FAIRPORT CONVENTION
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Presented by: St Edith Folk| 0 | CRANBROOK: St Dunstan's Church (info) |
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| P | Wednesday 23rd October, 2024 |
| N | Door time: 7:00pm Start time: 7:30pm |
| . | All ages (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) |
| C | Music - Folk/blues/world |
Event Information
It’s not unfair to say that Fairport Convention hasn’t just influenced English folk-rock, even if, in all its glory, they have enhanced it beyond belief: What this standout band has done is influence music. Full stop. They are Fairport Convention. It would be safer to say they are simply one of the greatest English groups of all.
Beginning their career with a repertoire of American new folk standards, with a set list dominated by Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, songs and a sound that earned them the nickname "the British Jefferson Airplane", they soon developed their own niche as interpreters of murder ballads, sly tales of yore and deeply thought out, planned and executed concept pieces. Widely accepted as being the first English electric folk group, Fairport Convention is that and far more. Incredibly prolific, they have lasted the course of over fifty years in some shape or other, with numerous personnel changes along the way, and a catalogue of music that is as rich as their own history.
That history is legendary, the stuff of something noble, artistically accomplished, a sound built on integrity and passion, and forged in the live arena where band and audience become one. Ultimately, this is where to see Fairport Convention in their full glory, they are a live band without parallel.
