Back in the late 60s/early seventies, a whole group of people from the English Fairport/Steeleye/Thompson folk-rock scene recorded an album called Rock On under the name, The Bunch. I haven't heard it yet, but it was all covers of classic rock and roll tracks. It was recently reissued by Fledg'ling.

I remember that Show of Hands covered Radiohead's 'High and Dry'.

And of course Richard Thompson covered everyone from the Who to Squeeze, Abba to Britney Spears on his 'Thousand Years of Popular Music' LP, although you could argue that he moved on from being a folk artist many years ago!

I'm pretty sure I read that Norma Waterson covered a Freddie Murcruy song, alongside quite a few other contemporary numbers on one of her solo albums.

Love to hear the Oysterband/Tabor take on 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'!