Fairport’s Cropredy Convention 2024: Photo gallery
Rounding up a few visual memories of 2024’s Cropredy Festival – aka Fairport’s Cropredy Convention.
Renaissance – Tuscany: Album Review
Renaissance’s 2001 studio album Tuscany is reissued in a superb new package with a great live concert recording.
Cropredy Festival Preview – Fairport Convention: Opinion
We conclude our look forward to Fairport’s Cropredy Convention 2024 with a look at the band who make it all come round each year.
A first timers guide to Cropredy with Fairport Convention
With a stack of debutant artists at Cropredy, we asked Fairport Convention what they would do if they were advising first time attendees.
Elles Bailey – Beneath The Neon Glow: Album Review
Given an invitation by Elles Bailey to sit back, buckle up and enjoy the ride, it would be churlish to refuse…
Underneath The Stars Festival 2024: Live Review
We’re at the tenth and final (for now?) Underneath The Stars Festival in South Yorkshire where we have to admit, Hamish Hawk shines.
Richard Ashcroft w/Ocean Colour Scene & Tom Meighan – Audley End House: Live Review
An evening of classic indie rock as Richard Ashcroft and Ocean Colour Scene roll back the years. Ex-Kasabian man Tom Meighan is also on the bill.
Alan Prosser – Folkzone : Album Review
Always one of Oysterband’s pearls, Prosser pops out an eclectic selection from his personal collection of studio dabblings.
Mark Winkler – The Rules Don’t Apply: Album Review
Mark Winkler delivers a fine new album, permeated with some great jazz vocal performances.
Flamy Grant – Last Days: Single Review
Second single from the forthcoming album from Flamy Grant. THIS time the hip-swaying North Carolinian drag queen is out to settle a few scores…
Bywater Call – Shepherd: Album Review
With a handful of singles currently on release, Canada based Bywater Call give us their latest studio album, Shepherd.
Personal Trainer – Still Willing: Album Review
Pop Music to keep you on your toes. The second album from Amsterdam outfit Personal Trainer gives a glimpse of what The Velvet Underground would have been doing if they’d made it to 2024.
Squackett – A Life Within A Day: Album Review
The Steve Hackett / Chris Squire project – the amusingly titled Squackett – from 2012 gets a remaster and 5.1 mix to boot.
Various Artists – As I Roved Out: A Story of Celtic Rock 1968-1978: Boxset Review
Stretching the definition of what’s considered to be Celtic Rock, but there’s some fine music, nevertheless, on this latest Cherry Red collection.
Fairport Convention – It All Came Round Again – Onstage and On Air 1982-1990: Album Review
Massive 11-CD + DVD boxset chronicles the transformation of Fairport and the launch of a second golden age. Just in time for Cropredy!