Apart from being rained out on Saturday evening, the two remaining days were rather fantabulous. Musical highlights included guitarist Martin Simpson, the gorgeous of voice and body Kate Rusby and the UK Ukelele Orchestra who did covers of pop tunes on, not surprisingly, ukeleles, including a chord sequence from Handel where pop and rock tunes were superimposed - the dreadful I Will Survive, Hotel California, Love Story Theme, Killing Me Softly and about eight others. Movingly clever stuff. Toots and the Maytals put on a great party rocker of a show, headlining on Saturday. I wasn't so keen on Sunday's bill-topper, Nanci Griffith and was too wet to enjoy Joan Baez. I would hardly call myself a die-hard fan, but she IS a legend. But played the quite awful Imagine at the end of her set so loses Dukc street cred.
Toots and the Maytals. They were tootin'. Monkey Man - ya, go go go.
Now Lottie takes a chill pill and lies languidly in the sun.
The wonderful Rachel Unthank and the Winterset. They got a new fan today. Me. What a lovely tune the opener to their new Album is. Check their myspace site out www.myspace.com/rachelunthank and listen to Felton Lonnen Radio. Does that not sound like the Geordie Bjork? Lovely chappesses, entertaining, funny and by this track potentially quite dark. The album is mine.
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