Music lineup taking shape for Greenbelt Festival 2014
Here’s a quick glance at some of the new music bookings we’ve made since last we blogged lineup announcements. Joining the likes of Sinéad O’Connor, Stornoway, Beth Rowley and Martyn Joseph, we have …
Tinariwen
Pictured above, Tinariwen make music shot through with aching poetry, soulfulness and the beautiful loneliness and rhythms of nomadic life. Saharan tauregs from northern Mali, they evoke what travelling light might really be all about. More here.
Pictured above, Tinariwen make music shot through with aching poetry, soulfulness and the beautiful loneliness and rhythms of nomadic life. Saharan tauregs from northern Mali, they evoke what travelling light might really be all about. More here.
The Apples
All the way from Tel Aviv, the inspired chemistry and varied backgrounds of the nine-piece band The Apples blends the indigenous rhythms of the Middle East and the melodies of European Jewish heritage with American R’n’B, jazz and hip-hop traditions. More here.
All the way from Tel Aviv, the inspired chemistry and varied backgrounds of the nine-piece band The Apples blends the indigenous rhythms of the Middle East and the melodies of European Jewish heritage with American R’n’B, jazz and hip-hop traditions. More here.
Boo Hewerdine
No stranger to Greenbelt in days gone by, Boo makes a welcome return this summer. A sublime singer-songwriter, Nick Hornby says of Boo’s music: “It aches, and that ache is probably pop music’s rarest, most valuable commodity: it takes real nerve to prize regret over rage, and tenderness over threat.” More here.
No stranger to Greenbelt in days gone by, Boo makes a welcome return this summer. A sublime singer-songwriter, Nick Hornby says of Boo’s music: “It aches, and that ache is probably pop music’s rarest, most valuable commodity: it takes real nerve to prize regret over rage, and tenderness over threat.” More here.
Wara
This London-based nine-piece band are a melting pot of identities – with backgrounds that span the world map, from Cuba to Argentina, Venezuela to Chile, Ghana to Congo, and Spain to the UK. Making contagious music, Wara’s musical energy is irresistible, embodying a collision of Cuban and UK music and a globalised world, with all its multi-faceted beauty and madness. More here.
This London-based nine-piece band are a melting pot of identities – with backgrounds that span the world map, from Cuba to Argentina, Venezuela to Chile, Ghana to Congo, and Spain to the UK. Making contagious music, Wara’s musical energy is irresistible, embodying a collision of Cuban and UK music and a globalised world, with all its multi-faceted beauty and madness. More here.
Hackney Colliery Band
Hackney Colliery Band’s members have hugely diverse musical backgrounds, ranging from work with cutting-edge jazz groups to the Royal Opera House, and from Jarvis Cocker to major international orchestras. Mining funk, hip-hop and rock traditions, and throwing in Balkan brass, ska and contemporary jazz for good measure, their setlist is as diverse as the London borough that gave them their name. More here.
Hackney Colliery Band’s members have hugely diverse musical backgrounds, ranging from work with cutting-edge jazz groups to the Royal Opera House, and from Jarvis Cocker to major international orchestras. Mining funk, hip-hop and rock traditions, and throwing in Balkan brass, ska and contemporary jazz for good measure, their setlist is as diverse as the London borough that gave them their name. More here.
Stanley Odd
Whether you get off on words, beats, tunes or all of the above, Edinburgh six-piece Stanley Odd deliver the whole lot. Alternative Scottish hip-hop with heart, mind, wit, grit, conscience and superb live musicianship all thrown in, last time they came to Greenbelt, they played mainstage during the most torrential downpour the festival has ever experienced. We had to have them back. Because you really all need to hear them this time. More here.
Whether you get off on words, beats, tunes or all of the above, Edinburgh six-piece Stanley Odd deliver the whole lot. Alternative Scottish hip-hop with heart, mind, wit, grit, conscience and superb live musicianship all thrown in, last time they came to Greenbelt, they played mainstage during the most torrential downpour the festival has ever experienced. We had to have them back. Because you really all need to hear them this time. More here.
Samantha Crain
A Choctaw Indian, hailing from Oklahoma, Samantha Crain is an uncommonly insightful, fearlessly honest young singer-songwriter. First starting out in music to make the money she needed to travel the world, her journeying and songwriting go hand-in-hand. She follows in the footsteps of an earlier Oklahoma-born troubadour, Woody Guthrie. More here.
A Choctaw Indian, hailing from Oklahoma, Samantha Crain is an uncommonly insightful, fearlessly honest young singer-songwriter. First starting out in music to make the money she needed to travel the world, her journeying and songwriting go hand-in-hand. She follows in the footsteps of an earlier Oklahoma-born troubadour, Woody Guthrie. More here.
Bridie Jackson and the Arbour
A Newcastle based four-piece, Bridie Jackson and the Arbour are nothing if not beautifully eclectic and eccentric. Think the Unthanks. And then think all over again. Bridie Jackson and The Arbour blend melancholy with joyful harmony. More here.
A Newcastle based four-piece, Bridie Jackson and the Arbour are nothing if not beautifully eclectic and eccentric. Think the Unthanks. And then think all over again. Bridie Jackson and The Arbour blend melancholy with joyful harmony. More here.
Emily and the Woods
Growing up listening to the likes of Joni Mitchell, Simon and Garfunkel, Bill Withers and Erykah Badu, Emily and her brother were always encouraged to perform. But the road has been long and winding and has led her to a band sound that blends her luscious vocals with subtle electronic touches, pounding drums, driving bass-lines and shimmering guitars. More here.
Growing up listening to the likes of Joni Mitchell, Simon and Garfunkel, Bill Withers and Erykah Badu, Emily and her brother were always encouraged to perform. But the road has been long and winding and has led her to a band sound that blends her luscious vocals with subtle electronic touches, pounding drums, driving bass-lines and shimmering guitars. More here.
Winter Mountain
A Cornishman and an Irishman met on train in 2008 at Chicago’s Union station. Both were musicians, both singers, both songwriters. They were broke, but intent on making their way by rail to Memphis, the birthplace of Rock n Roll… So Winter Mountain was born. And good that they were, when folks like Rosanne Cash are saying: “They’re amazing … awesome harmony singing, such beautiful songs.” More here.
A Cornishman and an Irishman met on train in 2008 at Chicago’s Union station. Both were musicians, both singers, both songwriters. They were broke, but intent on making their way by rail to Memphis, the birthplace of Rock n Roll… So Winter Mountain was born. And good that they were, when folks like Rosanne Cash are saying: “They’re amazing … awesome harmony singing, such beautiful songs.” More here.
Chris T-T and the Hoodrats
Described as “One of the great underground artists of our time” by Jon Snow and as “Outstanding, indispensable genius. A modern-day Blake” by The Sunday Times, writer and music-maker Chris T-T is one of the UK’s most acclaimed underground activist artists. This year he makes a loud and brawling return to the festival, together with The Hoodrats and their polemic album The Bear. More here.
Described as “One of the great underground artists of our time” by Jon Snow and as “Outstanding, indispensable genius. A modern-day Blake” by The Sunday Times, writer and music-maker Chris T-T is one of the UK’s most acclaimed underground activist artists. This year he makes a loud and brawling return to the festival, together with The Hoodrats and their polemic album The Bear. More here.
RM Hubbert
A guitarist from Glasgow, RM Hubbert writes music about love, death, friendship, mental illness and, occasionally, a dog called D Bone. But it’s not as depressing as that sounds! Drawing on the trauma experienced in his own life, he creates music that is utterly beauty – testament to his considerable technical prowess as a guitarist but, also to his power as a composer. His last album, Thirteen Lost & Found, was nominated for the 2013 Scottish Album of the Year Award and Mojo decribe his material as “emotionally gripping”. More here.
A guitarist from Glasgow, RM Hubbert writes music about love, death, friendship, mental illness and, occasionally, a dog called D Bone. But it’s not as depressing as that sounds! Drawing on the trauma experienced in his own life, he creates music that is utterly beauty – testament to his considerable technical prowess as a guitarist but, also to his power as a composer. His last album, Thirteen Lost & Found, was nominated for the 2013 Scottish Album of the Year Award and Mojo decribe his material as “emotionally gripping”. More here.
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In addition to these, we have also announced some of our early performing arts bookings here – including Square Peg Circus with their stunning outdoor show Rime, Third Angel with Cape Wrath andInspiration Exchange, Unfolding Theatre with Best in the World andHannah Nicklin with A Conversation with my Father.
