When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. “It was a blow to lose them both but the mood was optimistic,” Richard Thompson recalls. “We ...
Liege & Lief was Fairport Convention’s third album, released in 1969, and marked a dramatic and purposeful shift from the band’s previous sound. Following a car accident that killed drummer Martin ...
“Come all ye rolling minstrels,” invited Sandy Denny in the 1969 Fairport Convention ditty “Come All Ye.” “And together we will try/To rouse the spirit of the earth/And move the rolling sky.” Opening ...
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The term folk rock has been absent from the vocabulary of the hip and cool for several decades. However, Fairport Convention, the band that hewed the form from the ...
Fairport Convention are celebrating their 35th anniversary as a group this year–and on Fairport Unconventional, a four-CD box set issued in commemoration, it’s clearer than ever that the fascination ...
Andrew Whitehead from Hornsey Historical Society explains how a house in Fortis Green inspired a folk-rock band.
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