Aqualung1989
Journeyman
I'd give up my halo for a horn, and the horn for the hat I once had
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Post by Aqualung1989 on Oct 21, 2014 22:22:58 GMT
Nonrabbit, Irish and Scottish work too In that case how about some of the younger acts Lau - voted nearly every year as the best folk act in UK www.lau-music.co.uk/home/Love Lau Slide - A band of incredibly talented musicians each one with a great pedigree of generations of the finest musicians in Ireland. One of the best live acts I've seen since I moved over here. They used to have the singer Andrew Murray with them and what a voice! Former Dé Danann singer from the island of Inishbofin and also from a traditional Folk music family. www.slide-ireland.com/I love Folk fusion and what some of the younger generation are experimenting with. Peatbog Faeries from Skye. My latest discovery and I've been late in finding him is Martyn Bennett (17 February 1971 – 30 January 2005) Son of the Skye folklorist Margaret Bennett and probably the most influential musician in the genre of modern celtic music. Multi talented musician, played the Highland pipes at 10 years old. Headlined at the Cambridge Folk Festival and shortly afterwards was diagnosed with cancer. When he was unable to play he concentrated on mixing and remastering music. He sought out some old traditional singers like Lizzie, a traveller and ballad singer and in his words; "This is my story about triumph in the face of struggle. It is a story of the people and songs I grew up with, and most importantly, it is their voices, traditions and the inspiration they have given to be passed on to the next generation. Split between the songs of travelling people (Roma) and the Gaelteachd traditions of the Hebrides it brings together by far the strongest links to the 'real' folk culture in Scotland. Virtually all the songs and narrative were sampled from vinyl records or from original quarter-inch tape recordings, the sources of which were mostly recorded from 1950 onwards" His last album Grit will open the Celtic Connections Festival. and this I don't know if Ian was serious when he said he was going to do a version of Wee Deoch an Doras - it starts at 2.20 Incredible video!! www.martynbennett.com/Wow thanks a lot! I'll listen to all this material tomorrow morning, I'm too dead today... goodnight everyone!
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Post by nonrabbit on Jan 15, 2015 21:41:53 GMT
The Fairports are appearing at the Winter Festival
- Celtic Connections in Glasgow - 15th January to 1st February 2015 alongside "...Uniting similarly seasoned maturity with youthful virtuosity, the Anglo/American duo of singer-guitarist Kevin Dempsey and fiddler/vocalist Rosie Carson concoct a diverse, harmony-rich blend of folk songs and tunes from both sides of the Pond" www.celticconnections.com/events/Pages/event.aspx?ev=9e53d908-e5ee-465d-84e8-a3bd0107cd73 Celtic Connections is the largest annual winter music festival of its kind and the UK's premier celebration of Celtic music.
The festival kicks off tonight with a tribute to the late Martyn Bennett.
Fairport Connection appearing tomorrow at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall with Kevin Dempsey and Rosie Carson.
"Martyn Bennett: 'Fearless' music legacy lives on"www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-30799852
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Post by maddogfagin on May 27, 2015 12:47:53 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on Aug 14, 2015 13:47:24 GMT
www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/'Cream of the Crop'- Fairport Convention get stuck into Cropredy Festival. Interview with Dave Pegg + video Tim Hughes, Features and Music Editor / Thursday 13 August 2015Tim Hughes talks to Fairport Convention guitarist Dave Pegg – as the band’s fans descend on a north Oxfordshire field for the start of the annual, and increasingly eclectic, Cropredy Festival, which begins today www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/music/13590473._Cream_of_the_Crop____Fairport_Convention_get_stuck_into_Cropredy_Festival/“There have been so many good moments, such as playing the Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall and Sydney Opera House when Sandy Denny was in the band – she was a fantastic singer. Also playing support for Jethro Tull on an American tour where I played bass with both bands.”
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Post by bunkerfan on Aug 14, 2015 19:30:47 GMT
www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/'Cream of the Crop'- Fairport Convention get stuck into Cropredy Festival. Interview with Dave Pegg + video Tim Hughes, Features and Music Editor / Thursday 13 August 2015Tim Hughes talks to Fairport Convention guitarist Dave Pegg – as the band’s fans descend on a north Oxfordshire field for the start of the annual, and increasingly eclectic, Cropredy Festival, which begins today www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/music/13590473._Cream_of_the_Crop____Fairport_Convention_get_stuck_into_Cropredy_Festival/“There have been so many good moments, such as playing the Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall and Sydney Opera House when Sandy Denny was in the band – she was a fantastic singer. Also playing support for Jethro Tull on an American tour where I played bass with both bands.” I know a certain Welshman who was after a hat like that! I often wonder if he ever bought one? Maybe he settled for this one?
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 10, 2015 10:15:51 GMT
Fairport's Cropredy Convention 2016 - The first acts and tickets on sale soon!www.fairportconvention.com/Hello Fairporters! The festive season is upon us and what could be more festive than whetting your appetites with a few of the wonderful acts we’ll welcome to Cropredy 2016? 3 day tickets and camping stickers go on sale from our online box office at midnight tonight, Wednesday 9 December (two-day and Saturday-only tickets will go on sale on 1 February 2016). But be quick off the mark - the first 800 pre-christmas orders will receive a Fairport Christmas card individually signed by each member of the band and the first 2000 orders will, as usual, receive a collectable souvenir car sticker. We can’t reveal the complete line-up just yet but keep a close eye on our website, your inbox, Twitter and Facebook and we’ll announce the rest of the acts as soon as we can. Meanwhile here is a taster (all subject to contract, of course). BOOTLEG BEATLESFirst up, we have the wonderful Bootleg Beatles with their stunning recreation of the greatest songbook in popular music. Their show traces the Fab Four’s journey through the 1960s with love and a meticulous attention to detail from costumes to authentic period instruments and the perfection of their vocal mimicry. The show will also feature video imagery and a little help from their orchestral ensemble. GRYPHONGryphon is a legendary British band that’s as exhilarating and unpredictable now as it was when the members last toured in the 1970s. Now Gryphon is back, reinvented and mixing old and new material. The virtuoso musicianship and composing flair that marked the band out in the 1970s has been developed over the intervening decades. RALPH McTELLRalph McTell is no stranger to Cropredy fans. We need hardly tell you what a great storyteller and spell-weaver Ralph is – his contributions to Fairport’s repertoire is proof enough of that. Now celebrating almost 50 years on the road, Ralph is known for his virtuoso guitar playing, rich voice and gifted songwriting. SOUND OF THE SIRENSFresh from their amazing performance on Chris Evans’ TFI Friday, Sound of the Sirens is a foot-stomping, crowd-engaging female folk/rock duo whose strengths lie in their passion and chemistry. These girls know how to rock a stage, and make you believe in every word they sing. Their vocal harmony is compelling and magical. STEELEYE SPANSteeleye Span are one of the most successful British folk-rock bands ever and they return to Cropredy for the first time in ten years with a new live show. Maddy Prior leads a line-up featuring faces old and new performing a mix of material from their classic repertoire to their most recent work. HAYSEED DIXIEHayseed Dixie make a welcome return to Cropredy by popular request. Straight from Nashville, these Appalachian hellraisers take bluegrass and give it a hard rock edge. Although Hayseed Dixie are best known for their hillbilly renditions of rock classics they also have an impressive repertoire of self-penned songs. WILLE AND THE BANDITSWille and the Bandits are a classic blues rock trio in the vein of Cream. However, they take their sound beyond what might be expected from such a traditional line up. Their use of more bizarre instrumentation and eclectic influences pushes them more into a world music or progressive category. The band has toured with artists such as Deep Purple and the John Butler trio and played major festivals across Europe. Oh, we nearly forgot – Fairport Convention will play on Thursday to welcome you to the festival and, of course, we’ll take the stage again for our headlining set on Saturday night. We’ll be working hard to complete the line-up early in the New Year so – as we’ve said earlier – keep an eye on our social media. If you don’t make it to any of our gigs before the festive holiday we’ll see you in the New Year. Simon, Peggy, Ric, Chris and Gerry.
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Post by steelmonkey on Dec 10, 2015 17:57:01 GMT
Cropredy in 2016...imagine...I went in 1998 to be sure I could put 'Cropredy' on my life C.V. before it was too late.
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Post by maddogfagin on Mar 24, 2016 8:51:20 GMT
www.fairportconvention.com/Hello, Fairporters We had a great time on our recent Winter Tour so we’ll start with a big Fairport ‘thank you’ to everyone who came to hear us play. It was a real pleasure to see you all and to chat to so many of you. We’re already thinking about next year’s winter outing and hoping you’ll get involved as we explain below. We’ve been enjoying a short break after the tour but now spring is sprung and it’s all looking busy again. They say the Devil makes work for idle hands... mind you, they say there’s no rest for the wicked so you can’t win. Fairport’s Cropredy Convention 2016 It’s hard to believe but August is barely five months away. This year, Cropredy is on Thursday 11, Friday 12 and Saturday 13 and ticket sales have been extremely brisk, thanks in no small part to the cracking line-up… Two years ago, we sold all the tickets before the gates opened and we reckon this year could be the same. We’d hate you to be disappointed so if you want to enjoy three days of great music in beautiful north Oxfordshire book your tickets now. It couldn’t be easier – simply click here. Cropredy has a great reputation as a warm-hearted and welcoming event so why not invite your family and friends to join you at the festival. On the road again Our Spring Tour will run from 6 May until 11 June and will cover the compass. We’ll start in the south in Southampton and finish at the other end of the country in Barnard Castle - between them we’ll go east to Cromer and west to Redruth as well as nearly thirty other venues. Full details of all the gigs are on our website. The tour is selling strongly – in fact two gigs are already full – so don’t delay booking your tickets. We’d love to see you as we take a relaxed trip around the counties. There’s plenty happening before the Spring Tour as well – in fact, April is looking quite busy. Former Fairport drummer Dave Mattacks will fly in from the USA for the annual Feast of Fiddles tour (which also features Chris Leslie of course). Current Fairport drummer Gerry Conway will also be treading the boards in April with Jacqui McShee’s Pentangle. Ric Sanders will be joined by Vo Fletcher and Mike Gregory for a couple of Ric Sanders Trio gigs. Details of all these shows are on the gigs page of our website. Fairport @ 50 Believe it or not, next year Fairport will be fifty years old – the band first played under the name Fairport Convention in May 1967. We may look a little older, the line-up may have evolved, the repertoire may be different but one thing hasn’t changed – we still love getting in the van and playing live to audiences. Obviously we have lots of plans for celebrating our Golden Anniversary. We’ll tell you about them as the year progresses but to get the ball rolling here’s one you can participate in right now. For the fiftieth anniversary Winter Tour in 2017 we invite you, the audience, to choose the repertoire. We want you to compile a set list which reflects the band’s 50 years. There will be some obvious favourites of course but what about the more obscure stuff - what infrequently, if ever, played tracks would you choose? Simply list twenty songs or tunes that you’d like us to perform on the 2017 Winter Tour. Any song recorded by Fairport Convention and released on album or single is eligible. Don't worry about putting them in order of preference - every track gets one point. Please send your list of twenty titles to: fairport50@virginmedia.com – it will be fascinating to see what you come up with. Finally… We really enjoy chatting to you at our concerts and at Cropredy – or, better, at both – and we look forward to seeing you on the road and in the field. Love from us all, Simon, Peggy, Ric, Chris and Gerry.
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 29, 2020 16:37:39 GMT
www.broadwayworld.com/Fairport Convention Collect Together the Recordings on Alan Simon's Rock OperasThe band previously made this compilation available to its fans, but this mainstream release adds three tracks. by TV News Desk Dec. 28, 2020 Fairport Convention has collected together its recordings created for Alan Simon's various rock operas, including Excalibur: The Celtic Rock Opera, on a 'catch all' release for fans to buy the recordings in one place.The band previously made this compilation available to its fans, but this mainstream release adds three tracks including a previously unreleased studio recording 'Goodbye My Friends'. Simon Nicol described working on the songs: "Fairport Convention don't often get asked to collaborate on outside projects, but none have been more exciting and artistically rewarding than those inspired by Alan Simon. One of the musical highlights of my professional life - and some of the most enjoyable times on and off stage. It's great to have Fame and Glory as a souvenir of happy times." Dave Pegg said of the release "I am so pleased to see this great album available again but with bonus tracks. It was such a joy to record and play on these lovely songs with some of my favourite musicians. Do get hold of a copy - it will make a nice Xmas prezzie!" The line-up on this compilation is: Gerry Conway (drums and percussion), Dave Pegg (bass guitar), Simon Nicol (guitars, vocals), Ric Sanders (violin) and Chris Leslie (vocals, bouzouki, mandolin and violin). Fame and Glory features the special guests: Martin Barre, John Wetton, John Helliwell, Dan Ar Braz, Alan Simon, Pat O'May, Andreas Vollenweider, Laurent Tixier, Jacqui McShee, James Wood & Dave Mattacks. French musician Alan Simon, creator of the rock operas, described the release: "This has got all the famous songs from my collaborations with Fairport Convention. This album is considered some of Fairport at its best." link Further details from Burning Shed here
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Post by maddogfagin on Feb 27, 2021 8:31:36 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 15, 2021 6:26:26 GMT
Hello Fairporters, Firstly, we hope you are all keeping well and keeping your spirits up.
It’s been a long winter but now the evenings are lengthening, the weather is improving and – at last – the grip of lockdown is easing. We are all looking forward to better times.
Cropredy 2021 – Fabulous News We are delighted to tell you that this month Cropredy has been awarded another Cultural Recovery Fund Grant. We extend our sincere thanks to Mike Jervis for successfully negotiating our application.
The previous Grant ran from October to March and this new one takes us to the end of June. It means that have sufficient funds to keep the festival office open through spring and early summer. It also pays for deposits to our amazing suppliers – like us, they have had a hard time of it during the pandemic so, like us, they also welcome the Grant.
Now to the question you’ve all been asking: is Cropredy going ahead this year? Inevitably, there are many factors involved before any concrete decision can be made.
Firstly, despite sustained lobbying, our industry has thus far been unable to obtain government backed cancelation insurance covering Covid. Without this insurance in place, we and other festivals would be taking a huge risk were we to go ahead. Organisations such as the Association of Independent Festivals and the Association of Festival Organisers will continue to lobby on our behalf.
Secondly, we are waiting for clarification the Prime Minister has promised regarding Step 4, the removal of all restrictions, on or after 21 June once he has the data from the Event Research Programme taking place in May. At the time of writing the numbers of cases and deaths are coming down, there are less patients in hospital and the massive vaccination programme is ahead of its projected schedule. However, one thing we’ve all learnt from the past 14 months is that we can’t take anything for granted. Nonetheless we remain cautiously optimistic (surely this year’s most over-used phrase). There is an air of hope in the country at the moment so let’s keep our fingers crossed that the news in June will be just the tonic we all need.
If we are given the green light, we will be ready to go. As always, our primary concern will be the safety and wellbeing of our crews, the performers, village residents and – of course – you, the Cropredy crowd.
Tickets are available now from our box office and they are selling well so don’t leave it too long to buy yours.
New Fairport CD and Programme We’ve been off the road for over a year now. That’s a first for us, even in the era when Fairport disbanded temporarily.
Now we are delighted to announce the imminent release of Off the Desk 2020, a 17-track live CD featuring highlights from our last tour in 2020 plus a few gems from 2019 that were too good to leave on the hard disk! It’s a full multitrack mix but with no overdubs or edits and we’re really proud of it.
Off The Desk 2020 There’s more! Instead of traditional sleeve notes we’ve produced a full size A4 ‘Tour Programme’ to go with the CD and it’s interactive! You’ll need to download a QR Code reader to your mobile to access the interactive elements, but it’s well worth doing so – there’s a lot there!
The Off the Desk 2020 CD and Programme costs just £15. The release will be limited to 2000 copies and will only be available from our online store for pre-order from Monday 19 April (posting will start the following week).
So, there you go - something new for the ears and eyes as the nation emerges from lockdown and we prepare to return to the stage.
Track listing Don’t Say You Don’t Love Me (with Smith & Brewer) Walk Awhile Don’t Reveal My Name Cider Rain Good Time For A Fiddle & Bow Bankruptured Moses Waits Moondust And Solitude Close To The Wind Steampunkery Year Of Fifty Nine Doctor Of Physick Sloth Honour And Praise The Joureneyman’s Grace Dirty Linen Meet On The Ledge
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Post by maddogfagin on May 20, 2021 6:45:44 GMT
All change at Cropredy's Festival Bar
Fairport’s Cropredy Convention is pleased to announce that Oxfordshire-based Hook Norton Brewery will be supplying their celebrated range of real ales to the bar at this August.
Hook Norton takes over from long-standing supplier Wadworth Brewery of Devizes. Festival Organiser Gareth Williams says: "We want to thank Wadworth for the many years of great support they have given our festival."
"Not only is 'Hooky' renowned for great beer but it’s barely a dozen miles away - almost on our doorstep. Hook Norton is a family-run business and has been going for 172 years. Their products have a fantastic reputation with ale-drinkers and we look forward to welcoming their team to 'Cuttsy's Bar' this year."
Gareth continues. "We are always keen to use local suppliers whenever possible. What’s more, Hook Norton’s horse-drawn dray is just a trot away and it will put in appearances at the festival – a must for the kids and everyone with a love of tradition."
James Clarke, Managing Director of Hook Norton Brewery adds: "We are delighted to be partnering Fairport’s Cropredy Convention. It has been one of my aims to supply this festival ever since I started work at Hook Norton and 30 years on, here we are."
"Cropredy is a great fit for Hooky! It is a great opportunity to slake people’s thirst with our ales and hopefully the combination of excellent music and excellent beer will be accompanied by excellent weather."
A bar is much more than just the beer it sells of course so Fairport Convention is also pleased to announce that the regular bar crews from Yorkshire and Wiltshire will be manning the pumps.
Subject to government guidance and rules, Fairport’s Cropredy Convention will take place on 12, 13 and 14 August 2021. For details please visit fairportconvention.com/cropredy
To find out more about Hook Norton Brewery, including their onsite facilities and brewery tours, please visit hooky.co.uk
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 28, 2021 11:50:46 GMT
From Gareth Williams Cropredy Festival Director Hello Fairporters, I’m very sorry to have to inform you that we have finally run out of time to stage Fairport’s Cropredy Convention this year.
We’re left with no other choice than to postpone our festival until 11-13 August 2022. We have reached the point where we’d need to spend BIG money without any certainty we could go ahead.
Like the rest of the festival industry, we’ve tried everything we can to keep going but I’m afraid we would be placing Cropredy’s future in serious jeopardy if we were to wait any longer. The dilemma we are facing is very simple – go ahead and risk potentially going out of business or postpone for a year and live to fight another day.
So far, despite over six months of lobbying, the government has failed to support any form of Covid-related cancellation insurance scheme for the festival industry. Also, there has been no guidance on what mitigations might be required post Step 4. This has made it effectively impossible to plan this year’s event.
I have spoken to all the acts booked for Cropredy this year. They (and their representatives) have provisionally agreed to transfer the bookings to the same days and times in 2022. This means we will carry forward the same great line-up into 2022. I am sincerely grateful to the acts, their managers and agents for their understanding and support.
All tickets purchased for the 2020 and 2021 festivals will automatically roll over to 2022. This will help us keep the festival going throughout the coming months while we prepare for next summer. I want to thank you all for the understanding you’ve shown in this. Of course, if you can’t attend in 2022 you will be entitled to a refund*.
I also want to thank everyone involved in the planning of the festival so far. They’ve worked through some of the most difficult challenges our industry has ever known. We are grateful for the Culture Recovery Fund grants we’ve received - as intended, the funds have filtered through to our suppliers and helped them keep going through these lean times.
The last 15 months have been an incredibly frustrating time for all musicians and Fairport are no exception. We are obviously in regular contact and I know they were really looking forward seeing everyone at Cropredy next month. Having to postpone comes as a bitter blow to them.
This is a pretty emotional time in the Festival Office as you can imagine. It is the second festival I have had to postpone – on my watch! However, I promise that we will return and when we do it will be AMAZING!
Again, if you can hold on to your tickets, please do. Knowing you will be with us again next year means a great deal to us at this time.
We will see you in the field at Cropredy next year but until we do, on behalf of all at Team Cropredy, please look after yourselves and each other.
Gareth Williams Festival Director
*If you can’t roll your tickets over to 2022 and require a refund, please contact The Ticket Factory. I shall publish a link later today on the websbite. Cropredy is not the only festival to postpone in the last few days so please be patient with The Ticket Factory staff who are all still working from home. Your funds are secure and they will deal with your claim as quickly as they can.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jul 19, 2021 14:54:18 GMT
Hello Fairporters,
Nothing can make up for the disappointment everyone feels about postponing Fairport's Cropredy Convention this year. However, as we did last year we are planning an online treat to celebrate the festival. The Brasenose concert film
Fairport will play an outdoor gig at The Brasenose Arms in Cropredy on 5 August. The concert will be filmed by Nev Bull (who oversees the big screens at Cropredy) and the regular Cropredy camera team. The concert film will be streamed on our YouTube channel on 14 August (the Saturday of Cropredy weekend) along with interviews and more. Full details will appear on our website soon. The stream will be free to view although there is a ‘tip-jar' for anyone who wants to help (donations will go directly to the band themselves). This is live now and those wishing to contribute may do so hereWickham appearanceFairport will be headlining the closing day of Wickham Festival on Sunday 8 August. The booking is at short notice; Waterboys had been booked for the slot but had to pull out due to Covid-19 related travel restrictions. We're glad to be able to help Wickham out of a pickle and the gig will also provide Fairport their first paycheque since February 2020. Day and weekend tickets to Wickham are available here[/a] hereAnother postponement, another T-shirtIndeed, the cows are back! And this time it looks like they mean business. Our 2021 Indigo Blue 'Postponed' Festival tee will start shipping later this week but you can help the office to get a head start with the labelling etc and make sure of securing your tee by pre-ordering hereFinally...To all of you who are carrying your Cropredy and/or Warm-up tickets forward to 2022, a heartfelt 'thank you'. To those who can't attend next year or who would prefer a refund, please click here. The Ticket Factory staff are still working from home but they've already started refunding so please be patient. Those who would prefer to have their Warm-up tickets refunded, please return them to the festival office and I shall do so immediately. Fairport Convention Ltd, PO Box 263, Chipping Norton, OX7 9DF FinallyPlease stay safe everyone. Gareth Williams Festival Organiser
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Post by maddogfagin on Aug 13, 2021 12:22:40 GMT
Hello Fairporters, We know nothing can make up for not being in ‘the field’ right now – there is an uneasy quiet in what should be a very busy festival office at the moment - but thank you so much to those who are keeping faith with us and rolling their tickets over to 2022. It really means a lot to us to know that you will be coming back. For those who haven’t yet purchased their tickets, they are on sale now here and the fabulous line-up remains unchanged... The Brasenose concert filmNot far from the main field, Fairport played a special outdoor gig in the garden at The Brasenose Arms in Cropredy on Thursday 5 August. The concert was filmed by our regular Cropredy camera crew and the results are terrific. It was intimate, it did rain (of course!) and it was wonderful to be back on stage after such a long break. The band hadn’t even seen each other for 17 months so it was a very emotional evening for all involved. The 2 hours+ concert film will be streamed on our YouTube channel at 20.00 (BST) this Saturday, on 14 August. The stream will be free to view although there is a 'TipJar' for anyone who wishes to help - donations will go directly to the band themselves. It has been a long time since Fairport saw a pay cheque and any contributions will be gratefully received. The TipJar is live now and those wishing to contribute may do so here...Finally... Please stay safe everyone and we’ll see you next year. We’re overdue one hell of a party! Gareth Williams Festival Organiser
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Post by maddogfagin on Aug 19, 2021 12:12:18 GMT
youtu.be/DrLJijrwbXgTHE BRASENOSE ARMS Fairport Convention - Live At The Brasenose Arms 202112,648 views Premiered Aug 14, 2021 Fairport's Cropredy Convention Official 3.79K subscribers In 2021, due to the Covid pandemic, the Fairport’s Cropredy Convention Festival was postponed for the Second year in a row. Fairport Convention decided to put on a concert in the garden at the Brasenose arms in Cropredy village.
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Post by maddogfagin on Nov 20, 2021 7:13:00 GMT
Hello Fairporters, We’re delighted to tell you that Fairport’s Cropredy Convention has been awarded a further £120,000 in Round Three of the government’s Cultural Relief Fund (CRF) programme enabling us to continue to be #HereForCulture. Festival Organiser Gareth Williams says: "Postponing Cropredy for a second year really strained our resources and those of our suppliers. The funding we received in CRF Rounds One and Two was invaluable in keeping the festival office open and supporting the businesses we need to be there for us next August. In fact, without the funding I’m not sure we could have survived. But now we can look forward with confidence to welcoming you all back to the field next summer." Cropredy updatesTalking of Cropredy, Richard Digance can’t make it next year (he’s at The Edinburgh Festival) but we’ll be announcing his replacement for the Saturday lunchtime slot very soon. The rest of the line-up, including The Trevor Horn Band, Steve Hackett’s Genesis Revisited and Clannad, remains the same. Cropredy Tickets are on sale now and with Christmas in sight now is a good time to buy - full details here. www.fairportconvention.com/Cropredy warm-up showsAs some of you may have heard, Banbury Trades and Labour Club is closing down. That means we’ve had to find an alternative venue for our pre-Cropredy warm-up concerts. We can now announce that the two shows will be held on Monday 8th and Tuesday 9th August 2021 at Hook Norton Brewery. We’ll be installing a marquee with seating for the concerts and there’ll be a licensed bar of course! If you want to book dinner before the show the brewery’s own Malt House Kitchen serves excellent food and so does the Pear Tree Inn at the foot of the lane. For those who’d like to book accommodation near the brewery, the following local Hook Norton Village pubs do beautiful rooms – The Pear Tree Inn, The Sun Inn and The Gate Hangs High. There’s more good news -- the new venue means increased capacity so we’ll have more tickets available for each night. Don’t forget that on the Monday Dave Mattacks will join us on drums and on Tuesday we’ll have both DM and Richard Thompson with us to perform Full House. Both nights will sell out really quickly so don’t miss out – book now to catch the Cropredy warm-ups in this idyllic setting. Tickets on sale here! For further information regarding the Warm-Up shows, please check out the FAQs on the website. Christmas is coming…
What could be better than a Fairport stocking-filler to go with your warm-up tickets? We have a couple of T-shirts that may interest you. First, the popular Farewell, Farewell design, originally printed for Fairport’s Cropredy concert in 1979. We also have a Fairport seasonal offering portraying us outside our favourite pub. Both shirts will be limited in numbers so don’t hang about - pre-order them from our online store here.https://www.fairportconvention.com/ On the roadDon’t forget that in the run-up to Christmas, Fairport members are out with their other projects. Simon with The Albion Christmas Band, Chris with St Agnes Fountain and Peggy with Anthony John Clarke. All the tour details are on our gigs page here.https://www.fairportconvention.com/ Finally...We wish you all the very best for the forthcoming festive season and we look forward to meeting up again in the New Year. Stay safe everyone. Love from Simon, Peggy, Ric, Chris and Gerry
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 1, 2021 13:39:06 GMT
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 13, 2022 10:44:06 GMT
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