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Joni Mitchell’s Salad Days

November 10, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2020, Archives Volume 1--The Early Years (1963-1967), Box sets, CSNY, Fairport Convention, Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, Rhino, Tom Rush

The Early Years (1963-1967) offers a generous glimpse at the genesis of Joni’s genius

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Folk Psychedelics Rock

Remembering Judy Dyble

July 13, 2020July 16, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment Ashley “Tyger” Hutchings, British Folk, Fairport Convention, Giles Giles and Fripp, Ian Matthews, Judy Dyble, King Crimson, Richard Thompson, RIP, Robert Fripp, Sandy Denny, Simon Nicol

The British folk great, the first singer with Fairport Convention, makes her final departure

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Country and/or Western Psychedelics Rock Uncategorized

ALBUMS: Across The Great Divide

December 26, 2019December 26, 2019 David Bash 0 Comments Fairport Convention, Idle Race, Matthews Southern Comfort, Mott the Hoople, Procol Harum, Rod Stewart, The Faces, The Hollies, Traffic

On this excellent anthology subtitled Getting It Together In The Country 1968-1974, the influence of American music on British rock is examined

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Alternative Rock Folk Rock

Across A Crowded Room: Live at Barrymore’s 1985 Pulls Up a Piece of Richard Thompson’s Past

November 8, 2019November 10, 2019 Jim Allen 0 Comments Across A Crowded Room, Across a Crowded Room – Live at Barrymore's 1985, Fairport Convention, Pentangle, Richard Thompson

This previously unreleased concert album rocks amidst the throes of the British guitar titan’s most transitional period

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Let The Rivers Run

September 20, 2018September 20, 2018 Jim Allen 0 Comments 13 Rivers, Fairport Convention, Guitarists, New West Records, Richard Thompson

Richard Thompson talks craft, creativity and cutting 13 Rivers

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