Ashley Hutchings - Million Dollar Ash

Ashley Hutchings celebrates his 80th year with a host of wonderful musicians and singers. Million Dollar Ash is a fond reflection of the man who started Fairport Convention, Steeley Span and The Albion Band and well known in the business as The Godfather of Folk Rock.

My friend Ashley Hutchings is the Godfather of Folk Rock. He made us a genre we couldn't refuse Bob Dylan

There will be a fantastic gathering of the folk world's finest at Birmingham's Town Hall venue to mark the release of the album, with a line-up curated by Ashley's son Blair Dunlop, the concert will feature a host of artists representing many of the bands and collaborations that Ashley masterminded and nurtured over a career spanning six decades. Just some of the names confirmed to appear are: Richard Thompson, Martin Carthy, John Tams, Phil Beer, Simon Nicol, Ric Sanders & Jim Moray