Archive Tag: Glastonbury

27 Jun 2015

The Lost Brothers – two Irish brothers, each armed with an acoustic guitar and a bright and clear singing voice – play their traditional and delicate folk to remarkably soporific effect. Sending people to sleep is, for once, a testament to their music’s intended dreaminess: unashamedly and soothingly nostalgic, but never quite crossing over into tweeness, with lyrics that reference magicky folk tropes (mystical women etc), while sneaking in a bit of vague social commentary (“all we have is gold and silver”). They conclude by asking the audience to get on their feet – and the surprising effort made by slowly roused punters is enough to confirm the crowd’s affection.

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07 Jul 2014

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Lucky UK people can watch Nina Persson’s Glastonbury Festival set in full over on the BBC website until the end of this month:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/errnc8/acts/a9q6v2#p0216hn3

If you’re not in the UK you can watch “Dreaming Of Houses” on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaEQAB2XFDw


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