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Ian Anderson performing 'Jethro Tull - The Rock Opera' on US tour; Steeleye Span touring too (dates)

3498 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Ian Anderson Ian Anderson, frontman and flautist for progressive rock legends Jethro Tull, is going on a US tour this fall performing his new "Jethro Tull" rock opera, which is based off of the English agricultural inventor... more info

Festivals guide 2012 listings: folk & world

4546 days ago

Guardian Music — For roots and world music goodness, here are the best events out there this summerAcoustic Festival Of BritainWhen 25-27 MayWhere Uttoxeter Racecourse, StaffordshireWhat Folk, rock, blues, guitar, bluegrass and countryWho The Animals, the MoveHow muc... more info

The Animals Rasites Peatbog Faeries Steeleye Span Show of Hands Billy Bragg Dry The River John Tams Barry Coope Fairport Convention Bellowhead

Readers recommend: anti-Christmas songs – results

4709 days ago

Guardian Music — Crying at Christmas, pulling a pistol on Santa, doing something unspeakable to a snowman. Here is your idea of jingle hellHo ho ho? No, no, no. This week's been a catalogue of misanthropy, self-loathing and seasonal ill-will. I can't say I didn't ask... more info

Kate Bush Gruff Rhys Steeleye Span Maddy Prior Testament The Knife Miles Davis Aimee Mann

Steeleye Span and Fairport Convention Live in '71 on a Beach

4761 days ago

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — Really ace footage of these two bands playing on Ainsdale beach in 1971 near Southport, England. More at this youtube channel, but I chose this particular clip for the jaunty lil jig Maddy Prior does toward the end. more info

Steeleye Span Fairport Convention Maddy Prior

Cool culture in the country

4840 days ago

Guardian Music — You don't have to head to Britain's cities to find a clued-up crowd – there are some unlikely pockets of cool, from Anstruther to Frome and Nettlebed to Barrow-in-FurnessAnstruther, FifeThe small seaside village of Anstruther, 50 miles north of Edi... more info

King Creosote James Yorkston The Handsome Family Steeleye Span Fairport Convention Supergrass Cara Dillon

Sandy Denny joins Fairport

4891 days ago

Guardian Music — May 1968: Number 28 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of world and folk musicThe catalyst for Fairports' transmutation from Dylan covers band to founders of English folk rock, Denny brought to the group a soaring voice and the riches ... more info

Robert Plant Led Zeppelin Steeleye Span Oysterband Seth Lakeman Richard Thompson Dave Swarbrick

Martin Carthy: Essential – review

4932 days ago

Guardian Music — (Topic)The problem with this compilation is the title. Of course it's essential that the 70th birthday of the English folk scene's great singer, guitarist and enthusiast should be celebrated with a major retrospective. But it's equally essential that... more info

Martin Carthy Bob Dylan Steeleye Span The Imagined Village

Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll

4939 days ago

Guardian Music — Family car journeys are where musical seeds are sown. We revelled in the Gnu Song, the Bee Song and Bernard Cribbins's Right Said FredMy parents headed back to Lancashire after the Easter weekend, and as they left I gave them a pile of records for th... more info

Right Said Fred John Mellencamp Steeleye Span Fleetwood Mac Lou Reed Richie Havens Roxy Music Paul Simon Supertramp Kate Bush Peter Gabriel

Notes and queries: From Tasers to choc cake – what every time-traveller should carry; Argus – Wishbone Ash's finest hour; The mighty atoms

4983 days ago

Guardian Music — From Tasers to choc cake – what every time-traveller should carry; Argus – Wishbone Ash's finest hour; The mighty atomsWhat one object should time-travellers take with them to prehistoric times to amaze, pacify or otherwise control any "humans" ... more info

Wishbone Ash McFly Curved Air Steeleye Span Tangerine Dream Phaedra Van der Graaf Generator Genesis

saturday noon updates

5029 days ago

Totally Fuzzy — Sakalli said... Grobschnitt - Die Grobschnitt Story 3, History of Solar Music 2 (@320) Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks 07 (Live 1974) (@256) http://www.sakalli.info Radio Free Wohlman said... Transmission 1211 Let's rock beneath the waves in our cha... more info

Grobschnitt Grateful Dead The Drums The Apples in Stereo R.E.M. Thomas Dolby The Beatles Echo & The Bunnymen Bob Dylan Drake U2 AC/DC Jimi Hendrix The Rolling Stones Maddy Prior Steeleye Span

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Ian Anderson performing 'Jethro Tull - The Rock Opera' on US tour; Steeleye Span touring too (dates)

Festivals guide 2012 listings: folk & world

Readers recommend: anti-Christmas songs – results

Steeleye Span and Fairport Convention Live in '71 on a Beach

Cool culture in the country

Sandy Denny joins Fairport

Martin Carthy: Essential – review

Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll

Notes and queries: From Tasers to choc cake – what every time-traveller should carry; Argus – Wishbone Ash's finest hour; The mighty atoms

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