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As part of Topic Records’ 85th anniversary, June Tabor & Oysterband’s 2011 album ‘Ragged Kingdom’ will be reissued on vinyl. We take a look back at the album that “raises the spirit and tears at the soul in turn.”

After 45 years on the road, the legendary Oysterband are calling time, but not before heading out on tour with June Tabor. The aptly named “A Long Long Goodbye” tour will find them revisiting some of their favourite haunts to perform a career-spanning set.

One of the most exciting collaborations in folk music, June Tabor and Oysterband, resumes this autumn for a major tour. The 2019 ‘Fire and Fleet’ Tour will take in 15 dates across the UK this Autumn.

June Tabor launched her solo career with ‘Airs And Graces’, a record that remains one of the most essential folk music records of the 1970s and beyond. This Topic Records Deluxe CD re-issue features perfect sound and an abundance of treasures found within.

There will be many who have collected June Tabor’s recorded work over the years but for those who are perhaps less familiar with her work, this introduction is a grand way to discover one of the best voices of her era.

Congratulations to the Five winners of our recent Vinyl Giveaway who will receive a copy of Anne Brigg’s Sing A Song For You LP and June Tabor’s Ashore.

Folk Radio has teamed up with Vinyl 180 for a great vinyl giveaway of two white vinyl Record Store Day releases: June Tabor’s double LP ‘Ashore’ and Anne Briggs ‘Sing A Song For You’, originally released in 1973.

With Street Cries, Ashley Hutchings revisits his 2001 album and produces some powerful new lyrics and, with the help of his collaborators (including Steve Knightley, June Tabor, Dick Gaughan, Cara Dillon and the late Vin Garbutt), he creates a collection of powerful and unique performances.

Whilst not a full-on festive offering, our latest mix does contain some festive cheer from Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle, Tim Laycock, Richard Farina With Blind Boy Grunt (better known as Bob Dylan) & Eric Von Schmidt, and some top-notch wassailing from John Kirkpatrick. Plus classics from the likes of John Martyn, Sandy Denny, Hamish Imlach and Richard Thompson and some great new music and a wee delve into Topic …

An exhibition exploring the history of Topic Records, at Barbican Centre Music Library. We also have a ticket competition for two very special live events – featuring Eliza Carthy, in conversation with journalist Colin Irwin and Topic’s David Suff (plus acoustic performance) and an evening of the same featuring two supreme folk guitarists, Martin Carthy & Martin Simpson.

Jon Boden compiles The Ultimate Guide To English Folk, a lavish two-disc primer designed to appeal to experienced folkies and newbies alike. It is not the first such collection, but it is probably the most wide-ranging, lovingly compiled and inventively sequenced. One of the most important messages to take from this compilation is that while folk music in England is something of an extended family, it is by no means …

‘This House Will Stand: The Best of Oysterband 1998-2015’ is a comprehensive and essential overview of one of the folk scene’s finest bands and is recommended to established fans and newcomers alike.