Last band you saw live

[STURTZ]

Hold the Sun.

 

[Grecian_In_Exile]

Friday 23rd Aug 2013

Something Nasty In The Wood Shed
Blue Rose Code
Blue Horyzon
Nic Jones Trio
Nidi d'arac
Steve Knightley
Afro Celt Sound System


Saturday 24th August 2013

Eddi Reader (twice)
ColvinQuarmby
Blue Rose Code
Tim O'Brien Band
Lady Maisery
Nidi d'arac
Martyn Joseph
Oysterband


Sunday 25th August 2013

Barnstar
Elbow Jane
Blue Horyzon
Jinski
James Riley
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Doyle & Debbie


Monday 26th August 2013

Elbow Jane
Jez Lowe
Mark Erelli
Grimaldi Band
The Be Good Tanyas
Capercaillie

All at the Shrewsbury Folk Festival amidst much Moonshine Cider, we took a 20 ltr keg, + various other delightful Ciders; from the beer tent, the Black Dragon was a particular favourite from this reveller, hic (drunk)

 

[Dylan]

mmmmm..."Folf Festival" says it all..

John Cooper Clarke is boring apart from the odd 'poem' and to be avoided.

People who like him are arrogant, Leftie, Middle Class To55ers.

I prefer Pam Ayres!

 

[MikeGrecian]

One of my mates is raving about John Cooper Clarke being in Torrington soon! Quite fancy it! (but may have happened already!)

Tis the happening place at the moment.Feck knows why.

 

[Dylan]

'cos Torrington is the only place in Mid/Norh Devon with no Kiddie Fiddler on a Charge?

 

[Mid Devon Clown]

Nothing wrong with Martha Reeves.

I never said there was. Second only to the Supremes in their field, IMHO.

 

[Red Lion]

mmmmm..."Folf Festival" says it all..

John Cooper Clarke is boring apart from the odd 'poem' and to be avoided.

People who like him are arrogant, Leftie, Middle Class To55ers.

I prefer Pam Ayres!

Can't put up much of an argument about JCC, can't actually remember any of his 'work' but can do a convincing imitation of him. (Like an early Manchester sound/We're oop for it/etc)

Guessing 'folf' means 'folk, please yourself, but I would say don't diss it. GIE saw Eddie Reader twice? Sounds great to me! My 13 year old son was christened James Riley so on a selfish level would love to hear more about that.

And I started this thread (don't get me wrong, not my idea but the original didn't survive the Exeweb cull) because the completely fabulous Skimmity Hitchers were at Burnham folk festival!

 

[Grecian_In_Exile]

Can't put up much of an argument about JCC, can't actually remember any of his 'work' but can do a convincing imitation of him. (Like an early Manchester sound/We're oop for it/etc)

Guessing 'folf' means 'folk, please yourself, but I would say don't diss it. GIE saw Eddie Reader twice? Sounds great to me! My 13 year old son was christened James Riley so on a selfish level would love to hear more about that.

And I started this thread (don't get me wrong, not my idea but the original didn't survive the Exeweb cull) because the completely fabulous Skimmity Hitchers were at Burnham folk festival!

Only the blinkered diss something they know absolutely nothing about. Their loss!! The suits have them, where they want them, under their control!!

A lot of the acts I took in, were actually classed as 'Blues' & 'Bluegrass' AKA 'Roots Music', and without 'Roots Music' there wouldn't be any of the other genres!!

Eddi Reader was fabulous, she did an afternoon matinee on main stage 2, and a different set (such is her back catalogue) on main stage 1 in the evening, I even had the time to be nearly run over by her, as she left her sound check in the afternoon, heading for the main stage to do her sound check there, now there's a claim to fame

James Riley Band were very good, guess some of their tracks you could class as a Blues Folk Fusion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb8L0QyAqX4 oh and that strange looking instrument rabbit, it's called a 'cello'!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzIXS35JwDI

They were there in 2012 too, and this other strange instrument you see on this 'Live' video, is a 'violin'!! Rabbit. So much more to music than guitar, bass & drums!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwFtbPrdj0k

Discovery of the festival for me were Nidi d'arac, so good we saw them twice too!! Great roots fusion band from Italy, didn't matter that they didn't sing in English, why would they, they're Italian ffs!! A cross between Afro Celt Sound System & what 'The Legend' that is 'Robert Plant' is doing these days!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMYIWyVveVM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCjHzAVSoxQ Accordion Rabbit!! or AKA 'squeezebox'

 

[STURTZ]

Don't suppose you tried the Mulberry Duck beer at the festival G_I_W? It's a mate's brewery, he tells me that a phenominal amount of beer was necked that weekend.

 

[Jason H]

Incidentally, just so you know what you missed out on, here's CVB playing their hit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV9pwdiu-gg&list=LLK73KjXotk5kanOvBgw0fhw

I'm stood right behind the bloke filming. You can probably hear me singing along.