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on: Yesterday at 11:16:18 PM
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| Started by Alan2 - Last post by wayne stote | ||
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There is a jazzy tribute band called ‘Hejira’, which is touring at the moment. They sound rather good – I am going to see them next month. Not hard to guess what their favourite album is… Welsh acoustic duo, Zervas & Pepper are currently getting plaudits for their Joni Mitchell show. They are excellent when they do their own material so I imagine if Joni is your bag, it would be an entertaining night out. |
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on: Yesterday at 11:13:54 PM
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| Started by Alan2 - Last post by wayne stote | ||
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I like Joni's first three albums but she moved away from my sort of thing after that. But Blue was her fourth. Surely you don't consider that one an outlier? Jules I'm not overly keen Blue although I'm aware it's supposed to be a classic. |
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on: Yesterday at 11:10:59 PM
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| Started by Alan2 - Last post by wayne stote | ||
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I like Joni's first three albums but she moved away from my sort of thing after that. Yes, exactly. |
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on: Yesterday at 07:00:21 PM
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| Started by bassline (Mike) - Last post by hendo (Dave) | ||
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A slight aside but Cambridge Folk Fest are also advertising hard, I was messaged today. Perhaps it’s the larger fests that are hardest hit……
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on: Yesterday at 06:57:18 PM
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| Started by bassline (Mike) - Last post by Lubiloo (Lorna) | ||
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Only been to the one so I really can't do a deep analysis. But the analysis above is probably very fair, but I wonder if the band would be damned if they went too far in the other direction-only booking acts guaranteed to bring a youth movement in, to get grumbles from people who like their music of a certain vintage. That doesn't apply to the people on this forum I hasten to add. Here is a diverse range of music fans, but using people from my own age bracket as a sampler, most would not be a fan of newer music in general. The new album from an estabilished artist, yes. But a group 2 or 3 albums in...not so sure. I fear the other aspect is that Simon's famous quote about why shouldn't there be a Fairport in 50 or 60 years from now has never happened either, so the steady as she goes approach (much as I like it musically) is not going to shake things up. The day it tried to adapt to appeal to a very young demographic, it wouldn't be Cropredy any more. It did appeal to a younger demographic. I was 27 at the first Cropredy. I’m 72 now . It’s just that younger demographic has aged with the band., Absolutely…I was about 30ish when I first went. It was very much smaller and everyone sat on blankets…We couldn’t manage that now, not all weekend, for sure! The trouble is, as I mentioned before sometime, Cropredy might not give many of today’s younger people what they want, in terms of cool stuff to post on Insta! There are many more trendy festivals around, so many festivals have popped up since those days it’s a bit of a saturated market and I guess artists can take their pick of the most luctrative. |
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on: Yesterday at 06:48:44 PM
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| Started by bassline (Mike) - Last post by hendo (Dave) | ||
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Only been to the one so I really can't do a deep analysis. But the analysis above is probably very fair, but I wonder if the band would be damned if they went too far in the other direction-only booking acts guaranteed to bring a youth movement in, to get grumbles from people who like their music of a certain vintage. That doesn't apply to the people on this forum I hasten to add. Here is a diverse range of music fans, but using people from my own age bracket as a sampler, most would not be a fan of newer music in general. The new album from an estabilished artist, yes. But a group 2 or 3 albums in...not so sure. I fear the other aspect is that Simon's famous quote about why shouldn't there be a Fairport in 50 or 60 years from now has never happened either, so the steady as she goes approach (much as I like it musically) is not going to shake things up. The day it tried to adapt to appeal to a very young demographic, it wouldn't be Cropredy any more. It did appeal to a younger demographic. I was 27 at the first Cropredy. I’m 72 now . It’s just that younger demographic has aged with the band., |
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on: Yesterday at 06:34:38 PM
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| Started by bassline (Mike) - Last post by hendo (Dave) | ||
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I also feel the main problem this year is the underwhelming lineup. I will be there because it is Cropredy after all, but if I saw this prog yawnfest at any other festival I would definitely be giving it a wide berth! You’re a mate Bill , so I can do this. So you’re not really going to a fest. You’re going to afield to meet up with some mates and it doesn’t matter if there’s music on or not……? As for the meeting friends bit, that is a massive draw for me. There are many who we only see at this one festival and there is nothing that will ever match that Meet On The Ledge moment on the Saturday night. Talking of friends, it’s been far too long since we saw your good self! My tongue was in my cheek Bill. I fancy Friday but as you say headliners don’t attract me…..quite simply I’ve seen them before! and I always tended to go with a group of friends rather than meet people at the fest. That group is now sadly depleted. |
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on: Yesterday at 04:35:15 PM
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| Started by Alan2 - Last post by dog-nap (Ian) | ||
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There is a jazzy tribute band called ‘Hejira’, which is touring at the moment. They sound rather good – I am going to see them next month. Not hard to guess what their favourite album is…
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on: Yesterday at 01:25:31 PM
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| Started by Alan2 - Last post by Jules Gray | ||
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I like Joni's first three albums but she moved away from my sort of thing after that. But Blue was her fourth. Surely you don't consider that one an outlier? Jules |
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on: Yesterday at 12:07:58 PM
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| Started by Alan2 - Last post by Nick Reg | ||
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I like Joni's first three albums but she moved away from my sort of thing after that. |
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