Joseph Taylor from Lincolnshire: a biography of a singer

Abstract

Biographical account of Joseph Taylor of Saxby All Saints, Lincolnshire; he was one of the singers recorded by Percy Grainger in North Lincolnshire between 1905 and 1908. With a fine tenor voice and a well-developed traditional singing style, Joseph Taylor was the first English folk-singer commercially recorded. This account gives details of his origins and family life, with extracts from family manuscripts and correspondence