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Herts Advertiser
Fairport Convention plus new digital cinema at Alban Arena
Herts Advertiser
FAIRPORT Convention, who are celebrating their 45th anniversary on the live music scene, are appearing at the Alban Arena next Tuesday, February 14. To send a link to this page to a friend, simply enter their email address below.


 
The Albion Band rebooted
The Music Fix
Alongside Steeleye Span and Fairport Convention, The Albion Band are one of the “Big Three” of English Folk Rock, fusing traditional British songs and tunes with contemporary instruments and sounds. All three were formed by legendary band leader Ashley ...

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New York Daily News
Richard Thompson to play 3 all-request shows
New York Daily News
Thompson has literally hundreds of songs in his catalogue, written over a 45-year period, dating back to his teen days in the classic British folk-rock band Fairport Convention. With that group, the guitarist helped electrify traditional UK music, ...


 
Preview of Fairport Convention at Oxford Playhouse
The Oxford Times
It's hard to imagine, but it is 45 years since Fairport Convention emerged, blinking, from the suburbs of North London, before single-handedly inventing what we now know as folk-rock. The band have since seen their share of triumphs and tragedies and ...
Unconventional ConventionThisisgloucestershire

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A.V. Club
Richard Thompson
A.V. Club
The artist: Richard Thompson initially came to musical prominence while still in his teens, playing with the seminal British folk band Fairport Convention. In early 1971, Thompson decided to give it a go on his own, but after releasing his 1972 solo ...


 
Will Adam Lambert join Queen?
Pasadena Star-News
"Underwater Sunshine (or What We Did on Our Summer Vacation), that comes out April 10, feature their take on, among others, such rarities as Fairport Convention's "Meet On The Ledge," Pure Prairie League's "Amie," "Ooh La La," by The Faces, ...

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BBC News
Folk award for Yorkshire-based singer songwriter
DigitalJournal.com
When top artists such as Fairport Convention's Dave Pegg or Ralph McTell are asked about their favourite singers, songwriters, performers and entertainers, his name usually pops up in the top three. Born in Liverpool, brought up in the Midlands but ...
Performers in running for top honoursDerbyshire Times

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