Dusting ‘Em Off: Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief
- 8:08 AM — Dec 19 —
- Source: Consequence of Sound
It's hard to believe, but this album is 40 years old in December, and often has been lauded as the greatest folk-rock album of them all. Read More
Limmud will feature 40 presenters
- 11:18 PM — Nov 12 —
- Source: NewsNow: Scotland
PREPARATIONS are well underway for the fifth Scotland Day Limmud being held on Sunday, February 14, at Hutchesons' Grammar School. Read More
Tindersticks Announce New Album
- 9:17 AM — Nov 12 —
- Source: Pitchfork Media
It should be fun; there's a little more improvisation. Read More
Midlake's Tim Smith Talks New Album
- 12:59 PM — Nov 11 —
- Source: Pitchfork Media
It should be fun; there's a little more improvisation. Read More
Joe Boyd
- 7:22 AM — Oct 21 —
- Source: Sweetheart of the Radio
My recent enjoyment of the new Epsers album got me listening to the first couple of Fairport Convention albums, which in turn got me revisiting many of my favorite albums of the same era, which also constitute much of the production work of Joe Boyd. For those unfamiliar with Boyd, I cannot recommend highly enough his memoir " White Bicycles: Making Music in the the 1960s " which follows Boyd's journey from tour manager in the early sixties, overseeing tours for the likes of Muddy Waters, Mississippi John Hurt, Stan Getz and others; to his work at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 where he supervised Bob Dylan's electric debut; to him founding the influential UFO club in London in 1966; through to his work as a record producer for Pink Floyd, Nick Drake and Fairport Convention, amongst many. Read More
Biography
Fotheringay were a short-lived offshoot of Fairport Convention, featuring key member and leader Sandy Denny. The band's only ... Read the full Fotheringay bio.
