Yes they probably invented folk rock but also, on their landmark third album, Fairport Convention, presented a view of England that has now been lost... one of violent division along lines of class and gender but one that was also positive and questing, says Michael Hann
Gordon Chapman-Fox speaks to Julian Marszalek about The Nation's Most Central Location, the latest album from his retro-futurist synth project exploring the unrealised optimism and ultimate disappointment of England's New Towns