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It is here!
The FOLKLANDS podcast all about the Black Meadow... recorded in May of this year at the Whitby Hand of Glory Festival!I am very excited to announce that the Black Meadow is featured in this month's Folklands episode!
The lovely Justin Chubb and Tim Downie explore the North York Moors before drawing me into their quest for a very famous supernatural Whitby artefact.
This all took place back at the beginning of May when I was invited to take part in the "Hand of Glory Festival" in Whitby. It was an incredible weekend - I performed extracts from the book as well as a few songs and shared some newly discovered recordings of Roger Mullins. On the following day I visited the Whitby Museum to search for the Hand of Glory with the Folklands podcasters (which is featured in the episode) before sharing the stage with them at the festival to talk about the Black Meadow (which will appear in a later episode.)
The audiobook is here...
2 hours and 34 minutes of misty goodness...
Enjoy!
When Professor R. Mullins of the University of York went missing in 1972 on the site of the area known as Black Meadow atop of the North Yorkshire Moors, he left behind him an extensive body of work that provided a great insight into the folklore of this mysterious place.
Writer Chris Lambert has been rooting through Mullins' files for over ten years and now presents this collection of weird and macabre tales.
Marvel at tales such as The Rag and Bone Man, The Meadow Hag, The Fog House, The Land Spheres and The Children of the Black Meadow.
What is the mystery surrounding The Coalman and the Creature? Who or what is The Watcher in the Village? What is the significance of the Shining Apples? Why is it dangerous to watch the Horsemen dance?
These tales will haunt you for a long time to come.
"Can you tell me, maiden fair
Can you tell me if or where
I shall see my child again
Walk upon the fields of men?
Will she ever stumble back
From the meadow all a’black?""
To listen to the opening/buy the audiobook click here!
https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Tales-from-the-Black-Meadow-Audiobook/B0FNS4Y26S
Back in 2013 - 10 Years Ago on 19th September, Kev KThomas Oyston and I met in the flesh for the first time to launch "Tales from the Black Meadow" at Reading Library. It was a packed event and one that I look back on with real fondness. I have been enmeshed in the world of Black Meadow since then with 4 books, 4 albums and a host of events that explore this strange place and its phenomena.
Have you heard THE LOST TAPES?
Out now.
The missing music from the Black Meadow Archive and an exclusive story discovered exclusively for this album. Venture into the mist...
After years of campaigning, the Brightwater Archive has finally been opened.
From the recesses of these hidden filing cabinets and dusty boxes the sounds of the Black Meadow pour like the ever pervading mist that hangs over the moors.
Created alongside the book and album ‘The Black Meadow Archive: Volume 1’, this recently ‘found’ album steps into lost hauntological vistas exploring wrathful giants, Coyles and Ghosts of the distant past, sweeping through the bramble and heather before bringing into sharp focus the more recent tragedies that have beset those who dare to wander from the path into the Black Meadow.
released February 5, 2021
https://thesoullessparty-cis.bandcamp.com/album/the-black-meadow-archive-the-lost-tapes
