Altsounds — Twenty-one years ago June Tabor and Oysterband made a landmark album of dark folk together: "Freedom and Rain", a union Rolling Stone called “a marriage made in heaven”. Recently reunited in the studio, and with a new albumful of go... more info

Guardian Music — May 1968: Number 28 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of world and folk musicThe catalyst for Fairports' transmutation from Dylan covers band to founders of English folk rock, Denny brought to the group a soaring voice and the riches ... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonOn 1 June 1951, the folklorist AL Lloyd organised an evening at St Pancras Town Hall in London, as a contribution to the Festival of Britain. The Singing Englishmen concert featured the Workers Music Association Choir and a... more info

Guardian Music — (Topic)Concept albums suit June Tabor. Giving herself a theme allows her to bring her influences and interests together. With her Rosa Mundi set a decade ago, she concentrated on roses, and now comes a concept set about the sea. It starts with the a... more info

Guardian Music — Kings Place, LondonThis, said June Tabor, would be an evening devoted to "our love-hate relationship with the sea". It's the same concept that dominates her next album, Ashore, but this adventurous concert was more than just a preview. She included s... more info

Guardian Music — How Sandra Kerr's folk roots for the fondly remembered 1970s children's TV show has influenced today's performers. By Jude Rogers"We will fix it! We will stitch it!" Eight words, sung in the unmistakable falsetto of the rodent operators of the Marvel... more info

Guardian Music — Folk Against Fascism, EnglandFounded to counter the BNP's attempts to appropriate English folk music, Folk Against Fascism now ups its profile with events for both folk purists and the folk-curious. London's Southbank has the Oyster Band and Bellowhe... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offPat Metheny Orchestrion The guitar star brings this solo project to London next month, and it's an intriguing mix of technical-geekery (solo guitar, plus a whole road-band ... more info