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Fairport's Cropredy Convention

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Fairport's Cropredy Convention (formerly Cropredy Festival) is an annual festival of folk and rock music held on the edge of the village of Cropredy in Oxfordshire, England. [1]

75 relations: Acoustic music, Alice Cooper, Anthony John Clarke, Babylon Circus, Banbury, Bob Harris (radio), British folk rock, Broughton Castle, Buzzcocks, Cask ale, Cat Stevens, Cats in Space, Cropredy, Dave Pegg, Devizes, Dougie MacLean, Dreadzone, EFestivals, Eliza Carthy, Emmylou Harris, Fairport Convention, Fairport's Cropredy Convention appearances, Fish (singer), Folk music, Glastonbury Festival, Gryphon (band), Hayseed Dixie, Headspace (band), Iain Matthews, Judith Owen, Judy Dyble, Katzenjammer (band), Level 42, Lifesigns, List of folk festivals, Lonnie Donegan, Madness (band), Marillion, Moat on the Ledge: Live at Broughton Castle, August '81, Morris dance, Morris On, Oysterband, Paul Carrack, Petula Clark, Plainsong (band), Procol Harum, Pub, Punk rock, Ralph McTell, Reading and Leeds Festivals, ..., Reggae, Richard Digance, Richard Thompson (musician), Robert Plant, Rock festival, Rodney Crowell, Show of Hands, Simon Nicol, Skerryvore (band), Skinny Lister, Sky Arts, Status Quo (band), Steeleye Span, Supergrass, T in the Park, The Bootleg Beatles, The Demon Barbers, The Divine Comedy (band), The Proclaimers, The Trevor Horn Band, Toyah Willcox, V Festival, Wadworth Brewery, Wille and the Bandits, Woodford Halse. Expand index (25 more) »

Acoustic music

Acoustic music is music that solely or primarily uses instruments that produce sound through acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means; typically the phrase refers to that made by acoustic string instruments.

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Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spans over fifty years.

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Anthony John Clarke

Anthony John Clarke is an Irish-born singer-songwriter for some time based in Liverpool but now living in Southport.

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Babylon Circus

Babylon Circus is a nine piece ska and reggae group founded in 1995 in Lyon, France.

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Banbury

Banbury is a historic market town on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, England.

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Bob Harris (radio)

Robert Brinley Joseph Harris, OBE (born 11 April 1946), known as "'Whispering Bob Harris", is an English music presenter known for being a host of the BBC2 music programme The Old Grey Whistle Test, and as a co-founder of the listings magazine Time Out.

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British folk rock

British folk rock (sometimes called electric folk) is a form of folk rock which developed in the United Kingdom from the mid 1960s, and was at its most significant in the 1970s.

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Broughton Castle

Broughton Castle is a medieval fortified manor house in the village of Broughton which is about two miles south-west of Banbury, Oxfordshire, England on the B4035 road.

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Buzzcocks

Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band, formed in Bolton, England, in 1976 by singer-songwriter-guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter Howard Devoto.

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Cask ale

Cask ale or cask-conditioned beer is unfiltered and unpasteurised beer which is conditioned (including secondary fermentation) and served from a cask without additional nitrogen or carbon dioxide pressure.

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Cat Stevens

Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou), commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

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Cats in Space

Cats in Space (styled CATS in SPACE - The Band) is a British "power pop" rock band formed in Horsham, West Sussex in 2015 by guitarist Greg Hart and drummer Steevi Bacon.

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Cropredy

Cropredy is a village and civil parish on the River Cherwell, north of Banbury in Oxfordshire.

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Dave Pegg

Dave Pegg (born 2 November 1947) is an English multi-instrumentalist and record producer, arguably most visible as a bass guitarist.

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Devizes

Devizes is a market town and civil parish in the centre of Wiltshire, England.

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Dougie MacLean

Dougie MacLean, OBE (born 27 September 1954) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer.

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Dreadzone

Dreadzone are a British electronic music group.

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EFestivals

eFestivals is a website listing music festivals; hosting information on line-ups, interviews, photographs and live reviews.

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Eliza Carthy

Eliza Carthy, MBE (born 23 August 1975) is an English folk musician known for both singing and playing fiddle.

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Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter and musician.

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Fairport Convention

Fairport Convention are a British folk rock band.

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Fairport's Cropredy Convention appearances

This is a list of the artists who have played at the various Fairport Convention Fairport's Cropredy Convention over the years.

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Fish (singer)

Derek William Dick (born 25 April 1958), better known by his stage name Fish, is a Scottish singer-songwriter and occasional actor.

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Folk music

Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival.

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Glastonbury Festival

Glastonbury Festival is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England.

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Gryphon (band)

Gryphon are a British progressive rock band formed in the 1970s, best known for their unusual medieval and Renaissance sound and instrumentation.

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Hayseed Dixie

Hayseed Dixie is an American bluegrass band formed in Tennessee in 2000.

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Headspace (band)

Headspace is an English progressive metal band formed in 2006 by keyboardist Adam Wakeman with former Threshold singer Damian Wilson.

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Iain Matthews

Iain Matthews (born Iain Matthew McDonald, 16 June 1946) is an English musician and songwriter.

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Judith Owen

Judith Owen (born in London in 1969) is a Welsh singer-songwriter.

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Judy Dyble

Judith Aileen Dyble, (pronounced Die-bull), (born 13 February 1949) is a British singer-songwriter, most notable for being a vocalist and a founding member of Fairport Convention and Trader Horne.

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Katzenjammer (band)

Katzenjammer is an English-language Norwegian band from Oslo, formed in 2005.

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Level 42

Level 42 are an English band formed in Isle of Wight in 1980.

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Lifesigns

Lifesigns is a British progressive rock band.

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List of folk festivals

A folk festival celebrates traditional folk crafts and folk music.

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Lonnie Donegan

Anthony James Donegan (29 April 1931 – 3 November 2002), known as Lonnie Donegan, was a British skiffle singer, songwriter and musician, referred to as the "King of Skiffle", who influenced 1960s British pop musicians.

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Madness (band)

Madness are an English ska band from Camden Town, north London, who formed in 1976.

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Marillion

Marillion are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, in 1979.

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Moat on the Ledge: Live at Broughton Castle, August '81

Moat on the Ledge: Live at Broughton Castle, August '81 is a live folk rock album by Fairport Convention.

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Morris dance

Morris dance is a form of English folk dance usually accompanied by music.

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Morris On

Morris On is a folk/rock album released in 1972 under the joint names of Ashley Hutchings, Richard Thompson, Dave Mattacks, John Kirkpatrick and Barry Dransfield.

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Oysterband

Oysterband (originally The Oyster Band) is a British folk rock and folk punk band formed in Canterbury in or around 1976.

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Paul Carrack

Paul Melvyn Carrack (born 22 April 1951) is an English singer, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist who has recorded as both a solo artist and as a member of several popular bands.

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Petula Clark

Petula Clark, CBE (born Sally Olwen Clark, 15 November 1932) is a British singer, actress and composer whose career spans seven decades.

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Plainsong (band)

Plainsong was originally a British country rock/folk rock band, formed in early 1972 by Ian (later Iain) Matthews, formerly of Fairport Convention, and Andy Roberts, previously of The Liverpool Scene.

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Procol Harum

Procol Harum is an English rock band formed in 1967.

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Pub

A pub, or public house, is an establishment licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, which traditionally include beer (such as ale) and cider.

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Punk rock

Punk rock (or "punk") is a rock music genre that developed in the mid-1970s in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.

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Ralph McTell

Ralph McTell (born Ralph May, 3 December 1944) is an English singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar player who has been an influential figure on the UK folk music scene since the 1960s.

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Reading and Leeds Festivals

The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual rock music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England.

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Reggae

Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s.

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Richard Digance

Richard Digance (pronounced DYE-jance; born 24 February 1949) is an English comedian and folk singer.

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Richard Thompson (musician)

Richard Thompson, OBE (born 3 April 1949) is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

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Robert Plant

Robert Anthony Plant (born 20 August 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin.

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Rock festival

A rock festival, often considered synonymous with pop festival, is a large-scale rock music concert, featuring multiple acts performing an often diverse range of popular music including rock, pop, folk, electronic, and related genres.

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Rodney Crowell

Rodney Crowell (born August 7, 1950) is an American musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music.

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Show of Hands

Show of Hands is a multi-award-winning English acoustic roots/folk duo formed in 1986 by singer-songwriter Steve Knightley (guitars, mandolin, mandocello, cuatro) and composer and multi-instrumentalist Phil Beer (vocals, guitars, violin, viola, mandolin, mandocello).

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Simon Nicol

Simon John Breckenridge Nicol (born 13 October 1950) is an English guitarist, singer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer.

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Skerryvore (band)

Skerryvore are a Scottish Celtic Rock group formed on Tiree, Argyll and Bute in 2004.

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Skinny Lister

Skinny Lister are a British folk band formed in London in 2009.

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Sky Arts

Sky Arts (originally launched as Artsworld) is an art-oriented television channel offering 24 hours a day of programmes dedicated to highbrow arts, including theatrical performances, movies, documentaries and music (such as opera performances and classical and jazz sessions).

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Status Quo (band)

Status Quo are an English rock band who play a brand of boogie rock.

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Steeleye Span

Steeleye Span are an English folk rock band formed in 1969.

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Supergrass

Supergrass were an English rock band, formed in 1993 in Oxford.

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T in the Park

T in the Park festival was a major Scottish music festival that has been held almost annually since 1994 (the event did not take place in 2017).

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The Bootleg Beatles

The Bootleg Beatles are a Beatles tribute band.

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The Demon Barbers

The Demon Barbers are an English folk band who predominantly draw on traditional material for their repertoire while fusing traditional folk instruments with drums and electric bass guitar.

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The Divine Comedy (band)

The Divine Comedy are an orchestral pop band from Northern Ireland formed in 1989 and fronted by Neil Hannon.

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The Proclaimers

The Proclaimers are a Scottish duo composed of the identical twin brothers Charlie and Craig Reid (born 5 March 1962).

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The Trevor Horn Band

The Trevor Horn Band are an English supergroup formed in 2006 as The Producers, consisting of record producers Trevor Horn (bass and vocals) and Steve Lipson (guitar), and musicians Lol Creme (guitar and vocals) and Ash Soan (drums). The band briefly adopted the name US before changing to Producers. Latterly, they have switched to the name The Trevor Horn Band. Producer Chris Braide (keyboards and vocals) was originally a member but left in 2009 due to work commitments, though still contributed to the band's début album Made in Basing Street (released under the name Producers), released on 25 June 2012. Gary Langan also works with the band, engineering and mixing in the studio and working front of house at gigs.

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Toyah Willcox

Toyah Ann Willcox (born 18 May 1958) is an English singer and actress.

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V Festival

V Festival, often referred to simply as V Fest or VF, was an annual music festival held in England during the third weekend in August.

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Wadworth Brewery

Wadworth is a brewery company founded in 1875 in Devizes, Wiltshire, England, best known for their 6X beer brand.

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Wille and the Bandits

Wille and the Bandits are a British-based band who play a variety of different genres spanning across the Blues, Rock, Latin and Folk styles.

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Woodford Halse

Woodford Halse is a village about south of Daventry in Northamptonshire.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairport's_Cropredy_Convention

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