One of Britain's most innovative and contemporary voices. A superb musician, one of the finest guitarists in the British Isles (Martin Carthy has called him the best player on the folk scene) and a brilliant all-around entertainer. Dick Gaughan is known as ''the Scottish Woody Guthrie'' for the depth, passion and political conviction of his music. He is capable of capturing the heart with the most traditional of ballads in one moment and stirring the fire of the spirit with his uncompromising commentary on social injustices in the next. A guitar player since the age of seven, his mastery of the instrument, acoustic and electric, is astounding

• Folk
• World Music