Artists are listed in reverse order of appearance. Headliners will play around 9pm. Doors open 2pm on Friday and 11am on Saturday & Sunday with performances starting soon after.
Performance times can be seen at the festival information tent and bar and also in the festival programme.
FRIDAY 3rd september 2010
Main Stage
The Divine Comedy
Turin Brakes
Fyfe Dangerfield
Erland and The Carnival
Sparrow and the Workshop
Ben Calvert
Lunar Stage
Beth Jeans Houghton
Starless and Bible Black
Hannah Peel with Table
Vadoinmessico
Matthew P
SATURDAY 4th september 2010
Main Stage
Donovan
The Low Anthem
High Llamas
Johnny Flynn
Spider John Koerner
Alasdair Roberts
Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver
Lunar Stage
Goodnight Lenin
Dan Walsh and Will Pound
Jo Hamilton
Malpas
Megan Henwood
Arborea
Oh Ruin
SUNDAY 5th september 2010
Main Stage
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
The Unthanks
Lunasa
John Renbourn
The Destroyers
Martin Simpson
Bella Hardy
Lunar Stage
Cut A Shine
Rainbow Chasers
The Urban Folk Quartet
Little Sister
Broom Bezzums
James Hickman, Dan Cassidy and Deborah Hodgson
Samuel Walter
FRIDAY 3rd september 2010
Bohemian Jukebox Stage
Gurdan Thomas
Zoe Mulford
Tara Chinn
99*Star
Beneath The Oak
Fox
Tom Martin
The Gardenelles
Charlie
Bulls Head Pub
SATURDAY 4th september 2010
Bohemian Jukebox Stage
Zapoppin'
Perrot's Folly
Ben Calvert
Boat To Row
Workshop - Rapper Dancing with Ryknild Rabble
A Bull
Friends of The Stars
Rich McMahon
Z+
Workshop - Harmonica with Will Pound
Workshop - Clawhammer banjo with Dan Walsh
Bulls Head Pub
Workshop - Song Writing with Alasdair Roberts
SUNDAY 5th september 2010
Bohemian Jukebox Stage
Elfynn
James Summerfield
Richard Burke
Dust Motes
Workshop - Dancing with Cut A Shine
Loose Kites
Miranda Versus The Crok
Panda Su
Chase Mist
Workshop - Penny whistle with Belinda Hutchings
Workshop - Ukulele with the SCUPA
Bulls Head Pub
Workshop - Song with Bella Hardy
Workshop - Arranging Traditional Tunes with Elfynn
The Low Anthem
Riding high on the back of triumphant performances at last year’s Glastonbury, SXSW, Lollapalooza, and Newport festivals, The Low Anthem are one of the music world’s most hotly tipped acts right now. Their distinct, anthemic brand of Americana manages to rise way above its influences, through its startling lyrical imagery and many magical melodies.Last year’s album ‘Oh My God, Charlie Darwin’, their second full-length adventure, was referred to as ‘ethereal transcendence… laden with poignancy’ by the Guardian. The Low Anthem’s musical palette is, however, a very broad one. Hushed, more solemn moments are punctuated by soaring rock-outs, which show off some apocalyptic folk influences. Uncut called the album ‘a fine mix of hymnal purity and barn storming rock’.
The Low Anthem’s biggest hit to date has been the gorgeous and fragile single ‘Charlie Darwin’. (I guess you’d call it a semi-title track for the album). In it, lead singer Ben Knox Miller’s haunting falsetto is buoyed by softly lapping supporting voices. Fans of the Fleet Foxes are advised not to even consider missing the new kings of the vocal harmony.
Nowadays, The Low Anthem are Miller, Jeff Prystowsky, Jocie Adams, and Mat Davidson. The band was formed in 2006 by Miller, Prystowsky and former member Dan Lefkowitz, and has had the current line up since the following year. Miller, a folk singer and painter from New York, and Prystowsky, a jazz bassist and baseball scholar from New Jersey, met at Brown University while working for WBRU, the United States’ first ever college radio station. The two have played together since 2002, and the band’s current sound shows the maturity of their relationship.
The Low Anthem are refreshingly modern, and beautifully timeless. Their performance at this year’s Moseley Folk Festival will be an unmissable opportunity to catch a band destined for great things.
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