Obituaries: Peter Kennedy (1922-2006)

Eventually Peter's BBC commitments ran down, but by then he was in the full momentum of promoting folk music for the EFDSS and, incidentally, helping sow the seeds of the folk revival of the 1960s, where he was a key figure, promoting artists such as Ewan MacColl, Bert Lloyd, the Spinners, and the Dubliners. Notwithstanding his faults, history will find that his contribution to our understanding of our folk culture in these islands has been immeasurable and that his archive of recordings and film will stand as a monument to a visionary who recognized that folk music is truly the music of the people.