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SANDY DENNY Tribute
21 April 2008 marked thirty years since the death of Fairport Convention vocalist Sandy Denny. Bob Harris presented a special programme on BBC Radio 2 titled 'The Sandy Denny Story' on 22 April. LISTEN AGAIN to the one-hour show which "explores her early years, the two periods spent as a member of Fairport Convention, her solo work, the circumstances surrounding her death and the legacy of both her songs and recorded material." Until 29 April, click on
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/musicclub/doc_sandydenny.shtml

Croppers 1 - Croppers on YouTube
Over 9 mins of FAIRPORT'S CROPREDY CONVENTION music festival from 2007. There's music and general footage from the festival both front and back stage, the field and the campsites. Great fun - and the sun shines as Fairport celebrate their 40th birthday of their original lineup.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFLE2eeZB3k
Cropredy 2008 tickets are now on sale! 7 - 9 August 2008
http://www.fairportconvention.com

Croppers 2 - STEVE CROPPER AND THE ANIMALS at Dingwalls 28 August
Voted World's Greatest Living Guitarist by Mojo magazine (and number 2 to Jimi Hendrix in Greatest Ever), Steve Cropper is true living legend. A founder member of Booker T & The MGs and leader of the Stax Records house band, he played on, produced and co-wrote classics of the order of '(Sittin on) The Dock of the Bay' (Otis Redding), 'Knock On Wood' (Eddie Floyd), and 'In The Midnight Hour' (Wilson Pickett) as well as many, many more
http://www.smartermusic.net/cropper.htm

Reg Meuross - Dragonfly (Hatsongs)
Lau - Live (Reveal)
Billy Bragg - Mr Love & Justice (Cooking Vinyl)
Various Artists - Transatlantic Sessions 3, Volume 1 (Whirlie)
Kris Delmhorst - Shotgun Singer (Signature Sounds)
Andrew Calhoun & Campground - Bound To Go (Waterbug)
Shawn Mullins - Honeydew (Vanguard)
Elizabeth Cook - Balls (31 Tiger)
Willy DeVille - Pistola (Eagle)
South San Gabriel/Centro-matic - Dual Hawks (Cooking Vinyl)
John Henry Lambert - Gone Away (own label)
Nizlopi - Make It Happen (FDM)
Johnny Dowd - A Drunkard's Masterpiece (Munich)
Eric Bibb - Get Onboard (Telarc)
Dani Wilde - Heal My Blues (Ruf Records)
The Wentus Blues Band - Family Meeting (Ruf Records)
Honeyboy Edwards - Roamin' And Ramblin' (Earwig)
Miyagi - Lucky Face (Own Label)
Various Artists - Chokit On A Tatie: Children's Songs And Rhymes (Greentrax)
Mary Ann Kennedy & Na Seòid - Mary Ann Kennedy & Na Seòid (Watercolour Music)
Lúnasa - The Story So Far (Compass)
Island Eddy - Island Eddy (Cló Iar-Chonnachta CICD. 170)
Becky Taylor - Ireland Bridge (Own Label)
Emily Smith - Too Long Away (Spit & Polish)
Amy Pickard & The Cradlers - Cut From The Hopeless (Own Label)
Michael McDermott - Noise From Words (One Little Indian)
Chris Bathgate - A Cork Tale Wake (One Little Indian)
Geof Pearson - Newton's Blues (Tigersun)
Ally Kerr - Off The Radar (Much Obliged)
Sild - Tro (Fflach Trad)
Frankie Gavin, Rick Epping & Tim Edey - Jiggin' The Blues (G2/Greentrax)
Velvet Night - Velvet Night (Fallout)
Paul & Liz Davenport - Songbooks (Hallamshire Traditions)
Jethro Tull - This Was: 40th Anniversary Collectors' Edition (EMI)
Various Artists - Old Town School Of Folk Music Songbook Volumes 1, 2, 3 & 4 (Bloodshot Records)
Chris Difford - The Last Temptation Of Chris (Stiff)
Flanders & Swann - Hat-Trick (Flanders & Swann Collectors' Edition) (EMI)
Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth & Collected Works (Domino)

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FISH RECORDS - FREE DISC/GOODIES WITH EVERY ORDER
Neil Pearson writes that there are new albums coming soon - including those from Eliza Gilkyson, Spiers & Boden, Crooked Still and Eliza Carthy. And there are lots of NetRhythms favourites gracing their front page. They have a brilliant set of discs to give away with orders for the next week or so, they're all promotional discs and include CDs from Lau, Kris Drever and Jon Redfern (amongst others)...details on Fish Records.
http://www.fishrecords.co.uk