Dear Fairporters,We have an update regarding Cropredy following the PM’s announcement on Monday.The increasing number of cases of the Delta variant and the announcement of a 4-week delay to Step 4 has placed all remaining festivals this summer in a v...
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I had a request from Dan Boyd who does a podcast from Georgia in the U.S.A. specifically for senior citizens. I am one, and when I had eventually sussed how to get Zoom working - this was the result. Have a listen even if you are not a senior c...
Dave Pegg of Fairport Convention has been a leading light of the British folk-rock movement for half a century. Sessions with troubadours such as Nick Drake, Sandy Denny, and John Martyn cemented his reputation over the years, with a 15-year stint in...
I have news regarding Roger Burridge, who sadly passed away this week. It is from a friend of his in the U.S.A. Here's what he sent:"It took 8 years of gentle prodding, but he did share some early memories of growing up in Somerset, playing fid...
Ex-Fairporter Dan Ar Braz had a TV Documentary shown in Brittany last night. Dan has done so much for Breton music as this lovely tribute shows. Brush up on your French and look out for “yours truly” making a brief appearance at one point...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
The good people at the Cropredy Blog have put together a short documentary film about the festival. Here's what they say: "The Cropredy Festival (or Fairport's Cropredy Convention) is a music festival that takes place every August in a small Oxfordsh...