Ian Russell obituary (opens in new tab)

Folklorist and scholar regarded as a leading authority on the carol singing traditions of south Yorkshire and DerbyshireThe folklorist, folk song scholar and former director of the , Ian Russell, who has died aged 79, was the foremost authority on the local carol singing traditions in south Yorkshire and Derbyshire.These carols never include Away in a Manger and are rarely sung in church. They generally date from a period before Victorian church reformers adopted Hymns Ancient and Modern and ...