Fairport Convention Acoustic News

 
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, ...


 
New season at Pocklington Arts Centre
The Press, York
Acoustic blues musician Sean Taylor is booked in for March 31; folk/bluegrass band Southern Tenant Folk Union, for April 12; British folk-rock institution Fairport Convention, for May 3; Scottish folk singer-songwriter Karine Polwart, for May 19; ...


 
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 ...

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ILMINSTER: Mojo promotions offer the best of the blues
View Online
... Denny Laine (Moody Blues, Paul McCartney), Mike Kelly (Spooky Tooth, Joe Cocker), Robbie Blunt (Robert Plant), Alan Wickett (Paul Young), Alan White (Yes), Dave Pegg (Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull), Richard Tandy (ELO), Albert Lee (Eric Clapton) ...


 
Ripon Today
70s pop sensation on a roll without band
Ripon Today
FOLK fans are in for a treat at Frazer Theatre when Fairport Convention legend Dave Swarbrick appears in this fantastic, intimate theatre on Saturday, February 18, surely one of the best small venues in the UK. Presented by Kula Productions, ...

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The Strawbs – A Walk Down Memory Lane
Blogger News Network (blog)
What I do know is that there were three major players in the genre, Dave Cousins and his band The Strawbs, Fairport Convention, and Steeleye Span. Drawing a family tree of these three bands would tax the ability of even the best genealogist, ...


 
UK Festival Guides
Beverley Folk Festival Announce Joe Brown to close the Sunday
UK Festival Guides
Contemporaries of the likes of Led Zeppelin and Fairport Convention, they have gone on to change the face of folk music forever, taking it from small clubs and festivals into the world of chart topping albums and international tours Saturday sees a ...