"The beauty of Cambridge is the diversity of the bill. This year’s festival featured the finest in traditional folk, in the form of The Waterson Family, through to the best of bluesy funk, in the form of Booker T."
Shropshire Star
"Cambridge is continuing to be a decent mix of old and new, keeping 'folk' alive at a time when everyone seems to be trying to reinvent it."
Underwurld
To read a selection of press reviews from this year's Festival, click on the links below:
The Scotsman
The Times
The Daily Telegraph
Shropshire Star
Cambridge News
Cambridge News #2
The Guardian
And some blogs about the event:
Mike Harding's BBC Radio 2 blog
Mike Harding's BBC Radio 2 blog #2
The Co-operative
Underwurld Music
Sons of Loki
About Me
- The Co-operative Cambridge Folk Festival
- The Cambridge Folk Festival is one of the premier music events in Europe and one of the longest running and most famous folk festivals in the world. It has become hugely popular and a regular sell out attracting ten thousand people, many of whom return year after year. The Festival is renowned for its eclectic mix of music and a wide definition of what might be considered folk. The best traditional folk artists from the UK and Ireland rub shoulders with more contemporary acts, the finest American country, blues and roots artists, acclaimed singer songwriters and even the odd pop star. Bluegrass, gospel, cajun, zydeco, jazz, world, klezmer and a ceilidh are also regular features. The line up has reflected the many changes in the music scene from the 60s to the present and is always a hotbed mix of the old and the new. The list of performers who have appeared reads like a who’s who and the Festival has been a launching pad for many now well known artists.
1 comment:
saw doctors on top form enjoyed booker t eddie reader so many to mention great festival again
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