Wow what a weekend of musical joy I had. Just got home from Truck 13 Music Festival (in Steventon, near Didcot). For any of you that like indie (new bands, unheard/up and coming bands, and mid nineties indie and/or folk) then you should really consider going next year. It's a reasonably sized festival (6 stages including one in a barn!) £80 for the weekend and has a very local feel (no bar where you can only buy Carling etc. All the bars have local ciders and beer).
Anyway, the music....headliners on Saturday were
Mew (a danish indie pop band) and yesterday
Teenage Fanclub (lots of people my age full of nostalgia). I went to specifically see
Fionn Regan (irish folky singer recently likened to Bob Dylan going electric!) and
Tellison, both were absolutely fantastic.
The best named band T
he Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band were awesome (a bit of jazz thrown into the festival mix). And the two acts I knew nothing about but thoroughly enjoyed were
Borderville (a four-piece cabaret rock band) and folk singers
Trevor Moss and Hannah Lou. Lots more to tell you about and recommend but must catch up on some sleep, zzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
Feel free to have a look at the Truck website
www.thisistruck.com