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FolkWorld #63 07/2017

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Come All Ye – The First 10 Years of Fairport Convention

Fairport Convention, the legendary band who originated British folk-rock, celebrate their golden anniversary in 2017.

Formed by Ashley Hutchings in 1967, Fairport Convention is one of the few bands with an unbroken history of performing and recording since their inception five decades ago.

Fairport Convention are an English folk rock and electric folk band.

Formed in 1967, they are widely regarded as a key group in the English folk rock movement.

Their seminal album Liege & Lief is considered to have launched the electric folk or English folk rock movement, which provided a distinctively English identity to rock music and helped awaken much wider interest in traditional music in general.

The large number of personnel who have been part of the band are among the most highly regarded and influential musicians of their era and have gone on to partici