.9.1982)

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Links

• EFDSS, November 15, 2008: A Tribute to Bert: The English Folk Dance and Song Society hosts an all day event celebrating the centenary birth year of renowned English singer, folklorist, journalist and writer A.L.(Bert) Lloyd
• Mark Gregory: Bert Lloyd Centenary (1908-2008)
• Rufus Sargent: Selected English Folk Singers: Bert Lloyd
• Donald Clarke's Encyclopedia of Popular Music: A.L. Lloyd
• Goldsmiths College, University of London: A.L. Lloyd
• A.L. Lloyd: The Singing Englishman: An Introduction to Folk Song, 1944, repr. 1951; with an introduction and commentary by Georgina Boyes
• E. David Gregory: A. L. Lloyd and the English Folk Song Revival, 1934-44, Canadian Journal for Traditional Music,1997
• E. David Gregory: Starting Over: A. L. Lloyd and the Search for a New Folk Music, 1945-49, Canadian Journal for Traditional Music, 1999/2000
• Mark Gregory: Interview with A.L. Lloyd, 1970

New biography: Dave Arthur, Bert: The Life and Times of A. L. Lloyd Pluto Press, London, May 2012 ISBN 9780745332529