Andrew Curry with Part Two of his series on the interview with producer Joe Boyd and engineer/producer John Wood on the early days of folk-rock. In which Fairport Convention hit their stride in 1969 and invent folk-rock. It all comes... Read more →
Andrew Curry writes: One of the features of the Magpie Arc indoor folk festival festival in both of its incarnations has been an extended interview by Matthew Bannister of Folk on Foot with luminaries of folk music. Last year it... Read more →
Jan 2024 update: needing to upload a replacement clip of Sandy Denny, singing in her pre-Fairport days All I Need Is You with the Strawbs, the first item up at YouTube was headed Ranking The Most Irritating Pop Songs in... Read more →
Richard Thompson reminds us that Who Know Where The Time Goes was once voted the best folk song recording of all time in a BBC poll. And Phil Lynott pays his respects as well. Yes, that Phil Lynott. Read more →
July 2024: The last update was January 6 this year when, had she lived, Sandy Denny would have been celebrating her 77th birthday, writes Colin Randall. It felt appropriate to mark her birthday once again. I have also posted an... Read more →
Another quick update, Oct 2023: Dave Swarbrick's widow Jill has firmly and correctly reminded me that the gorgeous music that so perfectly suits Richard Thompson's words for this song was composed by the mighty Swarb. Read her comment below, reproduced... Read more →
