My dear friend Ralph sent me this the other day with a request for me to put some mando on. So here it is and he said that he had no objections to sharing it. so here with thanks to John Watterson for putting London Ralph and Peggy Morbihan tog...
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Peggy was interviewed recently - in August, when he should have been busy doing something else (sob) by John Carter at Radio Looe for Cornwall (near England). You can find a link to the Radio Looe podcast here. Link to Radio Looe podcast intervi...
Emitt Rhodes 1950-2020Fairport enthusiasts will be saddened to learn of the passing, on July 19th (exactly a week after Judy Dyble) of Emitt Rhodes, the American singer-songwriter who penned the first song - ‘Time Will Show the Wiser’ - on the ...
Late last year my granddaughter Ava had a day in the studio from me as a Christmas prezzie. She got two tracks down with her dad Mat and me helping out. My first session on cello! Here's a video she made up of her song - World We Live In. I am ...
Do check out this video from one of our best poets, says Peggy. Number eight in a series, this one is called Nether Wallop and is a beauty. Keith is a full-time member of The Spiritualists and a part-time member of The Scaffold.
Check out our favourite Banbury Undertaker, Edd Frost and Daughters' Facebook page here for their moving tribute to Jonah's Oak. Each year Edd and his team remove the plaques, give them a good polish and reinstate them for the festival. This year is ...
Arthur Brown's Crazy World of Lockdown has released a version of House of the Rising Sun to help raise money for the Help Musicians charity. Along with Peggy, the recording features former Big Country bass player Tony Butler, Josh Phillips, John Altm...
Peggy writes: "My dear friend James Wood co -wrote Cider Rain which Fairport put on our current album, Shuffle and Go. Here's a video of James' band Teegarden, performing their own version. Teegarden are James Wood, Philippe Richalley, Luc Boiss...
There's a silent field this August Where the gentle Cherwell flows, Where this year untramped by festive feet The grassy meadow grows But birds sang every morning The Festival Bell still pealed The water-lilies opened wh...
Hello Fairporters,As you may have read on our website and social media, we’ve been carefully watching the Covid-19 situation since the onset of the outbreak in the UK.I’m sorry to announce that we now have no alternative but to postpone Fairport’s Cr...