Ever and anon, out of trauma and tragedy arises, phoenix-like, a thing of wonder from the ashes. In May of 1969, Fairport Convention’s band van swerved off the road and down a steep embankment on the ...

Seminal British folk rock band Fairport Convention's 50 th anniversary will be celebrated on July 28 with two exciting releases via A&M/UMe a lavish 7CD box set chronicling their extraordinary first ...

Liege & Lief was Fairport Convention’s third album, released in 1969, and marked a dramatic and purposeful shift from the band’s previous sound. Following a car accident that killed drummer Martin ...

Fairport Convention kicked the British folk revival into high gear in 1969 when it released "Liege & Lief," the group's first album with Sandy Denny as lead singer. England's folk revival had been ...

CHIPPING Norton-based folk rock band Fairport Convention won a major award at the Radio 2 Folk Awards last Monday. The band's album Liege & Lief, first released as an LP in 1969, was voted Most ...

On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it... Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce ...