This transports ageing folkies back to the time of Fairport Convention, when old English lyrics were married to social comment and proved the catalyst for the brave new world of folk/rock.

Little Johnny England are as authentic as they come, conjuring up the folk cellars prevalent in most English towns in the Sixties and now making a comeback as a prescription against manufactured pop.

Tracks like Tournament Of Shadows, Welcome To The Sparrow Club and Cut Throats, Crooks And Conmen epitomise their folk roots, displaying vivid lyrical imagery set to the indispensable fiddle, melodeons and guitars acoustic and electric.