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Fairport Convention

Fairport Convention is a group from the UK, active since 1967.

Group GB since 1967 folk folk rock british folk-rock
TOTAL PLAYS
537
SONGS PLAYED
116
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-05-15 11:24 · 6 Music — "Meet On The Ledge"
LAST PLAYED
2 months ago · Radio 2 — "Walk Awhile"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
60 45 30 15 0
'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 419 78%
Radio 2 112 21%
Radio 1 6 1%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 21:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Who Knows Where The Time Goes? 79 2026-03-16
2 Si Tu Dois Partir 45 2024-05-12
3 Meet On The Ledge 41 2024-08-19
4 Who Knows Where the Time Goes 41 2018-02-07
5 Fotheringay 22 2025-07-18
6 Matty Groves 15 2023-07-25
7 Book Song 14 2021-04-07
8 Come All Ye 12 2025-10-26
9 Cajun Woman - BBC Session 18/03/1969 11 2016-03-22
10 Farewell, Farewell 9 2025-10-01
11 Autopsy - BBC Session 18/03/1969 9 2015-10-19
12 Walk Awhile 8 2026-03-18
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-03-18 21:36 Walk Awhile Radio 2
2026-03-16 03:06 Who Knows Where The Time Goes? Radio 1
2026-02-16 03:36 Who Knows Where The Time Goes? Radio 1
2025-12-10 05:31 Who Knows Where The Time Goes? 6 Music
2025-12-07 22:14 Who Knows Where The Time Goes? Radio 2
2025-10-29 09:09 Who Knows Where The Time Goes? 6 Music
2025-10-26 11:03 Come All Ye 6 Music
2025-10-20 02:06 Who Knows Where The Time Goes? Radio 1
2025-10-01 20:45 Farewell, Farewell Radio 2
2025-09-15 02:36 Who Knows Where The Time Goes? Radio 1
2025-09-14 19:10 Who Knows Where The Time Goes? Radio 1
2025-07-18 10:53 Fotheringay 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

116 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
A Sailor's Life — 2 ▶
A Surfeit of Lampreys — 2 ▶
Angel Delight — 2 ▶
Autopsy — 2 ▶
Autopsy (BBC Session, 18 Mar 1969) — 4 ▶
Autopsy - BBC Session 18/03/1969 — 9 ▶
Book Song — 14 ▶
Both Sides Now — 1 ▶
Cajun Woman — 1 ▶
Cajun Woman (BBC Session, 18 Mar 1969) — 4 ▶
Cajun Woman - BBC Session 18/03/1969 — 11 ▶
Chelsea Morning — 1 ▶
Cider Rain — 1 ▶
Clear Water — 1 ▶
Close the Door Lightly When You Go — 1 ▶
Close The Door Lightly When You Go (John Peel session 28th May 1968) — 1 ▶
CloseThe Door Lightly When You Go (John Peel session 28th May 1969) — 1 ▶
Come All Ye — 12 ▶
Come All Ye (Live) (feat. Chris While, Richard Thompson, Ashley Hutchings & Dave Mattacks) — 1 ▶
Crazy Man Michael — 1 ▶
Down in the flood (John Peel session 17.07.74) — 1 ▶
Down in the Flood (John Peel session 16th July 1974) — 1 ▶
Eastern Rain — 2 ▶
End Of A Holiday — 1 ▶
Farewell Farewell — 3 ▶
Farewell, Farewell — 9 ▶
Feather Bed — 1 ▶
Feather Bed (1985 Concert) — 1 ▶
Festival Bell - Radio 2 Session 170313 — 1 ▶
Fiddlesticks (John Peel session 17.07.74) — 1 ▶
Fiddlesticks (John Peel session 16th July 1974) — 1 ▶
Flowers Of The Forest — 6 ▶
Fotheringay — 22 ▶
Gallows Tree 1985 — 5 ▶
Genesis Hall — 7 ▶
Gone Gone Gone — 1 ▶
Gone,Gone,Gone — 1 ▶
Home — 1 ▶
I Don't Know Where I Stand — 4 ▶
I Don't Know Where I Stand (John Peel session 28th May 1968) — 2 ▶
I Dont Know Where I Stand — 1 ▶
I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Live — 1 ▶
I'll Keep It With Mine — 6 ▶
If I Had A Ribbon Bow — 3 ▶
It's Alright Ma It's Only Witchcraft — 1 ▶
It's Alright Ma, It's Only Witchcraft — 7 ▶
Jack O'Diamonds — 3 ▶
Jesus On The Mainline — 1 ▶
Jigs And Reels (Medley) (Radio 1 Session, 23 Sep 1969) — 5 ▶
Jigs And Reels (Medley) - BBC Session 23/09/1969 — 1 ▶
John Barleycorn 1985 — 2 ▶
John Gaudie (Live) — 1 ▶
John the Gun — 3 ▶
John The Gun 1985 — 2 ▶
Knights Of The Road — 1 ▶
Lady Is A Tramp (Radio 1 Session, 23 Sep 1969) — 5 ▶
Lady Is A Tramp - BBC Session 23/09/1969 — 2 ▶
Liberty — 2 ▶
Matty Groves — 15 ▶
Matty Groves (Edit) — 1 ▶
Medley — 8 ▶
Meet On The Ledge — 41 ▶
Million Dollar Bash — 2 ▶
Mr Lacey — 3 ▶
Myths & Heroes — 1 ▶
Myths and Heroes — 2 ▶
Myths and Heroes (Radio 2 Session, 18th May 2015) — 1 ▶
Near Love — 1 ▶
Nottamun Town (John Peel session 28th May 1968) — 2 ▶
Now Be Thankful — 2 ▶
One More Chance — 1 ▶
Percy's Song — 2 ▶
Percy's Song (BBC Session, 18 Mar 1969) — 5 ▶
Percy's Song - BBC Session 18/03/1969 — 5 ▶
Polly On The Shore — 1 ▶
Reynardine — 3 ▶
Reynardine (Radio 1 Session, 23 Sep 1969) — 7 ▶
Reynardine - BBC Session 23/09/1969 — 5 ▶
Rising For The Moon — 2 ▶
Rising for the Moon (John Peel session 17.07.74) — 1 ▶
Rising for the Moon (John Peel session 16th July 1974) — 1 ▶
Rosie — 1 ▶
She Moves Through The Fair — 4 ▶
Shufffle and Go — 1 ▶
Shuffle and Go — 1 ▶
Si Tu Dois Partir — 45 ▶
Si Tu Dois Partir (Radio 1 Session, 18 Mar 1969) — 2 ▶
Si Tu Dois Partir - BBC Session 18/03/1969 — 5 ▶
Sir B. McKenzie's Daughter's Lament For The 77Th Mounted Lancers Retreat From Th — 1 ▶
Sir Patrcik Spens - BBC Session 23/09/1969 — 1 ▶
Sir Patrick Spens — 1 ▶
Sir Patrick Spens (Radio 1 Session, 23 Sep 1969) — 5 ▶
Sir Patrick Spens - BBC Session 23/09/1969 — 4 ▶
Sloth — 3 ▶
Stranger To Himself — 2 ▶
Summer By The Cherwell — 1 ▶
Suzanne — 2 ▶
Tale In Hard Time — 5 ▶
Tam Lin — 3 ▶
Tamlin (Radio 1 Session, 23 Sep 1969) — 1 ▶
Tamlin - BBC Session 23/09/1969 — 2 ▶
The Deserter — 1 ▶
The Lobster — 1 ▶
The Wood & Amp — 1 ▶
The Wood & The Wire — 2 ▶
The Wood and the Wire — 1 ▶
Time Has Shown The Wiser — 1 ▶
Time Will Show The Wiser — 5 ▶
Walk Awhile — 8 ▶
White Dress — 1 ▶
Who Knows Where the Time Goes — 41 ▶
Who Knows Where The Time Goes? — 79 ▶
Ye Mariner's All — 1 ▶
You Never Wanted Me (John Peel session 28th May 1968) — 1 ▶
You Never Wanted Me - BBC Session — 1 ▶
You Never Wanted Me. (John Peel session 28th May 1968) — 1 ▶