Guardian Music — (Topic)Fourteen years ago, Topic Records released a 20-volume series of traditional songs from across Britain and Ireland, recognised today as a classic folk anthology. Now there are four new titles in the Voice of the People collection, ranging from... more info

Guardian Music — Veterans dominate this year as June Tabor and Oysterband win four prizes, including best album and folk singer of the yearBritish folk has enjoyed an exciting resurgence during the last few years, owing to younger artists brimming with energy and ima... more info

Guardian Music — The top 40 tracks of the year, as voted for by Guardian writers1 Lana Del Rey – Video Games2 Azealia Banks – 2123 Tyler, the Creator – Yonkers4 Joe Goddard – Gabriel ft Valentina5 Frank Ocean – Swim Good6 Nicki Minaj – Super Bass7 BeyoncÃ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — One of our most accomplished exponents of traditional song, June Tabor, has once again teamed up with folk-rock heroes Oysterband to produce a collaborative collection, Ragged Kingdom. As with their former hugely successful meeting of minds, Freedom... more info

Guardian Music — (Topic)Twenty-one years ago, June Tabor and Oysterband got together to record what is now recognised as an English folk-rock classic. It wasn't exclusively a folk album, though there were some traditional tracks, but rather an eclectic, powerful rewo... more info

Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThis was one of the most remarkable reunion concerts of the current English folk revival. Twenty-one years on from the release of their classic folk-rock album Freedom and Rain, Oysterband were back on stage with June Tabo... more info

Guardian Music — Wayne Shorter headlines a much-anticipated gig, followed by the London Jazz festival in November, while the blind duo Amadou and Mariam tell their life story – in the darkWayne Shorter Quartet and PhronesisA much-anticipated gig from sax star Short... more info

Guardian Music — From Pulp's peeping Tom to Gil Scott-Heron's Watergate rap, here are the songs you've been phone-tapping your feet toEavesdropping: the act of secretly listening in to others' conversations, whether accidentally or deliberately.Dr Feelgood, on their ... more info

Guardian Music — (Galileo/Discovery) Nidi D'Arac are southern Italy's answer to Oysterband and Transglobal Underground. Formed more than a decade ago by Alessandro Coppola, they set out to revive and update the traditional music of their region, tarantella, a style ... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offJames Carter Caribbean Rhapsody Multi-sax virtuoso James Carter knows his instruments and the jazz tradition inside out – but this fruit of a 10-year collaboration with Pu... more info