And the bus just keeps rolling along – this time with the aid of the Portsmouth-Fishbourne car ferry. It’s Saturday 25th October and Fairport are paying their first visit to the Isle of Wight in nine years. At The Barrier was there to help welcome the Folk/Rock World Champions back to Vectis.
PDC, clearly, early doors Ric Sanders, as he (sugar)canes his version of the blues, across two stellar albums.
The field may have had a short back and sides, but the fringe gets ever more luxuriant!
We’re underway with our coverage of Cropredy 2025 with Peatbog Faeries and Albert Lee as first night headliners.
The Brasenose bacchanalia gets ever bigger, whatever’s going on in the big field! We take a look at the acts slated to appear.
In our second preview of the musical delights on offer at Cropredy 2025 we take a look at Plumhall, Martin Barre and The Henry Girls.
Fairport’s Cropredy Convention takes place, as ever, on the second weekend of August. Here is a little introduction to one of the bands on the bill; Churchfitters.
The first of our Cropredy 2025 previews features Rosalie Cunningham, The Churchfitters and Bob Fox & Billy Mitchell.
The Thumping Tommys are set to release their third album; The Dealers Blind is their new single.
Fairport’s Cropredy Convention 2024 was a great success. In the face of adversity, the festival saw one of its’ most consistent bills in many a year. We look forward to 2025 and who we would love to see on the bill.
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.
With a stack of debutant artists at Cropredy, we asked Fairport Convention what they would do if they were advising first time attendees.
Massive 11-CD + DVD boxset chronicles the transformation of Fairport and the launch of a second golden age. Just in time for Cropredy!
The last of our multi-part previews of Fairport’s Cropredy Convention 2024 sees us zoom in on the final three acts on the bill (save for one notable exception….)
The fifth part for the 2024 Cropredy preview highlights Big Big Train, Black Water County and Silverblues.
