Tag Archives: Cropredy

News: UK Rock and Music FESTIVALS in 2021

Posted on December 11, 2020 by GRTR! HQ

Compiled by Jason Ritchie All dates are subject to the coronavirus pandemic restrictions. Please check artist and venue websites for latest information. Your festival not listed? Contact us! 2021 Tour Dates (UK and Ireland) 2021 Tour Dates (Europe, USA, ROW) You can see … Continue reading →

Posted in All Posts, Festivals & Large Events, NEWS, Upcoming (Tours & Releases) | Tagged 2021, Bloodstock, Cambridge Folk Festival, Cambridge Rock Festival, classic rock, Cornbury, Cropredy, Download, festivals, folk, HRH, music, progressive, Ramblin' Man, rock, Stonedead Festival, uk, Weyfest | Leave a comment

Gig review: CROPREDY, Oxfordshire, 10-12 August 2017

Posted on September 12, 2017 by jason

Fairport Convention - Cropredy, 13-15 August 2015

Fairport Convention’s festival at Cropredy has been an annual fixture for almost four decades now but the big celebration this year was marking the fiftieth anniversary of the band’s formation. In the eight years since I have been going it … Continue reading →

Posted in All Posts, GIG REVIEWS, The Best of 2017 | Tagged Cropredy, Dave Pegg, Fairport Convention, Fairport's Cropredy Convention, festival, gig, Marillion, review, Richard Thompson, Russ Ballard, Simon Nicol, Trevor Horn | Leave a comment

Gig review: FAIRPORT CONVENTION – Union Chapel, London, 27 May 2017

Posted on May 28, 2017 by jason

Folk-rock pioneers Fairport Convention have never been a band to shy away from celebrating their own legacy. When they decided to split in 1979 they held a big outdoor farewell gig in Cropredy, Oxfordshire that proved so successful they decided … Continue reading →

Posted in All Posts, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged 50th anniversary, Cropredy, Dave Pegg, Fairport Convention, folk, folk rock, gig, London 27 May 2017, review, Simon Nicol, Union Chapel | Leave a comment

News: Curiouser and Curiouser – The Return of Medieval Prog Rockers Gryphon (August 2016) and Radio Interview

Posted on July 27, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

This interview was first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 31 July. Co-founder and guitarist Graeme Taylor chats about the band and selects some of his favourite tracks – both from Gryphon and from those artists who have … Continue reading →

Posted in All Posts, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Gigs and Tour News, INTERVIEWS, NEWS, Radio interview | Tagged August 2016, Brian Gulland, Cropredy, Dave Oberle, folk, fusion, Graeme Taylor, Gryphon, Home Service, interview, medieval, Renaissance, rock, Tour, uk | Leave a comment

Gig review: CROPREDY – Oxfordshire, 13-15 August 2015

Posted on September 10, 2015 by GRTR! HQ

My 21st consecutive year attending the festival and the event is so much more than the music. Kids, once clinging to parents midway up the field, are now grown up and dancing at the front. Last year the festival had … Continue reading →

Posted in All Posts, GIG REVIEWS, Special Events | Tagged 13-15 August 2015, Band Of Friends, Cropredy, Emmylou Harris, Fairport Convention, festival, Fish, gig, review | Leave a comment

News: THE POODLES, CROPREDY, WATCHET FESTIVAL – Tuesday 27 January 2015

Posted on January 27, 2015 by jason

Fairport Convention, Cropredy - 9 August 2014

The Poodles release their new album, ‘Devil In The Details’, in Japan in late March. No other release dates as yet. A new Starbreaker (Tony Harnell & Magnus Karlsson) album is due next year on Frontiers. The latest Facebook Live … Continue reading →

Posted in Album News, All Posts, Festivals & Large Events, Gigs and Tour News, NEWS | Tagged album, albums, Bullet For My Valentine, Cropredy, Fairport Convention, festivals, gigs, Hirax, melodic, metal, news, rock, SLIPKNOT, The Poodles, Thrash, tours, Watchet festival | Comments Off

Gig review: CROPREDY, 7-9 August 2014 featuring STEVE HACKETT, MARILLION & FAIRPORT CONVENTION

Posted on September 8, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

It’s that time of year again when the time village of Cropredy opens its fields in preparation for the little party that Fairport Convention throws every year. Some 38 years ago they decided to have a shindig with 750 people … Continue reading →

Posted in All Posts, GIG REVIEWS, Special Events | Tagged 7-9 August 2014, acoustic, Blackbeards Tea Party, Cara Dillon, Chas & Dave, Cropredy, Deborah Rose, Edwina Hayes, Fairport Convention, festival, folk, gig, Marillion, Mischa Macpherson Band, Oxfordsgire, prog, progressive, review, Steve Hackett, The Australian Pink Floyd, The Churchfitters, The Waterboys, THE WONDERSTUFF | Leave a comment

Album review: FAIRPORT CONVENTION – Moat On The Ledge

Posted on March 13, 2014 by jason

Eagle Rock [Released 24.03.14] Another good value 3-in-1 CD box set from Eagle Records that gathers together two live albums from Fairport Convention (who have had a lot of live albums released through the years!) and the band’s ‘XXXV’ studio … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts, Reissues | Tagged album review, Cropredy, Dave Pegg, Dave Swarbrick, Eagle Records, Fairport Convention, folk, folk rock, Ian Anderson, Richard Thompson, Simon Nicol | Leave a comment

Gig review: CROPREDY, 8-10 August 2013

Posted on September 8, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

34 years ago, an English electric folk band played what was intended to be there final show in a field in Cropredy village, Oxfordshire. However, as the saying goes, ‘best laid plans’, a reunion tour was announced shortly after and … Continue reading →