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Simon John Breckenridge Nicol (born 13 October 1950) is an English guitarist, singer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He was a founding member of British folk rock group Fairport Convention and is the only founding member still in the band.
20. Okt. 2022 · This year sees the 55th anniversary of Fairport Convention, prime architects of the UK’s folk-rock movement and a band that has left an indelible mark on British music. Here, founder member and guitarist Simon Nicol traces the band’s origins from the perspective of his own musical journey….
16. Feb. 2021 · An interview with multi instrumentalist and a founding member of the iconic English folk-rock band Fairport Convention.
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23. Jan. 2024 · Ahead of Fairport Convention’s 2024 Winter Tour, starting in February, I catch up with Simon Nicol. We discuss Dave Mattacks’ return to the Fairport fold, the forthcoming tour, this Summer’s Cropredy and why he won’t be retiring any time soon.
Simon Nicol: Sitting – Front left. Fairport Convention have won a BBC Lifetime Achievement Award and BBC Radio 2 listeners voted their ground-breaking album “Liege & Lief”, ‘The Most Influential Folk Album of All Time’.
Simon John Breckenridge Nicol (* 13. Oktober 1950 in Muswell Hill, London Borough of Haringey) ist ein englischer Folkrock-Sänger, -Gitarrist und -Dulcimerspieler. 1967 gehörte Nicol zur Gründungsbesetzung von Fairport Convention, bei denen er nach Richard Thompsons Ausscheiden 1971 zum Frontman wurde. Nicol war bis auf einen kurzen ...
2. Jan. 2024 · Simon Nicol reflects on how British folk prog pioneers Fairport Convention took a career path rather than a short cut to temporary success.
