Pete Castle Folk Songs 2020
A regular at the Discovery Days Festival Pete Castle shared these songs and stories with us in 2020 as part of our online festival that year.
The Nightingale’s Song to the Sick Soldier
Pete Castle sings the Nightingale’s Song to the Sick Soldier to mark the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth in May 1820.
The Factory Girl
The Factory Girl is a traditional song which is known all over Britain, performed here by Pete Castle.
The Cotton Mills Now at Cromford
A song composed for the yearly Celebration of the Cotton Mills at Cromford and printed in the Derby Mercury 1778. Performed by Pete Castle.
The Man who Stole the Parson’s Sheep
Storyteller and folk singer Pete Castle tells a traditional midwinter/Christmas story from Derbyshire.
If you want to hear more from Pete and carry on the Folk Concert you can visit his YouTube channel here.
