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Post by olirow on Jun 23, 2019 14:37:21 GMT
Every now and again, when it's least expected, I'm blown away by a performance. So step forward Irish Mythen, totally authentic, unbelievable, stunning, life affirming. Her song Maria left me in tears.
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Post by olirow on Jun 23, 2019 22:54:28 GMT
And the other highlight from Black Deer were the Mavericks. Just a great feelgood festival band.
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Post by sc on Jun 24, 2019 1:08:42 GMT
Every now and again, when it's least expected, I'm blown away by a performance. So step forward Irish Mythen, totally authentic, unbelievable, stunning, life affirming. Her song Maria left me in tears. Beautiful, beautiful song xx |
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Post by olirow on Jul 17, 2019 6:56:00 GMT
Getting in a pre-Womad warm up festival so off to Larmer Tree tomorrow. Got to say the line up looks pretty thin, so hoping there are a few surprises. Also hoping the weather forecast is wrong!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2019 11:08:30 GMT
Went to Tropical Pressure in Porthtowan Cornwall.
Had a great time , gets about 2,000 people , never seen so many babies at a fest!
great line up and set up , very peaceful camp site site.
There is a free bus over to Redruth to get supplies and get on to Rail network.
advance early bird ticket is £74 goes on sale 1 Oct 2019
long drive 6 hr 15 min , so im going on train next year £130 return.
My highlight was a community school steel pan band called The Steelers doing a cover of Toots "Monkey Man" and Toto "Africa"
And Pat Kalla, who has worked with Voilaaa on the Favorite Label in Lyon France,
like Womad used to be in the late 80's
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Post by olirow on Jul 17, 2019 19:04:55 GMT
I went to WoodFest near Oxford a few years ago, and there were so many babies and toddlers it literally felt like a crèche. Apparently the folk that first organised the festival just got older and started having kids, and so did their friends. Didn't do much for the festie vibe to be honest.
And I am not too sure what to make of a festival where the best thing is the community school band (unless you know someone in it of course).
So I may give this one a miss, sorry:)
Good to see you back though GS.
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Post by olirow on Jul 19, 2019 14:57:53 GMT
I hope I've encouraged the usual Womad weather to arrive a week early because I have a very familiar soggy feeling here at Larmer Tree. No musical highlights so far. Best quote from a band, 'you can get our tea-towels, tote bags, mugs and t-shirts from the merch tent. We don't have any music though, nobody buys that'. Reassuringly honest!
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Post by greybadger on Jul 20, 2019 9:00:53 GMT
I went tropical Pressure this year loved it small festie friendly folk and I saw the Steelers as well globestyle will be back next year.Unfortunetly no Womad this time after 5 years for me I'm off to farmfest instead and We out Here in August!
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Post by olirow on Jul 22, 2019 17:55:45 GMT
Some final thoughts on this year's Larmer Tree Fest.
- there is a huge tent pole bisecting the stage in the three tents. This really seemed to spook some performers who didn't know which side to stand. I'm going to need to see how Womad do it... Also, they had Hessian sheets or plastic grids stapled to the ground in front of all of the stages. Quite an effort I think, but certainly helped during Wet Friday.
- the BBC hosted 4thought from one of the tents including an insightless promo for the Imperial War Museum. It feels like the message to R4 viewers is come along to festivals even if you are a warmongering right winger, because chants of 'Ohh Jeremy Corbyn' Must Never Be Heard Again. Although that might just be me being cynical.
- the music was bang average throughout, and I was quite bored until about midnight on Saturday. But then Funke & the Two Tone Baby came on, I found some people to dance with, carried on through to the Sunday as well, so the rest of the festival was great fun. Its as much about the people as the music I guess.
Not sure I would go again but a good way to warm up for Womad!
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Post by Rendrags on Feb 23, 2020 20:17:36 GMT
Going to the Hidden Notes festival in September, a two-day event in a church in Stroud for 'contemporary classical/avant garde composers'. The sort of stuff that Elizabeth Alker plays on her 'Unclassified' program on Radio 3, if you've ever heard that. I went on one of the days last year and really enjoyed it - it opened my ears to some new things and I'm hoping for the same again this year. 
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Post by deserttraveller on Mar 6, 2020 23:39:27 GMT
My friend Rachel & I attended Purbeck Folk festival in August, small lovely event, went to see the Afro Celts, good vibe easy to park. Held on a farm with straw bales and 2 barns. Not to be confused with the Swanage Folk Festival, nearby and a month later.
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Post by olirow on Sept 10, 2020 15:45:16 GMT
Just read that Larmer Tree 2021 festival has been cancelled. Just hope that isn't a sign of things to come.
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Post by mikey on Sept 10, 2020 21:24:14 GMT
Just read that Larmer Tree 2021 festival has been cancelled. Just hope that isn't a sign of things to come. That is a depressing read. |
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Post by Zenrider on Sept 11, 2020 22:18:46 GMT
Sadly, it's probably going to take two or three years before things really get back towards normal.
That's hoping pandemics don't become the new normal.
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Post by mikey on Sept 12, 2020 6:53:36 GMT
Sadly, it's probably going to take two or three years before things really get back towards normal. That's hoping pandemics don't become the new normal. That’s a depressing thought as well. I am confident that this Pandemic will go away over time, whether from a fair and thorough world vaccination programme or improvement in medical care, hygiene and effective track and trace (or combination of both). The difficulty will be all the conspiracy idiots who will refuse vaccines and/or refuse to adhere to the sensible measures to protect everyone. but in the last ten years or so we have seen MARS, MERS, Bird Flu, Swine Flu as well outbreaks of Ebola amongst others, so you may be right about becoming the new normal. To prevent further new outbreaks where viruses have jumped across species, there must be a world wide holistic approach, combining health care, social education and environmental protection (plus other agencies) to understand how these viruses originate, know how we can prevent them and protect the environment, respecting flora and fauna rather than exploiting for resources. now is not the time to turn our backs on the WHO or other UN agencies, but similarly these agencies need to improve to work effectively rather than be seen (Falsely) as Manipulated for political gain |
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