British folk band Mumford and Sons say their six Grammy award nominations are "good for business".
That same year, the Kalman collection of British folk art came on the market.
They became fixtures on the British folk music scene, and in 1964 Donovan recorded his first album.
By then, his taste in music embraced British folk, especially the work of guitarists Davy Graham and Bert Jansch.
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British folk music had a golden era in the '60s and early '70s, and in certain circles it's experiencing a renaissance.
British folk icon Nick Drake is clearly an influence on Gonzalez.
But with the reissue of "Diamond Day" 30 years later, she suddenly found herself being praised as an icon in a revised history of British folk music.
There will also be exhibitions across the Tate dedicated to the work of abstract artist Kazimir Malevich, Germany's Sigmar Polke and a survey of British Folk Art.
The British folk rebels of the early 1970s explained their rocked-out Child ballads as a way of taking folk music out of museums and giving it back to folks.
The permanent collection, which will be exhibited whole again in 2003, includes British portraiture from the 15th to 18th centuries, Neapolitan art from the late Renaissance, Chinese bronzes and British folk art.
In a development that's bound to make fans of Fairport Convention feel even older than they are, the children of some of the greatest British folk-rockers are now grown-up enough to make records of their own.
Although it is proud of having converted Cat Stevens, a British folk-rocker now known as Yusuf Islam, to the faith, Tablighi has no ledgers, no office holders, no funds and no orthodox means of public relations, claims Malik Mumtaz, one of its elders.
Cabic and Banhart draw inspiration from the same set of obscure late-'60s British folk songs, and while Vetiver's music has always sounded as if it were dug out of amber, on Thing of the Past Cabic turns to his record collection for material, not just guidance.
Also, this past year has witnessed the much publicised arrival of a US version of the British TV series Queer as Folk on a major pay TV cable network.
Mumford and Sons' second effort Babel rested at number two after climbing two places since the folk rockers won best British group at the awards ceremony.
The British regard themselves as kind-hearted folk, and in some senses they are (Britons gave more in private donations to victims of the Asian tsunami than anyone except Americans or Germans).
"Let It Go" echoes the sunny, carefree folk sounds of '60s-era British rock.
Among the nominees are noted "vloggers" Paul Robinett (Renetto), British pensioner Peter Oakley, up-and-coming folk singer Terra Naomi, Star Wars parody Chad Vader, actress-turned-teenager Lonely Girl 15, and comic commentator LisaNova (Lisa Donovan).
Other British successes included Mumford and Sons who topped the rock, alternative and folk album artist categories, as well as scoring the honour in each of the genres for their album Babel.
Ned Kelly, a Robin-Hood-like folk hero, represented the struggle between poor rural Irish Australians and the repressive British ruling class during and after transportation.
Meanwhile in the UK, the punk movement took on the mantle of political protest from its folk and rock forebears, with groups such as The Clash criticizing racial disharmony in British society.
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