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Cambridge Folk Festival 2008

Sunday

Seth Lakeman

Exploding onto the folk-scene in 2005, it seems like Seth has been an overnight sensation. But his high energy explosive fiddle playing and intensive stage presence is now embedded so much into the fabric of British folk music it is hard to imagine life without him.

What a fabulous performance.

Richard Hawley

The last minute substitution of John Hiatt for Richard made the festival a much more exciting prospect for me.

The folk festival may be a lifetime away from his time with Pulp but Richard looked so much at home. His rockabilly performance and retro image were a refreshing and welcome change. Let's hope it doesn't take someone to drop out of the line-up again before Richard returns.

This year's festival again proved to me that just as you can't judge a book by its cover, you can't judge Cambridge Folk Festival by its line up listing months before the event. In some respects I found this year's festival to be one of the most enjoyable in the eight years I have been covering the event mainly because I was able to take time to enjoy the full set of selected artists instead of racing from stage to stage to catch a glimpse of many.

See you next year, if I'm spared….

Cat

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