Guardian Music — Sidmouth, DevonNic Jones and his groundbreaking 1980 album Penguin Eggs wields such a huge influence over the younger artists currently revitalising British folk that it was no surprise to find them falling over themselves to play a tribute concert i... more info

Guardian Music — Folk singer Jon Boden plans to record a song a day for a year and post it online. But his real aim is to get us all to sing out loud together – in tune or notA few weeks ago Jon Boden, the current BBC Folk Singer of the Year, went to a friend's hom... more info

The Telegraph — Jim Moray's In Modern History goes off on new tangents. Rating: * * * more info

Guardian Music — (NIAG)Jim Moray has calmed down, just a little. After shaking up the English folk scene with his laptop, electric guitar and mastery of one-man technology, he moved on to mix traditional themes with African influences and hip-hop on Low Culture, the ... more info

Guardian Music — (Mule Satellite)(Crammed)Don't be put off by the title. UNITE may stand for the somewhat solemn and academic-sounding Urban Native Integrated Traditions of Europe, but this is an entertaining and inventive Transglobal Underground side project, in whi... more info

Roundhouse, LondonThe magazine Roots has played a key role in promoting folk, world music and the varied fusions of the new roots scene, and this brave, unexpectedly slick 30th-anniversary show managed to mix experiments, history and surprises, with ... more info

Guardian Music — Roundhouse, LondonThe magazine Roots has played a key role in promoting folk, world music and the varied fusions of the new roots scene, and this brave, unexpectedly slick 30th-anniversary show managed to mix experiments, history and surprises, with ... more info

Guardian Music — Love, sex, death and booze are the stuff of folk ballads. Could an amateur singer and pop music fan ever do them justice? Jude Rogers gives it a try at Sidmouth Folk WeekBright and early one morning, in a church hall in Devon, a group of women are si... 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