LIVE @ Chiltern Open Air Museum

About this episode

The episode features a live recording celebrating the Chiltern Open Air Museum and the cultural heritage of Buckinghamshire.

Welcome to a warm summer's evening in a Medieval barn, complete with twilight birdsong, for Three Ravens Live @ Chiltern Open Air Museum ! Set across 45 acres of the Chiltern Hills, "COAM" rescues endangered historic buildings and reconstructs them at its picturesque site - one where a working historic farm and traditional craftspeople continue Buckinghamshire's old folk occupations and ensure they live on in the modern day. Learn more here . This recording, made last Saturday evening, is a celebration of not just COAM and the Chiltern Hills but the entire county of 'Bucks' - a place once ruled over by the pagan king Cymbeline, through which Woden dug a very big ditch, and where Little Witches might hypnotize your sheep before hippy-hopping away over the nearest hedgerow... From the county's ancient gold and silver mints at Aylesbury to the furniture makers of High Wycombe - at least two of whom stuck around after death - local delicacies including the Buckinghamshire Bacon Badger to Augustinian monks catching devils in their shoes, Bucks might not have a particular reputation for being folky, but that's only because the county's people have been keeping quiet about it! Including…

People in this episode

Guests: Ben, Eleanor

Topics covered

• folk music
• local history
• traditional crafts
• Buckinghamshire culture
• live performance

Keywords

• Chiltern Open Air Museum
• folk songs
• Buckinghamshire
• Cymbeline
• live performance

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: A Promise Kept, Green Bushes, The Barley Mow

Places: Chiltern Open Air Museum, Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire

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