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Fairport Convention

0	KETTERING: Arts Centre, St Andrew's Church
P	Saturday 16th May, 2015
N	7:30pm

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Secure in their seminal status, as leading progenitors of English folk-rock, Fairport Convention – in their own words “did for real ale what the Grateful Dead did for LSD”. Formed in 1967 (with subsequent alumni including Richard Thompson, Sandy Denny and Dave Swarbrick), Fairport married the countercultural energies of US contemporaries like The Byrds and The Band with British musical traditions, and would later see their classic 1969 LP, Liege and Lief, voted Most Influential Folk Album of All Time, at the 2006 Radio 2 Folk Awards. Helmed by co-founder Simon Nicol, today’s line-up continues to tour annually, here performing material from their aptly-named new studio album, Myths and Heroes, alongside favourites from nearly a half-century’s back catalogue.