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The Albion Band

Group

The Albion Band

From
United Kingdom
Active
1971–2014
Releases
39
  • folk
  • folk rock

About

The Albion Band, also known as The Albion Country Band, The Albion Dance Band, and The Albion Christmas Band, is a British folk rock band, originally brought together and led by musician Ashley Hutchings. An important grouping in the genre, it has contained or been associated with a large proportion of major English folk performers in its long and fluid history.

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The one constant in the band's history has been the band leader Ashley Hutchings, founding member of two other English folk rock groupings Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span, and it has been the home for most of the projects of his long career, though in the 2011 incarnation of the band he has handed over the reins to his son Blair Dunlop. This version continued until 2014.
Hutchings continues to perform in a separate Christmas-themed incarnation (occasionally featuring Dunlop) The Albion Christmas Band that was first established in 2005.

From The Albion Band on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Members

Discography

Albums 29
Singles 1
Live 3
Compilations 6

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Concerts

Reference

Instrumental supporting musician

Vocal supporting musician

Also known as

The Albion Christmas Band · The Albion Country Band · The Albion Dance Band

Identifiers

ISNI
0000000470009844

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.