Just got back from The Greenman Festival in Wales. Its a nice low key festival with few/no big names. Calexico topped the bill and I managed to walk right to the front about 5 minutes before they started playing. They were really kicking. Paradoxical I guess, The big names provided the most memorable experiences but aren’t what its all about.
Other highlights, John Renbourn and Burt Jansch plus of course Jose Gonzalez and Donovan was great.
Saw lots of the performers with white wristbands checking out all the other acts. Lots of musicians around guitars, bongos, etc. I think I should get my guitar out more often.
Full line up here. But I didn’t even bother with a program, if I didn’t like a band I just walked to the next stage, so this is what I ended up seeing:
FRIDAY
It rained a lot and I spent a lot of time in the DJ tent with Hazel listening to amazing tunes that I had never heard before.
Fionn Regan
The Aliens
Donovan
SATURDAY
Vito
Tunng
John Renbourn
James Yorkston
Jose Gonzalez
SUNDAY
Marissa Nadler
The Yellow Moon Band (the organisers family band it seemed)
Juana Molina (saw her in Brighton last week with Fionn Regan at the Duke of York)
Bert Jansch
Calexico
