Tag Archives: Fairport Convention

Marcella Detroit, Richard Thompson And Other Stars Join Forces To Fight Parkinson’s

January 28, 2025

Parkinson’s disease is a terrible thing, and while there are ways to mitigate its symptoms, it still can’t be cured – but specialists tirelessly try to find a way to create a medicine, and there are charities that support this … Continue reading →

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SIMON NICOL & RIC SANDERS – Greetings From Grolloo

October 12, 2024

RadZ 2024 The thinner the stock the wider the scope: two folk-rock stalwarts expand the unexpecting punters’ horizons. When Fairporters split from their motherlode, it’s usually with the prospect of creating something special of rather large proportions, yet for every … Continue reading →

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DAVID CARROLL AND FRIENDS – Bold Reynold Too

June 24, 2024

Talking Elephant 2024 The second, yet second to none, chapter of a breathtaking endeavor from performers of esteemed vintage – possessed of envious vim and impeccable taste. With the first advent of being so perfect as to set a new … Continue reading →

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Massive Box Set Explores FAIRPORT CONVENTION’s ’80s

May 20, 2024

If FAIRPORT CONVENTION were the foremost folk-rock ensemble in England in the ’70s, the next decade found them at a loss, August 4th, 1979 marking the band’s farewell performance – staged at the village of Cropredy where they promised to … Continue reading →

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British Folk Rock Elite Bring “Bold Reynold” Back

May 8, 2024

2023’s was a sensational folk-rock enterprise that could be considered a new milestone in the genre’s existence, yet for the project’s mastermind David Carroll, he of SPINNING WHEEL fame, the album was first and foremost an exhilarating excursion down memory … Continue reading →

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