TABOR, widely considered one of Britain’s finest folk singers, is highly respected with a reputation for being somewhat dour. By contrast Oysterband have been loved for over 30 years for their raucous approach.

They first recorded together 21 years ago and recently collaborated on a new CD, Ragged Kingdom - and this Hall Two appearance was the last night on the Ragged Kingdom tour.

The first set opened with Bonny Bunch of Roses from the CD and the evening proceeded with an eclectic selection of material: The Velvet Underground’s All Tomorrow’s Parties, Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart and a more contemporary PJ Harvey song.

As expected, they played a fair amount of their latest joint project and it was great to hear them perform songs from Freedom and Rain, their earlier collaboration.

Tabor’s voice control and range is tremendous; her passion and emotion felt in every song. However, I could have done with a little less of her lecturing song introductions.

The Oysterband were much more restrained than I expected, which was a little disappointing. They clearly enjoyed playing a number of songs that have not been on their live set for a number of years.

The audience was surprised and impressed by their version of Jefferson Airplane’s White Rabbit, perhaps the stand-out song in an evening packed with great ones.