Big Session Festival (18-20 June)
Joy Thomas
De Montfort Hall and Gardens, Leicester
Gawd, how exciting! De Montfort Hall and Gardens will resonate this June with the sound of folky songstresses as The Big Session welcomes sweetie pie Cara Dillon, folkingcool love bunny Jackie Oates (whose latest album Hyperboreans the press release delightfully mis-spells as Hyperbeans) AND dear Kate Rusby. Oysterband return as reliable festival hosts, seeming to have done a brilliant job rounding up emerging artists; I’m particularly excited about seeing Nancy Elizabeth, Raghu Dixit, the Moulettes and stamping over-excitedly with Julian Gaskell and the Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. The bloody PROCLAIMERS will be there (folkingcool might have to get drunk for that) and melodious boffins Stornoway (hopefully doing some onstage DIY as backing music). Apparently there are impressive recycling initiatives AND a vast range of real ale. Folkingcool cannot WAIT and hope the sun shines. Watch this space for reviews of the festival in words, pictures and possibly noises.
Yipppeeee for Big Session!
