Fairport Convention : Babbacombe Lee Alkaline Trio / Released 28Th January reaching number 39 on Billboard's

reaching number 39 on Billboard's Independent Albums chart

Weathered Tome - AFI

Mbife - Amadou & Mariam

plus special guest appearances by flutist Elena Pinderhughes and the Farafina Kan Percussion Ensemble

Fairport Convention : Babbacombe Lee Alkaline Trio / Released 28Th January reaching number 39 on Billboard's'Babbacombe' Lee' was Fairport Convention's foray into the concept album, so loved by groups in the 1970s. Instead of looking at something fantastical or progressive, the group went back to the tale of John 'Babbacombe' Lee, the man they couldn't hang: The gallows failed three times after he was convicted of the murder of Emma Keyse in Torquay in 1885. Dave Swarbrick found details of the trial in a junk shop, and the band worked up the story into an