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1 day ago · 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.
3 days ago · The Broadcast Album 1968-1970. In this release, listeners navigate the uncharted waters of Fairport Convention's early voyages across the UK, European and American airwaves. Fairport initially focused on covers of future classics by US/Canadian singer-songwriters such as Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Richard Farina, and Bob Dylan, but delivered ...
4 days ago · Patrick’s books include Rolling Stones 69, Nick Drake – The Biography, Meet on the Ledge – A History of Fairport Convention, A Little Bit Funny – The Elton John Story and Lonnie Donegan and the Birth of British Rock & Roll while magazine and newspaper credits take in Record Collector, Mojo, The Times, The Guardian, Melody Maker, New Musical Express and Daily Mail.
4 days ago · A quiz about the 1969 Fairport Convention album What We Did on Our Holidays. To keep things confused this was released in the US under the title Fairport Convention. A different album was released in the UK by that name.
3 days ago · The biggest Sealed Knot reenactment of the year takes place this weekend in Cropredy with 2,000 – 3,000 expected to take part. There is a rumour of war. The Oxfordshire village of Cropredy is bracing itself for battle – the Battle of Cropredy Bridge. Following Fairport’s Cropredy Convention ...
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2 days ago · The song blends the free jazz stylings and vocal flights resembling Joni Mitchell with the ethereal landscape of early British folk like Fairport Convention. The album opens with the duo’s swaying harmonies—with the drums mimicking the sounds of rolling along the rails—on “Empty Trainload of Sky.”
