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Here's a bit of news we thought you might be interested in: Radio 2's Folk Singer of the Year, , is challenging himself to record a different folk song, every day, for an entire year.

Jon is gearing up to begin his aptly-named project on 24 June 2010 (Midsummer's Day). He's aiming to improve the status of social singing in this country - most of the songs will be unaccompanied - and provide a resource for anyone interested in singing traditional songs.

In a statement, Jon said: "I have always thought of myself as first and foremost an unaccompanied singer so it was quite a shock to me to realise that, although I have now made 10 albums, I have never included a solo unaccompanied track on any of them."

"It seemed high time I rectified that situation and [this] is an opportunity for me to record my whole repertoire of songs without worrying about making any of them commercial, stylistically original, or fitting them in to a particular album concept."

Jon estimates he knows about 240 songs, which means he'll have to learn half as many again in order to complete the project.

You can read Jon's full mission statement and (ultimately) hear all the songs at .