Chris Wood was performing CHRN (the Shagging Song as he calls it) at a solo gig a few days after the Brewery Beano at which he'd only been allowed to do half of it and he reminded his audience to imagine another 15 musicians including "a huge fucking dhol" (his words).

I first heard some bits of TIV at the fRoots 25th anniversary party when Simon Emmerson (who was DJ-ing) played what he had just been recording, including the Weller/Carthy Barleycorn. It's now coming up to the fR 29th anniversary. At the time of the launch at last year's WOMAD there was a massive thread about the project here and it has toured extensively since, culminating at the RFH last November. Hard indeed to miss.