A.L. “Bert” Lloyd

Albert Lancaster Lloyd (29 February 1908 – 29 September 1982), usually known as A. L. Lloyd or Bert Lloyd, was an English folk singer and collector of folk songs, and as such was a key figure in the British folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s. While Lloyd is most widely known for his work with British folk music, he had a keen interest in the music of Spain, Latin America, Southeastern Europe and Australia. He recorded at least six discs of Australian Bush ballads and folk music.

Lloyd also helped establish the folk music subgenre of industrial folk music through his books, recordings, collecting and theoretical writings.

In 1938, the BBC hired Lloyd to write a radio documentary about seafaring life … [Wikipedia]

In 1937 Lloyd moved to Liverpool and found work as a sailor on the whaler Southern Empress. After a seven month trip to the Antarctic he returned to London and in 1938 had his first radio script, The Voice of the Seamen, accepted by the BBC. [Spartacus Educational]

Lloyd recorded many albums of English folk music, most notably several albums of the Child Ballads with Ewan MacColl. [Wikipedia]

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