Fairport Convention

Richard Thompson on the flowering of Fairport Convention

"There was a musical explosion – you could play almost anything and be accepted"

6th April 2021

Fairport Convention singer Judy Dyble has died, aged 71

Tributes paid to the folk-rock pioneer

13th July 2020

Richard Thompson to play Cropredy solo and with Fairport Convention

The Full House line-up reunite to celebrate the album's 50th anniversary

2nd December 2019

Jerry Donahue’s guitar auctioned to raise funds for his treatment

It's signed by McCartney, Clapton, Page, Iommi, Gilmour and many more

18th November 2019

The Waterboys, Richard Thompson and Caravan to play Cropredy

Festival hosts Fairport Convention will also appear twice

11th December 2018

Exclusive! Hear Fairport Convention’s previously unreleased version of Joni Mitchell’s “Eastern Rain” with solo Sandy Denny vocals

This appears on the band's new Come All Ye - The First 10 Years box set

26th July 2017

Fairport Convention: former members to help celebrate band’s 50th anniversary

An on-stage reunion of the current line-up and virtually all the ex-members still living is booked for Fairport's Cropredy Convention

20th June 2017

Ask Fairport Convention!

We're after your questions for Simon Nicol and Dave Pegg

27th February 2017

Inside Fairport Convention’s Liege And Lief: “We were on a crusade…”

The story of a folk-rock masterpiece

3rd June 2016

Sandy Denny – I’ve Always Kept A Unicorn

The album that nearly was finally... is

27th April 2016

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