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 Unthanks
Returning to the Moseley Folk Festival after 2008’s triumphant performance and following swiftly on from their Mercury Prize nomination, Rachel Unthank and the Winterset are back, with a slight name tweak, revised line-up and a brilliant third album – ‘Here’s the Tender Coming’.With Rachel and Becky Unthank’s vocals leading the way, and playing the Cello and Autoharp respectively, the group now includes Niopha Keegan on fiddle, Adrian McNally on piano, drums, dulcitone, marimba, autoharp, and tuned percussion, and finally Chris Price on guitar, bass, ukulele and dulcitone. With music described by the BBC as ‘so complete, so wonderful, unique and yet familiar that it stops you in your tracks’, the Unthanks are ‘well on their way to becoming the most charismatic and imaginative girl group of all time’ according to the Sunday Telegraph. (Sorry Adrian and Chris).
Born and bred in the north-east, Geordie sisters Rachel and Becky Unthank were raised within a Tyneside tradition of sea and border songs, and clog dancing. Their mum and dad are both folk singers, so they’ve been going to clubs and festivals for as long as they can remember. Nowadays most likely to be compared to female singers like Eliza Carthy, the girls actually cite their dad’s band The Keelers as one of their major influences, and another north-east male group The Wilsons.
Rachel Unthank and the Winterset was established in 2004. Despite the fact Becky was taking equal lead vocals, she was also about to go to university and had a mind set on doing some travelling too. So the first formation of the band was designed to allow her a smooth exit. However, in response to this freedom, Becky found herself committing more and more to the band. Their debut album, the interestingly titled ‘Cruel Sister’, was a massive success, winning MOJO’s Folk Album of the Year. Two sell-out tours followed.
Just before their second album the band found themselves having to change fiddle players at the last minute. Niopha Keegan was drafted in, and within three days of joining the band she successfully played three live 90 minute shows. Two weeks later the album was recorded too. In ‘The Bairns’ transcended and grounded music unfolded around old, new and imaginatively borrowed stories of booze, brawls, abuse, loss, love, depravity and sorrow. EMI were so impressed that they persuaded the band’s label Rabble Rouser Music to license the record to them. At the end of 2007, the record was an almost constant presence on various ‘best of the year’ lists, including being the Telegraph’s Best Folk Album.
2008 saw the Mercury nomination, which then led to tours of Australia, the States and Europe. Perhaps with Becky now feeling satisfied that she’d done her travelling, the band returned in 2009 as The Unthanks. Rebranded. Perhaps more sophisticated. Still brilliant. Still unique.
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