Peter Kennedy
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Peter Douglas Kennedy, collector and musician, November 18, 1922 - June 10, 2006.
Peter Kennedy's father, Douglas, was director of the EFDSS after Cecil Sharp.
Kennedy was one of the presenters of the BBC folk music programme As I Roved Out, broadcast during the 1950s, which featured field recordings of traditional singers. Working for the BBC and on his own account, he went on collecting trip across the British Isles, collaborating with other collectors including Alan Lomax, Seamus Ennis, and his aunt Maud Karpeles. His recordings were featured on the 1960s Caedmon LP series The Folk Songs of Britain, while later Kennedy founded the Folktrax label.