The first time I heard Ian Campbell's The Sun Is Burning it was by The Three City Four (Leon Rosselson/Roy Bailey/Marian McKenzie/Martin Carthy (or possibly Ralph Trainer had already replaced MC). It was one of those moments.

Dick Gaughan doing his Sail On / Why Old Men Cry and Bran McNeill's No Gods And Precious Few Heroes.

And as he's coming soon on tour, I'll mention Chris Foster doing Leon Rosselson's The Olive Tree in a dreary, dusty Oxford room. It was the first time I'd heard it but for him it was the first time he'd got through it without crying.

Most recently, seeing Jon Boden do Blue Dress live for the first time during the launch for his 2nd solo CD a couple of weeks ago.