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Ashley Hutchings with special guest Blair Dunlop

Painted Sky

Presented by: Big Ginger Tom Music
0HARWELL: Village Hall
PFriday 28th March, 2025
N7:00pm

Event information

A father-son celebration of Ashley’s 80th birthday with words and music from a life in folk music and beyond.

“My friend Ashley is the Godfather of Folk Rock. He made us a genre we couldn’t refuse” Bob Dylan

Ashley Hutchings ‘The Guvnor’ formed Fairport Convention in 1967, a group that went on to invent British folk-rock with the album Liege & Lief - an album that was voted the ‘Most Important Folk Album of All Time' by BBC Radio 2 listeners in 2002, and at the 2006 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards it won the award for ‘Most influential Folk Album of all time’. He subsequently formed Steeleye Span who also had enormous success and then the first of many Albion Bands.

By 1977 the Albions became virtually the house band at the National Theatre with Ashley as Music Director. The band provided music and acted in many plays including the much-loved Lark Rise. In recent years "The Guvnor" has concentrated on songwriting, spoken word and groundbreaking shows and albums and has released one hundred albums.

Ashley's son Blair Dunlop joins his father for this very special tour. A BBC Folk Award-winning singer-songwriter in his own right, the pair will reflect on a very special musical relationship in chat, music and song.

Support from Painted Sky who are siblings Holly and George Brandon.

Doors and bar at 7:00pm, music at 7:40pm.

Venue information

HARWELL: Village Hall
0High Street
Harwell
Didcot
OX11 0EX
> www.harwellvillagehall.co.uk/the-orchard-hall/
! 07999 052720
` Some parking at the front, main parking at the rear via Westfield

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