In August, the members of Fairport Convention will walk out at Cropredy – their annual three-day festival – and in front of thousands of fans, play a short acoustic set to open proceedings. It’s a tradition the hosts of Cropredy Convention have been doing for more than a decade at the festival, which celebrates its 45th anniversary this year and takes place a few miles over the Northamptonshire border near Banbury. Then, on Cropredy’s final day, the band will return to the stage for an extended... Read this story