Two of America’s greatest songwriters visit the U.K. together in March 2014.

Each with ties to the classic Greenwich Village folk scene, Tom Paxton and Janis Ian are nearly a generation apart yet share a slew of folk influences as well as an affinity for fearlessly tackling controversial issues.

Always armed only with his acoustic guitar, Paxton emerged in the days of hootenannies and wrote his share of what were then called protest songs. However he also wrote songs about love, humour and for kids. Many became oft-covered standards, including Bottle of Wine, Ramblin’ Boy and The Last Thing on My Mind.