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Fairport Convention

Fairport Convention ("Fairport Agreement") is an English rock band formed in 1967 in London, which combined elements of folk-rock, progressive rock, and psychedelia in their work, and created (together with Pentangle) a new sub-genre: the so-called "electric folk." In 1969–1970, Fairport Convention stood at the origins of the folk revival movement; among their followers were Lindisfarne, Alan Stivell, The Albion Band, Steeleye Span, and others.