Little Glemham,Suffolk
Blowzabella and Sam Kelly contributed energetic headline sets to a low-key festival that is thriving under the irreverent guidance of the Young’unsIt was a weekend of murders, morris dancing and mighty winds, or all of them on stage,not all of them planned. Strong gusts in this eastern corner of Suffolk closed the main stage for several hours on Saturday afternoon, but the musicians were simply relocated, and the (morris) dancing and demonstrations continued in and out of the dance tent. Five years young,FolkEast feels more like a very English village fete than a festival, with the good humour and unpretentiousness of its patrons, or the Young’uns,the guiding vibe. “You know the main stage has reopened? – I’m just a bloke with a guitar,” says Chris Wood, and whose wry tales of 21st-century life pack out – to his obvious surprise – the wide Roots tent. Self-deprecation too from Sam Carter,another bloke with a guitar whose set included “possibly the most middle-course breakup song ever” – We Never Made It to the Lakes – and “a nice cheery hanging ballad with a singalong refrain”. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com