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Initial Cropredy sales 'like hot cakes'
Tickets for Fairport’s Cropredy Convention, billed as Britain's friendliest music festival, went on sale on Monday 1 March. The organisers say initial demand has been heavy and they advise festival-goers to book early to avoid disapointment.
Fairport’s Cropredy Convention takes place on Thursday 12, Friday 13 and Saturday 14 August at its usual farmland location north of Banbury.
The festival offers three-day (Thurs, Fri and Sat), two-day (Fri and Sat), and Saturday-only tickets with discounts for early purchase.
Tickets can be bought online from Fairport's website http://www.fairportconvention.com or by post from PO Box 8413, Bilsthorpe, Notts NG22 8WY.
Fairport has also announced that New York based dub-reggae collective Easy Star All-Stars will be playing at Cropredy.
Fairport Convention's Simon Nicol says: "Easy Star All-Stars might seem a bit left-field for Cropredy but we always put on a very wide range of music to appeal across genres and generations. Last year, Dreadzone (another dub-reggae band) was the surprise hit of the festival and we are sure All-Stars will be just as popular with the crowd. And with us, of course – we're big fans too."
Other acts appearing at Fairport's Cropredy Convention include headliners Status Quo, Little Feat, Bellowhead, Rick Wakeman and Fairport Convention themselves.
Story published 1 Mar 2010
Fairport former member and Cropredy regular Richard Thompson will be curator of this year's Meltdown Festival. The event is staged annually at the Southbank Centre in London.
Richard says: "The wide-ranging programme reflects many of my interests and should provide some unique moments, unusual collaborations and juxtapositions. All this in the place where I saw my first concert in 1961."
Meltdown Festival will take place from 11 June to 20 June 2010 but the line-up has not yet been announced. For more information visit http://meltdown.southbankcentre.co.uk/about/
Our congratulations to Richard on his appointment as Meltdown curator.
Story published 24 Feb 2010
Cropredy line-up announced
Fairport’s Cropredy Convention will be staged on Thursday 12, Friday 13 and Saturday 14 August 2010.
This is Cropredy’s thirtieth year and headliners include the legendary Status Quo, 2 Tone ska star Pauline Black of Selecter, folk orchestra Bellowhead, keyboard maestro Rick Wakeman and jazz guitar maestro Martin Taylor.
America is represented by country rock legends Little Feat, alt-bluegrass band Dixie Bee-Liners and dub-reggae collective Easy Star All-Stars.
As usual, Cropredy will warmly welcome the winner of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award – this year the lucky youngster is Dorset-based singer-guitarist James Findlay.
For more info visit http://www.fairportconvention.com/. Meanwhile, here's the full list of acts.
Thursday 12 August
Keith Donnelly & Flossie Malavialle
Leatherat
Thea Gilmore
Pauline Black (Selecter)
Status Quo
Friday 13 August
The Tindalls
Mabon
James Findlay (BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award winner)
3 Daft Monkeys
Little Johnny England
Dixie Bee-Liners
Bellowhead
Little Feat
Saturday 14 August
Richard Digance
Breabach
Martin Taylor Quartet
Easy Star All-Stars
Rick Wakeman & The English Rock Ensemble
Martyn Joseph
Fairport Convention and special guests
Tickets can be ordered online from http://www.fairportconvention.com
or purchased by post from PO Box 8413, Bilsthorpe, Notts NG22 8WY
Story published 24 Feb 2010
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Fairport support Young Folk Award 2010
Simon Nicol, James Findlay, Mike Harding
Iconic Media and Fairport Convention are long-term supporters of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award – each year, the winner of the Award is invited to play a set at Fairport's Cropredy Convention.
We attended the final round of the BBC Young Folk Award on December 4 2009 with Fairport Convention's Simon Nicol and Cropredy organiser Gareth Williams.
The Award winner, selected by a panel of six judges, was 20-year-old James Findlay, a singer/guitarist from a family steeped in the traditions of English folk ballads.
“James has a great voice, somewhat reminiscent of Mike Waterson, and he's no slouch on the guitar either,” says Simon Nicol. “We're really looking forward to hearing him play at Cropredy 2010. Winning the award is a beginning for young musicians, a springboard from which their careers can take off. Every year, it’s a delight to watch these youngsters – not just the winner but all the finalists – blossom and flower as musicians.”
Previous winners of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award who have appeared at Fairport’s Cropredy Convention include Uiscedwr, Bodega, Last Orders, Give Way, Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller, and Megan & Joe Henwood.
Story published 8 Dec 2009