It is now less than a month until 2000 Trees makes its yearly descent upon Upcote Farm in Gloucestershire. As somebody who has heard only positive things about the event, it is a festival that I am personally looking forward to experiencing myself. 2000 Trees has won over a host of festival goers since its launch in 2007, with its mix of interesting new...
Glastonbury is just a few short days away and with the lineup now announced, it’s time to start some serious planning. However, with such an expansive list of artists, where do you even start? We bring you the second art of our ‘must see’ list, this time focusing on The John Peel Stage, The Acoustic Stage, The Avalon Stage and Croissant...
Formerly nicknamed Hyde Park Calling due to its central London location, Hard Rock Calling is back for its eighth consecutive year in 2013 – only this time with a new home in the form of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The move, which sees the festival host the first event at the venue since the London 2012 Olympics from June 29-30, comes after a...
Glastonbury is just a few short weeks away and with large parts of the lineup now announced, it’s time to start some serious planning. However, with such an expansive list of artists, where do you even start? We’ll be bringing you our top picks from around the stages in the run up to the festival, starting with some obvious choices from the...
With a ream of final names added to the bill this week, Cambridge round off another superb line up for 2013. Latest additions include emerging talent from the likes of Rae Morris, who previously wowed us as Dot To Dot in 2012, and The Staves whose debut album dropped late last year. Elsewhere MTTM favourites Thea Gilmore and Emily Barker and The Red Clay...
Dot To Dot is widely recognised as one of the best places to catch up and coming talent tipped to do well over the following months, with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Jake Bugg, Ellie Goulding and Lissie all having featured on the lineup in recent years. This year looks to be no exception with another eclectic mix of up and coming bands lined up for the three...
Still reeling from the awesome acts that played last year’s event such as Jake Bugg, Michael Kiwanuka, Professor Green and Django Django to name but a very few, Liverpool Sound City 2013 is expected to be even bigger and better. This week, the organisers behind Liverpool Sound City announced more acts that are set to play the festival and already it seems...
Cambridge Folk festival have announced the latest wave of names. This includes The Waterboys, with their hugely influential blend of Celtic folk, gospel, country and rock, English folk legends Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick and US singer-songwriter and Band of Joy member Patty Griffin. Elsewhere, State Of The Union comprising of Americana stalwart...
The first of our festival features for 2013 just had to be about Cambridge Folk Festival. The mother of all UK folk festivals, this year is shaping up to be another memorable line-up with the likes of rising stars Lucy Rose and Sam Lee already announced alongside Bellowhead, Martin Simpson, Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman, Levellers and Bella Hardy (to...
I have to confess by Sunday I’m exhausted. Though the site isn’t massive the hilly nature of the ground makes moving between stages hard work and with vegetarian food including, chips, chips, veggie burger, pizza, and chips I can’t help but feel fatigued. I spend the first part of the day hunting for something different and (un)luckily for...
Saturday begins with the up-tempo disco beats of Sister Sledge. They’re one of those band you know had a hit with more that We Are Family but it’s not until they launch a full scale attack on the crowd with back to back classics that I’m reminded just how many there were. With Lost in Music, Frankie and All American Girls all working...
Thursday is something of an induction to Bestival, and having not realised its expanse I seem to spend the day walking and acquainting myself with the likes of Arcadia (and it’s fire displays) and the Wedding Disco (where trashy tunes are essential). Whilst I do little other than get lost, it does become clear that Bestival is the 18-30′s...