Ragged Kingdom (2011)

Reunited twenty-one years after their first collaboration, Britain's premier dark traditional balladeer and folk-punk band Oysterband deliver a masterclass in dynamic tension. Tabor's aristocratic, sorrowful contralto anchors visceral reworkings of traditional murder ballads like Bonny Bunch of Roses alongside songs by Joy Division and PJ Harvey, linked by muscular acoustic guitars and soaring fiddle.