The musical tradition of the bard was reinvented with the birth of folk rock. British folk rock came about in the late 1960s and thrived in England and elsewhere until the advent of punk. Like the folk rock movement in the USA, England folk rock drew from original compositions as well as modern arrangements of folk songs. The Fairport Convention popularized genre with their album "Leige & Lief" (which contained 75% traditional folk tunes). The group worked mostly with ballads from the late medieval through to the 19th century. Other notable groups within the genre are Steeleye Span (pictured above), Pentangle and The Incredible String Band. Here is a sample of the Fairport Convention doing their rendition of the folk ballad "Matty Groves":
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