The Rescue, Reclamation or Plunder of English Folk-Song? : a History of the Folk-Song Society 1898-1932 (Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2011), available at: ethesis.whiterose.ac.uk/view/…_Albert_Alexander_=3A=3Ahtml
Hard copy available at; Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regents Park Road, London, NW1 and Horsham Museum, 9 Causeway, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 1HE
Articles
Is the Tradition living? (contribution to a discussion on the future of the folk song revival). The living tradition, Issue 13 (Nov/Dec 1995)
Cultural and Political Origins of the Folk-Song Society and the Irish Dimension – Folk Music Journal, 2015 Volume 10, No. 5.
The Merging of the Folk-Song Society and the English Folk Dance Society: Amalgamation or Take-over? – Folk Music Journal, 2016 Volume 11, No. 1.
English Folk Song collectors and the idea of the Peasant (jointly with Vic Gammon) – Folk Music Journal, 2016 Volume 11, No. 1.
The Concept of Tradition – The Living Tradition, issue 119 (June 2017)
Folk Songs for Schools: Cecil Sharp, Patriotism and the National Song Book. – Folk Music Journal, 2018 Volume 11 No. 3
Book Review – Cat-Gut Jim the Fiddler: Ned Corvan’s Life and Songs by Dave Harker. Folk Music Journal, 2018 Volume 11 No. 3
Who Was the Female Drummer? – Musical Traditions, article No. MT320 (Online Internet Magazine: available at www.mustrad.org.uk )
The Folk Dance Movement: Mary Neal, Cecil Sharp and the Struggle for Supremacy. – Musical Traditions, article No. MT322 (Online Internet Magazine: available at www.mustrad.org.uk)
Thomas Ravenscroft and ‘The Three Ravens’: A Ballad Under the Microscope – Musical Traditions article No. MT325 (Online Internet Magazine: availableat www.mustrad.org.uk) Also available from the Irish Traditional Archive website.
Who was Lord Randal? – Article for The Living Tradition, Issue 137 (Feb. 2021)
The Drive for an English Identity in Music and the Foundation of the Folk-Song Society. Chapter 21 in the ‘go to book’ for the academic study of all things folk. The Routledge Companion to English Folk Performance. (Published, July 2021)
“Dreadful Conflict with Poachers; Two Keepers Shot” : Broadside Ballad … The Oakham Poachers – Article for The Living Tradition, Issue 144 (June 2022)
Talks
English Folk Song Collectors and the Idea of the Peasant – (jointly with Vic Gammon)
University of Leeds – Thursday 22 October, 2015
University of Newcastle – Wednesday 13 January, 2016
Whitby Folk Week – Friday 26 August, 2016
Traditional Song Forum – University of Sheffield Saturday 16 September 2017