Get Ready to ROCK! » Fairport Convention https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:32:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: FAIRPORT CONVENTION – Gladys’ Leap https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/08/album-review-fairport-convention-gladys-leap/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/08/album-review-fairport-convention-gladys-leap/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2025 18:43:45 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=104047 FAIRPORT CONVENTION - Gladys' LeapTalking Elephant [Release date 04.08.25] In 1979 Fairport Convention decided to call it a day, not least because their mainman violinist Dave Swarbrick had serious hearing difficulties. It would be another six years before they reformed, apparently buoyed up by … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/08/album-review-fairport-convention-gladys-leap/feed/ 0 Quick plays: ODETTE MICHELL, CLEMENTINE LOVELL, FREYA RAE https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/06/quick-plays-odette-michell-clementine-lovell-freya-rae/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/06/quick-plays-odette-michell-clementine-lovell-freya-rae/#comments Sun, 08 Jun 2025 12:58:01 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=102778 Odette Michell – The Queen of the LowlandsOdette Michell – The Queen of the Lowlands [Release date 13.06.25] Bandcamp Second studio album from Odette Michell, which includes guest musicians Chris Leslie (Fairport Convention), Phil Beer (Show of Hands), Ninebarrow and Calum Gilligan. As Odettte says: “My approach … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/06/quick-plays-odette-michell-clementine-lovell-freya-rae/feed/ 0 Gig review: FAIRPORT CONVENTION – The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, Tuesday 13 February 2024 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/02/gig-review-fairport-convention-the-apex-bury-st-edmunds-tuesday-13-february-2024/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/02/gig-review-fairport-convention-the-apex-bury-st-edmunds-tuesday-13-february-2024/#comments Fri, 16 Feb 2024 08:44:29 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=93980 Fairport Convention, Cropredy - 9 August 2014“We became big fish in a very small pond” Simon Nicol says with usual modesty about Fairport Convention’s leap from the nascent folk band to suddenly becoming the poster children of the flourishing folk rock movement, brought about by a … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/02/gig-review-fairport-convention-the-apex-bury-st-edmunds-tuesday-13-february-2024/feed/ 0 Album review: RICHARD THOMPSON BAND – Live In Nottingham 1986 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/01/album-review-richard-thompson-band-live-in-nottingham-1986/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/01/album-review-richard-thompson-band-live-in-nottingham-1986/#comments Sat, 13 Jan 2024 10:16:09 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=93350 richard thompson band live in nottingham 1986Store For Music [Release date 26.01.24] An archive live performance released on CD for the first time (and with the blessing of Richard Thompson, which is not always the case with these live CDs), recorded on his 1986 tour. Angel … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/01/album-review-richard-thompson-band-live-in-nottingham-1986/feed/ 0 Gig review: FAIRPORT CONVENTION – The Junction, Cambridge, 31 October 2023 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/11/gig-review-fairport-convention-the-junction-cambridge-tuesday-31-october-2023/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/11/gig-review-fairport-convention-the-junction-cambridge-tuesday-31-october-2023/#comments Thu, 02 Nov 2023 07:30:23 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=92061 FCThey started off as a band in 1967 but now, more than ever, Fairport Convention are a family, the sense of community between not just the musicians themselves but the fans too something that’s vital and heart-warming. Eternally set squarely … Continue reading →

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