John Tams

"What draws me to folk music, or popular music as I prefer it to be called, is that it is often the truest representation of a piece of time - what was happening on the other side of the plate glass at a given time in history"

- John Tams

Singer of the Year 2006

BBC Radio 2 Folk Music Awards

Much To Be Reckoned With

The Derbyshire-born singer has been a guiding light of the British folk community and beyond for over thirty years, with Derbyshire folk group Muckram Wakes in the 1970s, the Albion Band, Home Service and as a solo performer and in a duo with Barry Coope. Not only a consummate songwriter, singer and musician, Tams is also a skilled actor and TV/theatrical producer. John Tams was born on 16th February 1949.

John Tams

Folk Singer of the Year
by BBC Radio 2
Folk Awards 2006

Album of the Year for
"The Reckoning"
by BBC Radio 2
Folk Awards 2006

Best Traditional Track
BBC Radio 2
Folk Awards 2006

Songs by John Tams

All lyrics are by John

unless otherwise stated.

If you are looking for the

words to a traditional song,

you may find a trip to the

MudCat Café helpful.

The following conversation with

John Tams

took place at the Royal National Theatre

on 6th February and later at the

Half Moon Putney on March 16th 1988

"older than Stonehenge but fresher than a morning daisy"

- actor Bob Hoskins describing

John Tams' work