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5 days ago · Fairport co-founder, Simon Nicol, recently shared a message about the potential plight of Fairport’s Cropredy Convention in the future. You can read the full message here. Please take the time to read his vital message. For the final instalment of preview series, we consider what may in store from the lads themselves – Fairport Convention.
2 days ago · The genre grew to become a distinct European strain in rock, and has enjoyed an enduring afterlife through bands such as the Waterboys, Big Country and their descendants. Although it features ...
Jun 28, 2024 · British singer/guitarist Richard Thompson spoke to Fresh Air in 1994 and 2022 about about his formative years and about pioneering a new musical genre that blended rock with traditional music of ...
Jul 3, 2024 · On its July 1969 release, Unhalfbricking, the third album from British folk-rockers Fairport Convention, should have been a cause for celebration. It was the sound of a band approaching a...
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May 30, 2024 · Richard was the guitarist in the folk-rock band Fairport Convention, the 1960s north Londoners who turned a generation of music lovers on from British beat and rhythm and blues to a more lyrical and musically mature sound.
Jun 27, 2024 · The British singer/guitarist spoke to Fresh Air in 1994 and '22 about about his formative years and about pioneering a new musical genre that blended rock with traditional music of the British...
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Jul 3, 2024 · On July 3, 1971, Fairport Convention hit the UK chart with 'Angel Delight,’ their sixth album, and first since Richard Thompson’s departure.
