From 1990  on the Cooking Vinyl label (COOKCD 031)  Freedom and Rain was a collaboration between June Tabor and the Oyster Band Although very well-received  it was a one-off project of an album and short tour (I was fortunate enough to catch them headlining at that year’s Cambridge Folk Festival) and it wasn’t until 2011 that they decided to do a follow-up (which I’ll write about shortly)