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dcterms:description "<p>​'<em style="color:#000000;font-family:'open sans', arial, sans-serif;font-size:18px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;">Fairport is an institution, a festival, purveyors of memories, and keepers of the folk flame. But most of all they are a brilliant live band’</em></p><p style="margin-bottom:1.5rem;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;background:#ffffff;border:0px;color:#000000;font-family:'open sans', arial, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;font-weight:700;">Folk &amp; Tumble</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:1.5rem;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;background:#ffffff;border:0px;color:#000000;font-family:'open sans', arial, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;font-weight:700;"><a%20href="https://fairportconvention.com/"%20style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;color:#ff3366;">Fairport Convention</a> have been entertaining music lovers for over half a century, having formed in 1967. The band that launched British folk-rock has seen many changes, but one thing has remained the same – Fairport’s passion for performance.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:1.5rem;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;background:#ffffff;border:0px;color:#000000;font-family:'open sans', arial, sans-serif;">Tonight’s visit presents a mix of long-established Fairport favourites and some surprises from albums old and new.</p><p style="margin-bottom:1.5rem;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;background:#ffffff;border:0px;color:#000000;font-family:'open sans', arial, sans-serif;">Fairport Convention have won a BBC Lifetime Achievement Award. Radio 2 listeners voted their ground-breaking album <em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;">Liege &amp; Lief</em> ‘The Most Influential Folk Album of All Time’. Their story has been celebrated with television documentaries on BBC Four and Sky Arts.</p><p style="margin-bottom:1.5rem;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;background:#ffffff;border:0px;color:#000000;font-family:'open sans', arial, sans-serif;">The band features founding member <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;font-weight:700;">Simon Nicol</span> on guitar and vocals, <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;font-weight:700;">Dave Pegg</span> on bass guitar, <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;font-weight:700;">Ric Sanders</span> on violin, and <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;font-weight:700;">Chris Leslie</span> on fiddle, mandolin and vocals. Fairport will be joined on stage by former member <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;font-weight:700;">Dave Mattacks</span> on drums.</p><p style="margin-bottom:1.5rem;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;background:#ffffff;border:0px;color:#000000;font-family:'open sans', arial, sans-serif;"><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;">Stuffing their set with a surprising amount of new material for a vintage act, Fairport are still clearly having fun and brought the house down.</em> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;font-weight:700;">The Guardian</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:1.5rem;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;background:#ffffff;border:0px;color:#000000;font-family:'open sans', arial, sans-serif;">Support tonight comes from the brilliant <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;font-weight:700;"><a href="https://www.plumhallmusic.com/about" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;color:#ff3366;">PLUMHALL</a></span> (<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;font-weight:700;">Michelle Plum</span> and <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border:0px;font-weight:700;">Nick B Hall</span>). Using a mesmerising combination of acoustic and electric instruments (occasionally with electronica), they create breathtaking soundscapes to their powerful original songs. They are renowned for their exquisite vocal harmonies and excellent musicianship.<br /></p><p><br /></p>"^^http://purl.org/xtypes/Fragment-XHTML
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