Dave Swarbrick, who played violin in the groundbreaking British folk-rock band Fairport Convention from 1969-79, died yesterday (June 3). He was 75. Born in 1941, Swarbrick had been a well-known ...

Judy Dyble, vocalist for folk-rock acts Fairport Convention and Trader Horne, has died at age 71. The singer's management and publicist confirmed the news via Facebook. Dyble announced in November ...

It's considered to be one of the best folk songs of all time.

While Fairport Live Convention didn't see the introduction of any truly new material—other than "Fiddlestix," the version on the reissued Nine having been previously recorded and released in Australia ...

There’s really no doubt that Fairport Convention is as English as tea, fish and chips and bowler hats. As the band celebrates its 45th anniversary culminating with its annual Cropredy Festival on ...

Fairport Convention’s new album, Myths & Heroes, is finally out, and it’s a welcome return to the contemporary originals that the band does best. Although some Fairport fans from its earliest days ...

Fairport Convention are like the Stanley Matthews of folk music - age does nothing to erode essential quality. The folksters, whose combined age is just under 300, have released their first studio ...

Touring to celebrate their 35th anniversary as a band (and in support of their new album, "XXXV," on Compass Records) Fairport Convention appeared at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood -- and was a bit ...