Guardian Music — For roots and world music goodness, here are the best events out there this summerAcoustic Festival Of BritainWhen 25-27 MayWhere Uttoxeter Racecourse, StaffordshireWhat Folk, rock, blues, guitar, bluegrass and countryWho The Animals, the MoveHow muc... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonA Show of Hands concert at the Albert Hall is always an emotional affair, because the venue has played such a crucial role in their history. Sixteen years ago, the West Country duo of Steve Knightley and Phil Beer found it di... more info

Guardian Music — To some, Cecil Sharp is a folk hero, to others, an arch-manipulator. So, given a week to write a song suite about him, what would today's folk stars come up with?It sounds like some hideous TV reality show dreamed up by Simon Cowell and Andrew Lloyd ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mister Moods said... Brand New Moods presents: RUSH Live Weekend - All the World's a Stage (remaster) Although the recording quality of this album is not up to the studio albums, the raw edge adds to the atmosphere of one of the great 1970's live alb... more info

Guardian Music — Last week was all about the thrill of the hunt. Now we want songs that rage against the dying of the lightGreetings, wrinklies. Now, don't get me wrong, I know that those wrinkles are not a sign of age, merely a result of a brow furrowed in scepticis... more info

Guardian Music — The day I told BNP Ian to get lostLast week I got involved in a brief internet spat with someone who tweeted under the winning name of BNP Ian. He was claiming to be a promoter on the dubstep scene, a product of precisely the kind of multiculturalism... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offWeezer My Name Is Jonas After listening to Weezer's woeful new album I've spent the week going back in time to make sure it was really the same band I once loved. Thankfully... more info

Guardian Music — The far right's affection for folk music stems from the misplaced emphasis on a need for English roots and identityWhatever you think of folk music, there's a lot to be said for a festival where the major form of antisocial behaviour is the use of fo... more info

Guardian Music — Folk is seen as the preserve of the left - but the right is muscling in. Colin Irwin on why this weekend will see a showdown between Boris Johnson and Billy BraggLondon mayor Boris Johnson thinks St George's Day, which falls today, has been ignored f... more info

Guardian Music — Union Chapel, LondonTheir folk songs, surprisingly, were far less impressive than their own material, writes Robin Denselow more info