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Fairport Convention in session

Since being formed in 1967's summer of love, guest band Fairport Convention have been hailed as the creators of British folk-rock music, delighting audiences for over forty years.

Formed in 1967's 'summer of love', Fairport Convention has been delighting audiences for over four decades.
Hailed as the originators of British folk-rock music, the band is still as vibrant and inventive as ever.
They will be in session with Bob and will discuss their annual Cropredy Festival, as well as their first official published history, recent ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ 4 documentary and their groundbreaking album Liege & Lief - voted The Most Influential Folk Album of All Time by Radio 2 listeners.

2 hours, 57 minutes

Last on

Sun 17 Mar 2013 00:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • David Bowie

    Let's Dance

    • The Singles Collection.
    • EMI.
    • 7243-8280992.

  • Ten Years After

    Rock 'N' Roll Music to the World

    • Essential Ten Years After.
    • Chrysalis.
    • CDP3218572.

  • Billy Bragg

    A13 Trunk Road to the Sea

    • Must I Paint You a Picture?: The Essential Billy Bragg.
    • Cooking Vinyl.
    • COOK CD-266.

  • Ellie Goulding

    Soho Square

    • A Concert for Kirsty McColl.
    • Salvo.
    • SALVOCD054.

  • Kirsty MacColl

    England 2, Columbia 0

    • A New England: The Very Best Of Kirsty MacColl.
    • Union Square.
    • USMTVCD005.

  • The Crickets

    Maybe Baby

    • The Very Best Of Buddy Holly.
    • UNIVERSAL.
    • 112-0462.

  • Barney Bentall

    The Outskirts of Buffalo

    • Flesh and Bone.
    • True North.
    • TND572.

  • Pete Roe

    A Strange Type of Mystery

    • Our Beloved Bubble.
    • Nowhere Recordings.
    • CD001.

  • Hem

    Gently Down the Stream

    • Deaprture & Farewell.
    • Waveland.
    • HEM-001.

  • MusΓ©e MΓ©canique

    Two Friends Like Us

    • Hold This Ghost.
    • Souterrain Transmissions.
    • SOU005.

  • The Animals

    We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

    • Born to Be Together: The Songs of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil.
    • Ace.
    • CDCHD1363.

  • Eric Clapton

    My Father's Eyes

    • Pilgrim.
    • REPRISE.
    • 9362-465772.

  • Stealers Wheel

    Stuck In The Middle With You

    • The No.1 Acoustic Rock Album.
    • POLYGRAM TV.
    • 535 814-2.

  • Big Big Train

    Winchester from St Giles' Hill

    • English Electric.
    • Plain Groovy.
    • PLG010.

  • Fairport Convention

    Festival Bell

  • Fairport Convention session

    • Fairport Convention

      Festival Bell

    • Fairport Convention

      Crazy Man Michael

  • James Taylor

    October Road

    • October Road.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 503292-9.

  • Nielsen Chapman, Beth

    Seven Shades Of Blue

    • Sand And Water.
    • REPRISE.
    • 9362-46521-2.

  • Fairport Convention session

    • Fairport Convention

      John Gaudie

  • Fairport Convention

    Who Knows Where The Time Goes?

    • Unhalfbricking.
    • Hannibal.
    • HNCD-4418.

  • Chris While and Julie Matthews

    Come On Over

    • Infinite Sky.
    • Fat Cat.
    • FATCD027.

  • Kansas

    Dust In The Wind

    • Choice Trax Vol 7.
    • EPIC.
    • EPC-461036 2.

  • Blondie

    Denis

    • The Complete Picture (The Very Best).
    • CHRYSALIS.
    • CCD-1817.

  • Annie Keating

    Storm Warning

    • For Keeps.
    • www.anniekeating.com.
    • n/a.

  • The Milk Carton Kids

    The Ash and Clay

    • the Ash and Clay.
    • Anti.
    • Anti 7238-2.

  • Simon, Paul With Art Garfunkel

    The Boxer

    • The Essential Simon & Garfunkel.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 513470-2.

  • Jake Bugg session

    • Jake Bugg

      Country Song

  • Richard Thompson

    Saving The Good Stuff For You

    • Electric.
    • Proper Records PROMO.
    • n.a.

  • Danny Thompson

    Hatmosphere

    • Connect.
    • DT.
    • CONN1.

  • Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa

    My Fate

    • Nord.
    • JARO.
    • 4308-2.

  • Luke Winslow‐King

    Moving On (Towards Better Days)

    • Bloodhsot.
    • BS.
    • BS206.

  • Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three

    Feels So Good

    • Middle Of Everywhere.
    • FREE DIRT RECORDS.
    • CSCCD1075.

  • Alvin Lee

    The Bluest Blues

    • Nineteen Ninety Four.
    • THUNDERBOLD/IHH RECORDS.
    • CDTB-150.

  • Mott the Hoople

    One of the Boys

    • A Retrospective Of Mott The Hoople.
    • Sony/BMG.
    • 82876-890022.

Broadcast

  • Sun 17 Mar 2013 00:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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