little chickadee Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 (edited) I'm off with Hubby tomorrow to the Cambridge Folk Festival WITHOUT the children It's our 10th Wedding anniversary, so my mum is house/dog/children/chicken sitting There are so many cool bands going to be there, we've been looking them all up on Myspace. Does anyone know any of the following? k.d. lang - JOAN ARMATRADING - LEVELLERS - THE IMAGINED VILLAGE BILLY BRAGG - RICHARD HAWLEY - JUDY COLLINS - ALLEN TOUSSAINT SETH LAKEMAN - ERIC BIBB - ELIZA CARTHY - MARTHA WAINWRIGHT THE WAIFS - ALTAN - PEATBOG FAERIES - TIM O’BRIEN - KARINE POLWART MICHAEL McGOLDRICK BAND - LAURA MARLING - BASSEKOU KOUYATE & NGONI BA - TUNNG KÍLA - DEVON SPROULE - CHRIS WOOD - CHERRYHOLMES - BRIAN McNEILL MAUVAIS SORT - LISA KNAPP - HOT 8 BRASS BAND - BEOGA - GRUPO FANTASMA FRANK TURNER - WHAPWEASEL - ROSS AINSLIE & JARLATH HENDERSON - ELIZABETH COOK THE CHAIR - 3 DAFT MONKEYS - NOAH & THE WHALE - JEANA LESLIE & SIOBHAN MILLER - 6 DAY RIOT KIDSAMONIUM - FINDLAY NAPIER & THE BAR ROOM MOUNTAINEERS - MEGSON - THE SHIVERS We've seen quite a lot of them already, but I love discovering new artists at festivals. Edited August 7, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 wow you LUCKY thing! I only know the obvious ones on there - Liza Carthy, Martha Wainwright, The Levellers - oh and Billy Bragg and Joan Armatrading and k d lang, of course! I went to Cambridge FF years ago, it's a really good one as I recall - and you've definitely got some FOLK in this line-up, unlike a lot of them these days that tend to veer into more 'popular' stuff. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa33 Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Have a great time. Jump around to the Levellers for me. I love the Levellers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little chickadee Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 Jump around to the Levellers for me. I love the Levellers. Me too - never seen them live before though - I've stood outside a gig they were playing in Hull when I was a student and was very jealous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 The Levellers - wow that takes me back a few years! 42nd Street in Manchester most Saturday nights 'There's only one way of life and that's your own....' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little chickadee Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 Well we're back and we had a fabulous time. I must say that the Levellers didn't really do it for me live although I did enjoy them. There were so many more talented people in the line up! I don't know who my favourites were actually, such a varied bunch. It was an introduction for me to Billy Bragg, who I thought was fabulous. He also performed as part of a multicultural "English" group called the Imagined Village which I think was one of my favourite things. They went down a storm at Glastonbury too I think Never heard Joan Armatrading before either - wow. She was amazing. Kd Lang was a bit ropey at first, I think there was a problem with her earpiece or something, but I really enjoyed her once she had warmed up and sorted that out. There were two young celtic bands I really loved "the Chair" and "Beoga" nice modern takes on the genre. The wonderful wonderful Eric Bibb went down a storm. We're lucky enough to have seen him twice before though. Lovely to see new people finding out about him. Lots and lots of other stuff. ! I've writted a bit about how our Guide dog pup Quita enjoyed the whole experience. (follow link in my signature) and there is a video link to a little Look East news piece which happens to have us in near the end of it. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7537723.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 OOh you are famous can i have Quita's auto paw print Glad you had a good time, I love a good festival Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 My sister and her fiance went to the festival as well,they had a lovely time, despite the showers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina C Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 I wanted to go but we were on hols. I can't believe you have never heard of Joan Armatrading, Claire! Glad you enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little chickadee Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 I had heard of her as a name, but I had no idea who she was Tina! I was only a wee baby in the 1970's ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina C Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 I had a feeling it might be one of those age-related things.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 I wanted to go but we were on hols. I can't believe you have never heard of Joan Armatrading, Claire! Glad you enjoyed it. She is wonderful - 'Love & Affection' is one of my all time favourites It looks like it was a good crowd there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 I love folk, favourites are Capercaillie, Loreena McKennit, Kate Rusby and Flossie Malavialle. We'll get to a folk festival one of these days, glad you had a good time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little chickadee Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 I had a feeling it might be one of those age-related things.... There were lots of people in the disabled section who couldn't believe I didn't know some of the acts too Tina I think I was about a decade out with my musical knowledge! It's great discovering things though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Never heard Joan Armatrading before Eh? Glad you enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 I've heard of .... k.d. lang - LEVELLERS - THE IMAGINED VILLAGE BILLY BRAGG - SETH LAKEMAN - ELIZA CARTHY - PEATBOG FAERIES - WHAPWEASEL Glad you enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little chickadee Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 Just getting excited about the next festival of the summer! We've got the kids with us though so we won't be able to just sit in the music tent the whole time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scramble Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Wow! I've been four times in a row! Had to miss it this year though as I went camping with the guides instead! NO! Well camping was fun too... I heard that Mauvais Sort where going to be there! I love them! French-Canadian to the best of their advantage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
