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British folk musician, born 15 December 1956, in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
Chris Leslie is a multi instrumentalist and singer-songwriter primarily known for his work with Fairport Convention. He has played and recorded with, amongst others: Steve Ashley, the Albion Band, Jez Lowe, Ian Anderson, Chris While and Julie Matthews, Whippersnapper, Alan Stivell, Feast of Fiddles and St. Agnes Fountain. Chris has provided music for a number of Radio Four plays and classic serials. His fiddle playing has also been heard on the TV series Heartbeat, Midsommer Murders and Billy Connolly’s World Tour of Scotland.

Chris plays: fiddle, mandolin, tenor guitar, bouzouki, ukulele, banjo, oud, whistle and Native American flute.

ALBUMS


Chris Leslie
Fiddle Back
2020, CD, Album, Dig, Paws Records
Chris Leslie
Turquoise Tales
2015, CD, Album, Paws Records
Chris Leslie
Origins
2013, CD, Album, Paws Records
Chris Leslie
Dancing Days
2003, CD, Album, Talking Elephant
David Hughes (17), Chris Leslie
Acoustic Christmas
1998, Minimax, EP, The Folk Corporation, ,
Folk/Holiday
Chris Leslie
The Flow
1997, CD, Album, Beautiful Jo Records
Chris Leslie With Beryl Marriott
The Gift
1994
Beryl Marriott with Fairport Convention & Chris Leslie
Weave The Mirror
1991, ,
Celtic
Kevin Dempsey, Chris Leslie
Always With You
1989
Chris Leslie & Nick Hooper
Turning Tables
1986, LP, Banana Enterprises
John* And Chris Leslie
The Ship Of Time
1976
Various, Ashley Hutchings
Grandson Of Morris On
2002, CD, Album, Talking Elephant, ,
Folk
Fairport Convention
A Live Recording - UK Tour October 2023
2024, CD, Album, Ltd, Matty Grooves
Fairport Convention
Full House For Sale
2023, CD, Album, Matty Grooves
Fairport Convention
Off The Desk 2020
2021, CD, Album, Ltd, Matty Grooves, ,
Folk Rock
Fairport Convention
Shuffle And Go
2020, CD, ,
Folk/Folk Rock
Various
Kinder Shores
2018, CD, Album, Comp, Rees The Care Leavers Foundation
Fairport Convention
What We Did On Our Saturday
2018, 2x CD, ,
Folk Rock
Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention 50:50@50
2017, CD, ,
Folk/Folk Rock
St Agnes Fountain
The Best Of St. Agnes Fountain Volume 2
2016, CD, Album, Comp, Fat Cat Records (2)
Fairport Convention
Myths And Heroes
2015, ,
Folk/Folk Rock
Fairport Convention
"Babbacombe" Lee Live Again
2012, CD, Album, Matty Grooves
Fairport Convention
By Popular Request
2012, CD, Album, Matty Grooves, ,
Folk Rock/Folk
Fairport Convention
Festival Bell
2011
Fairport Convention
Off The Desk
2008, 2xCD, Album, Matty Grooves, ,
Folk Rock
Fairport Convention
Live At Cropredy '08
2008, CD, Album, Matty Grooves
Fairport Convention
Fame And Glory
2008, ,
Folk Rock
Fairport Convention
Sense Of Occasion
2007, CD, Matty Grooves, ,
Folk/Folk Rock
Fairport Convention
A Special Catch!
2007, CD, EP, Ltd, Num, Deckchair Productions
Feast Of Fiddles
Still Live
2007, CD, Album, Feast Of Fiddles, ,
Folk
Fairport Convention
Journeyman's Grace
2005, ,
Folk Rock
Fairport Convention
A Lasting Spirit. The Collection
2005, ,
Folk Rock/Folk
Feast Of Fiddles
Nicely Wrong
2004, CD, Album, Not On Label,
Fairport Convention
Cropredy Capers (Twenty Five Years of Fairport Convention And Friends At Cropredy Festival)
2004, 4xCD + Box, Free Reed, Free Reed, Free Reed, Free Reed, Free Reed,
Fairport Convention
Over The Next Hill
2004, ,
Folk Rock
Fairport Convention
Fairport Unconventional
2002, Box + 4xCD, Mono, Free Reed, ,
Folk Rock
Fairport Convention
Cropredy - The Best And The Guests
2002, CD, Ltd, Free Reed, ,
Folk Rock
Feast Of Fiddles
(Live '01)
2002, CD, Album, Not On Label
Fairport Convention
Cropredy Festival 2001
2002
Fairport Convention
XXXV: The 35th Anniversary Album
2002
Fairport Convention
Cropredy 2002 Another Gig: Another Palindrome
2002, 2x CD, ,
Folk Rock
Fairport Convention
Live At Open Air Burg Herzberg, Germany - 16th Of July 1999
2000, CD, Album, Think Progressive, ,
Folk Rock
The Albion Band
The HTD Years
2000, CD, Album, Comp, HTD Records
Fairport Convention
Cropredy 98
1999, CD, Album, Woodworm Records, ,
Folk Rock
Fairport Convention
The Wood And The Wire
1999, ,
Folk Rock
Dave Pegg And Friends
Birthday Party
1998, CD, Album, Woodworm Records,
Fairport Convention
The Cropredy Box
1998, 3x CD jewel case, ,
Folk Rock
Fairport Convention
Beyond The Ledge (Filmed Live At Cropredy '98)
1998, VHS, ,
Folk Rock
The Simon Mayor Quintet
Mandolinquents
1997, CD, Album, Acoustics Records,
Fairport Convention
Who Knows Where The Time Goes?
1997
The Albion Band
The Acoustic Years 1993 - 97
1997
The Albion Band
Demi Paradise
1996
Fairport Convention
25th Anniversary Concert
1994
Whippersnapper
Stories
1991
Whippersnapper
Fortune
1989
Whippersnapper
These Foolish Strings
1988
Whippersnapper
Tsubo
1987, Vinyl,
Whippersnapper
Promises
1985
Fairport Convention
Shuffle And Go
2020, CD, ,
Folk/Folk Rock

APPEARANCES +


Odette Michell
The Queen Of The Lowlands
2025, CD, Album, Talking Elephant Records
David Carroll And Friends
Bold Reynold Too
2024
David Carroll And Friends
Bold Reynold
2023, CD, Album, Talking Elephant Records
Dando Shaft
Shadows Across The Moon
2021
Alan Simon
Excalibur V – Move, Cry, Act, Clash!
2021, CD, ,
Prog Rock/Folk Rock/Celtic
Mostly Autumn
Graveyard Star
2021, ,
Prog Rock/Symphonic Rock
Fleetwood Cave
People Like Us
2017, CD, Album, Rhythm Records (34)
Alan Simon
Songwriter
2017, 2x CD, ,
Celtic/Folk
Evarose
Invisible Monsters
2016, CDr, Album, Not On Label
Roger Beard & Richard Papps
Caught In The Net
2016, CD, Album, Not On Label
Anthony John Clarke
Beyond Karaoke
2015, CD, Album, Osmosys Records
The Adderbury Morris Men*
Sing And Play The Music Of The Adderbury Tradition
2015, CD, Album, Talking Elephant Records
Various
Essential British Folk
2014, 2xCD, Comp, Not Now Music, ,
Folk/Folk Rock
Ashley Hutchings
The Riot Of Spring And Other Historical Dramas, Large And Small
2014, CD, Comp, Mixtape, Talking Elephant Records,
Åквариум*
Полная Дискография
2013, 30xCD, Album, RE + Box, Comp, Ltd, Мистерия Звука,
John Carter
Not Completely Accurate
2013, CD, Album, A New Day Records,
Chasing Colors
Carousels
2012, CD, Studio 201 Productions
Alan Simon
Excalibur - Live In Brocéliande
2012, ,
Celtic/Folk Rock
Alan Simon
Excalibur III (The Origins)
2012, CD, ,
Prog Rock/Folk Rock/Celtic
Adrian Corker
Way Of The Morris
2011, CD, Album, OST
Dave Pegg
60th Birthday Bash
2011, 2xCD, Album, Enh, Ltd, Num, Matty Grooves,
No Right Turn
Time And Tide
2010, CDr, Album, Tom Tom Music (5)
Rainbow Chasers
The Best Of 2004 - 2010
2010, CD, Comp, Talking Elephant Records
Alan Simon
Anne De Bretagne (Live Au Chateau Des Ducs De Bretagne)
2010, 3x CD, ,
Folk Rock/Celtic
Allan Taylor
Leaving At Dawn
2009, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Stockfisch Records, ,
Folk
Alan Simon
Anne De Bretagne (Le Rock Opéra)
2009, 2xCD, Album, Babaïka Productions
Red Shoes
Ring Around The Land
2009, CD, Cedarwood Records
Ric Sanders
Still Waters (Instrumental Ballads 1980-2008)
2008, CD, Comp, Talking Elephant, ,
Folk Rock
The Dylan Project
The First Two Albums
2008, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + Comp, The Road Goes On Forever,
Dan Crisp
Far From Here
2008, CD, Album, Est. 1954 Records Limited,
Åквариум*
Лошадь Белая
2008, CD Digipak, ,
Folk Rock/Acoustic/Blues Rock
Ashley Hutchings & Ernesto De Pascale
My Land Is Your Land
2008
Steve Ashley
Time And Tide
2007, CD, Album, Dig, Topic Records, ,
Folk/Folk Rock
Alan Simon
Excalibur II (L'Anneau Des Celtes)
2007, CD, ,
Folk Rock/Celtic/Prog Rock
Rainbow Chasers
Fortune Never Sleeps
2006, CD, Album, Talking Elephant Records, ,
Folk
While & Matthews*
The Best Of While & Matthews
2006, CD, Comp, Fat Cat Records (2)
Ruth & Gary Wells
Counting Down The Days
2005, CDr, Album, Not On Label
The Tindalls
Family Album
2005, CD, Album, Not On Label
Pamela Morgan
Ancestral Songs
2005, CD, Album, Amber Music
Tim Radford
Home From Home
2005, CD, Album, Fallen Angle Music
Folk For Peace
Rumours Of Rain
2004, CD, Single, Hyp Records
Maartin Allcock*
Serving Suggestion
2004, CD, Album, Squiggle Records
Joseph Topping
Take Me Home
2004, CD, Album, JTOP
Kieran Halpin
The Roundtower Sessions
2004, CD, Album, SOS Records (6),
Dave Swarbrick
It Suits Me Well (The Transatlantic Anthology)
2004
Bob Fox
Borrowed Moments
2003, CD, Album, Topic Records
Fairport* With Swarb*
Scrum-Half Bricking
2003, CD, Album, Ltd, Front Row Records (2)
Dave Swarbrick
English Fiddler (Swarbrick Plays Swarbrick)
2003, CD, Album, Naxos World,
John Wright
That's The Way Love Is.
2003, CD, Album, TWIRTLE
Freeway Jam
Pictures Don't Lie
2003, CD, Album, Magnolia Records (15),
Mostly Autumn
Passengers
2003, ,
Folk Rock/Prog Rock
Fairport Convention
35th Anniversary Concert
2003, DVD, ,
Folk Rock
Nigel Stonier
Brimstone & Blue
2002, CD, Album, Flying Sparks Records,
Various
The Acoustic Folk Box
2002, 4xCD, Comp, Topic Records, ,
Folk
Steve Ashley
Everyday Lives
2001, CD, Topic Records
The Dylan Project
Live At Cropredy Festival 1999
2001, CD, Album, Woodworm Records
Ribbon Road
The First Three Albums: The Music Of My Heart, The Mortgaged Heart, The Moving Cloud
2001, 3xCD, Album, Ltd, Ribbon Road Music
Steve Tilston
Live Hemistry
2001, CD, Album, Hubris Records
Anna Ryder
Anna Ryder's Tour With Fairport Convention '99
2001, CD, Album, Rowdy Music, ,
Folk
Paul F. Cowlan
Video Trips
2001, CD, Album, Brambus Records
Bob Fox
Dreams Never Leave You
2000, CD, Album, Woodworm Records, ,
Folk
Nigel Stonier
English Ghosts
2000, CD, Album, A New Day Records
Kieran Halpin
Jangle
2000, CD, Album, SOS Records (6), ,
Folk/Acoustic
Alan Simon
Excalibur (Le Concert Mythique)
2000, ,
Celtic/Folk Rock/Rock Opera
Various
People On The Highway (A Bert Jansch Encomium)
2000, 2x CD, ,
Folk
Steve Ashley
The Test Of Time
1999, CD, Comp, Market Square, ,
Celtic/Folk Rock
Dave Swarbrick With Fairport Convention
SwarbAid
1999, CD, Ltd, Woodworm Records
David Hughes
This Other Eden
1999, CD, Album, The Folk Corporation,
Anna Ryder
Pockets On Fire
1999, CD, Album, Woodworm Records,
Maartin Allcock*
OX15
1999, ,
Folk Rock/Classic Rock
Judy Dunlop
My Arms Are A Cradle
1999, ,
Folk
Roy Bailey
Past Masters
1998, CD, Comp, Fuse Records (2), ,
Folk
Steve Gibbons
The Dylan Project
1998, CD, Album, Woodworm Records,
Various
Celtic Spirits - The Magic And Mystery Of Celtic Songs And Music
1998, CD, Comp, English Heritage
Paul F. Cowlan
Caught At The Crossraods
1998, CD, Album, Brambus Records
Sandy Denny
Gold Dust (Live At The Royalty)
1998, CD, ,
Folk Rock
Coldcut
Let Us Replay!
1998, 2x Vinyl, ,
Breaks/Hip Hop/Cut-up/DJ/Future Jazz
Alan Simon
Excalibur (La Légende Des Celtes)
1998, ,
Folk Rock/Celtic
Helen Watson
Somersault
1997, CD, Album, Fledg'ling Records, ,
Smooth Jazz/Easy Listening
Emma Christian, Moira Craig, Michael Henry (8), Julie Murphy
Celtic Songs Of Love
1997, CD, Comp, Beautiful Jo Records
Various
Georgia On Our Mind
1997, CD, Deep Sea Records,
Malcolm Rowe To The Music Of Ashley Hutchings
Folk Aerobics ('Folk Your Way To Fitness')
1997, CD, HTD Records
Tom Leary
Calm Waters
1997, CD, Album, Speaking Volumes (2), ,
Folk/Folk Rock
Coldcut
Let Us Play!
1997, CD, CD, ,
Breaks/Downtempo/Drum n Bass/Instrumental/Spoken Word/Abstract/Big Beat/Leftfield/Trip Hop/Cut-up/DJ
John Carter (25) with Martin Barre
Spirit Flying Free
1997,
Fairport Acoustic Convention*
Old ♦ New ♦ Borrowed ♦ Blue
1996, ,
Folk Rock/Acoustic
Various
The Fairy Dance (Myth And Magic In Celtic Songs And Tunes)
1996
Christine Collister
Blue Aconite
1996, CD,
Allan Taylor
Faded Light
1995, CD, Album, T. Records, ,
Folk
Magpie Lane
Wassail! A Country Christmas
1995, CD, Album, Beautiful Jo Records
Various
Canti Randagi
1995, Cassette, ,
Folk
Martyn Wyndham-Read
Sunlit Plains
1994, CD, Album, Fellside Recordings
Magpie Lane
Speed The Plough - Songs And Tunes Of Rural England
1994, CD, Album, Beautiful Jo Records
Gillie Nicholls
Spirit Talk
1993, CD, Album, Making Waves
Allan Taylor
So Long
1993, CD, ,
Folk
Jehanne Mehta* With Earthwards
Rose In Deep Water
1992
Richard Thompson
Sweet Talker (Original Music From The Movie)
1991, CD, ,
Soundtrack
Various
All Through The Year - A Calender In Music & Song - The Second Hokey Pokey Charity Compilation
1991, CD,
Alan Stivell
The Mist Of Avalon
1991
All About Eve
Scarlet
1990
Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies
Briefly On The Street
1990
Various
Hard Cash
1990
Steve Ashley
Mysterious Ways
1990, CD, ,
Folk Rock
Kevin Dempsey
The Cry Of Love
1986
Steve Ashley
More Demo Tapes
1983, Cass, MiniAlbum, Not On Label (Steve Ashley Self-Released)
Roy Bailey
Hard Times
1982, LP, Fuse Records (2)
Steve Ashley
Steve Ashley’s Family Album
1982, Vinyl, ,
Folk
Steve Ashley
'Demo' Tapes - New Songs By Steve Ashley
1980, Cass, Album, Not On Label (Steve Ashley Self-Released)
Roy Bailey
New Bell Wake
1976
Na-Mara
The Bite
CD, Album, Not On Label
Nicky Bramble
Miss Me
CDr, Album, Not On label (Nicky Bramble Self-released)
Alan Simon
La Trilogie Des Légendes
2014, 3xDVD-V, Dol, Pathé (2), Pathé (2), Pathé (2), Babaïka Productions, Pathé (2), ,
Celtic/Folk Rock
Various
Sweeps
 – A Joyful Celebration Of The Morris

2008, CD, Comp, Talking Elephant Records
Various
A Celebration Of Great British Folk
2008, 2x CD,
Dave Pegg
A Box Of Pegg's
2007, 4xCD, Comp + CD, Enh, Ltd, Promo, Matty Grooves, ,
Folk Rock/Rock & Roll/Folk/Prog Rock
Various
A Touch Of Morris
2007, CD, Comp, Talking Elephant Records
Various, Simon Care, Ashley Hutchings
The Mother Of All Morris
2007, ,
Celtic
Peter Bellamy
The Transports (A Ballad Opera By Peter Bellamy)
2004, CD, CD, ,
Folk/Opera
Various
Folk Melodies Of The British Isles
1997
Various
Celtic Airs and Ballads
1996
Various
Master Craftsmen
1989, CD, ,
Folk
Various
Huntingdon Folk 2
CD, Comp, Speaking Volumes (2)
Alan Simon
Excalibur II (The Celtic Ring)
2007
Various
Lammas Night Laments Volume 12
2005, CDr, Comp, Unofficial, The Unbroken Circle, ,
Folk
Coldcut
Let Us Replay!
2000, CD, ,
Breakbeat/Cut-up/DJ/Trip Hop