Fairport Convention

41 Essential Pop/Rock Songs with Accordion

41 Essential Pop/Rock Songs with Accordion

No popular musical instrument has been more frequently maligned than the accordion. Despite gaining hipster cred in the 1990s, its role in pop remains underappreciated.

Fairport Convention: Come All Ye – The First Ten Years

Fairport Convention: Come All Ye – The First Ten Years

From Leonard Cohen covers to radical re-interpretations of traditional English folk songs, Fairport Convention quietly turned their backs on the psychedelic '60s in favour of 17th-century child ballads.
Judy Dyble: Anthology Part One

Judy Dyble: Anthology Part One

Judy Dyble sang with the Incredible String Band, Fairport Convention and Giles, Giles Fripp. Then she disappeared...
Fairport Convention: Myths and Heroes

Fairport Convention: Myths and Heroes

In some ways, Fairport's new album, Myths and Heroes is a bit of a throwback to their hallowed legacy.

What Nashville Might Learn from the Carolina Chocolate Drops

Counting Crows: Underwater Sunshine (or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation)

Laura Marling: A Creature I Don’t Know

Baba Zula: Gecekondu

P.G. Six: Starry Mind

Richard Thompson: Walking on a Wire: Richard Thompson (1968-2009)

Fotheringay: Fotheringay 2

Fairport Convention: Unhalfbricking