Wednesday 20 June 2007

Festival season beckons!

As the festival season gathers apace, things are hotting up in the offices of the Cambridge Folk Festival , running times are being finalised, a wealth of fantastic merchandise is being arranged and acts are being booked for a signing session or busking performance outside the hugely popular MOJO signing tent!
On top of all this we are pleased to announce that this year a fantastic collection of live recordings made at the Cambridge Folk Festival has been put together on a stunning double CD with the very best performances by top folk, blues, country and acoustic acts from 1998 to 2006, the full tracklisting is as follows,

CD1
1 Altan: John Doherty’s Reels; Mindy Smith: One Moment More; Dr John: It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t GotThat Swing) ; Eddi Reader: Hummingbird ; Bellowhead: Hopkinson’s Favourite ; Kate Rusby: Underneath The Stars ; Guy Clark: LA Freeway; Cara Dillon: She’s Like The Swallow; Beth Orton: Someone’s Daughter ; Hayseed Dixie: Fat Bottomed Girls ; Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros:(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais ; Josh Ritter: Hello Starling (Snow Is Gone) ;John Prine and Iris DeMent: In Spite Of Ourselves ; Billy Bragg and The Blokes: England, Half English ; Martin Carthy: The Devil And The Feathery Wife ; Indigo Girls: Closer To Fine ; Michael McGoldrick Band: Watermans ; Karine Polwart: The Sun’s Comin’ Over The Hill ; Martin Simpson: Masters Of War

CD2
1 Ani DiFranco: Cradle And All ; The Duhks: Death Came A Knockin’ ; Jimmy Webb: Wichita Lineman ; Eliza Carthy Band: Adieu Adieu ; La Bottine Souriante: Le Reel des SoucoupesVolantes ; John McCusker and Phil Cunningham:Leaving Friday Harbor ; The Proclaimers: I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) ; The Poozies: The Widow ; Joan Baez: Joe Hill; Eric Bibb: Good Stuff ; Afro Cuban All Stars: Habana del Este ; Norma Waterson, Martin Carthy andChris Parkinson: Black Muddy River; John Tams Band: Hugh Stenson And Molly Green; Asleep At The Wheel: Route 66 ; The Waifs: When I Die ; Mary Gauthier: I Drink ; Richard Thompson: Tear Stained Letter.

The CD will be available from the Official Festival Merchadise stall on the corner at the traders marquee, but if your not attending this years event, don't fret - they are also available online at http://www.gottdiscs.com/ or in writing with a cheque for £13.99 plus £1.50 p&p to Gottdiscs Ltd P.O Box 305, Cambridge CB1 7ZW.

We will continue to keep you up to date with all the latest Cambridge folk news and gossip. We hope to see you all at the Festival. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a weekend of fantastic weather!

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Wednesday 13 June 2007

6 weeks to go!

So...just 6 weeks to go til the Festival begins and preparations are going well.
Artists are now starting to put their names down to do signings in the Mojo signing tent.
On the subject of Mojo, we've confirmed Steve Earle as this year's Mojo interview - should be a great one to watch.

Look out also for a brand new Festival CD that will be on sale during the event with some of the best tracks from artists over the years.

T-shirt design is also now good to go - hope everyone likes 'em.

More soon...

Wednesday 6 June 2007

Welcome to the Cambridge Folk Festival Blog

The tickets are sold, the artists are booked....we'll be updating this blog in the run up to the Festival and during the event as well we'll be keeping a full diary complete with backstage gossip and pics etc.