The Performers.
Bellowhead
In three years,
eleven piece folk-big-band Bellowhead have exploded onto the festival scene and
fast became one of the most talked about bands on the contemporary folk circuit.
Formed in 2004 by the duo
Spiers & Boden to headline the first Oxford Folk Festival,
Bellowhead have played some of the top festivals in the
Cara Dillon
Cara
Dillon is one of the most talented young exponents of the British and Irish folk
scene. Her wonderful, crystal clear vocals, which seduce new relevance from old
songs, must be heard live to be fully appreciated and have been winning her
acclaim ever since she won the All Ireland Singing Trophy at the age of
fourteen.
Both Cara’s recordings and live performances have won many press accolades
including…
"Young, Irish, gorgeous...& blessed with avoice of unearthly beauty."
“Dillon,
is without exaggeration, amongst the very finest to be heard today..."
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Solas
Since
forming in 1996, Solas have been loudly proclaimed as the most popular,
influential, and exciting Celtic band to ever emerge from the United States.
Although Solas can play undiluted traditional Irish music as well as anyone
alive or departed, they are always varying the mix of fire tested tradition and
contemporary sensibility with an ease and naturalness that is as astonishing as
their overwhelming musicianship. As a result, they transcend musical genres into
the realm of pure musical expression that only a relative handful of musicians
attain.
The internationally acclaimed band have not only captured the hearts and ears of
Irish music fans, but fans all around the globe with their blend of Celtic
traditional, folk and country melodies, bluesy sometimes jazz-inspired
improvisations and global rhythms
"Mind-blowing Irish folk music, maybe the world's best"
"Unbridled vitality", the "world's finest Celtic-folk ensembles"
"The standard by which contemporary Celtic groups are judged."
“Among the most exciting bands anywhere in the world."
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Tanglefoot
Tanglefoot
are a high octane five-piece Canadian folk band who produce a stunning
performance with a big, full throttle sound, a thunderously energetic live show
and some of the best song writing in the business. They combine tradition with
innovation, the hilarious with the poignant, and the furious with the
passionate, all with contagious enthusiasm.
Their theatrical style is a way for them to bring Canadian history alive.
Rampaging energy, superb musicianship, breathtaking vocal harmonies and
engrossing story-songs with hints of Celtic, French-Canadian and English
influences, Tanglefoot are one of the most impressive and thoroughly
entertaining musical acts you will ever see.
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