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Avalon
This page is provided only for information, it does not apply to the 2002 festival.
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The Field of Avalon houses 3 stages - the Avalon Stage, Nana Obscuries Stage, and the Wise Crone Cafe (see separate page)
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Shooglenifty
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Its time to get your dancing shoes out, after all Shooglenifty means to shimmy in a free fashion and that sums these six guys up perfectly. Formed by former swamptrash fiddle player Angus R.Grant the Shoogles blend traditional Scottish folk tunes with everything from acid jazz to Latin shuffles. With three albums under their belts and the fourth "Solar Shears" on the way they embark for Canada at the end of the month for an extensive tour.
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John Martyn
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With over thirty years of touring and a string of classic albums under his belt John Martyn is one of the British Isles greatest singer guitarists. Originally collaborating with his wife Beverly before embarking on a blistering solo career John's fusion of jazz, rock and folk styles has endured many an audience to him over the years. Tonight's performance promises to be a classic with old and new songs alike.
John Marytn fact- The all time great Solid air was written for influential, tragic cult hero Nick Drake.
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Gong
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Gong, are legendary. Their unique blend of psychedelic, electro jazz crossover, and anarcho hippy, idealist music oozed forth from many a squat and student bedsit in the seventies and continues to do so. Formed around performance poet Deavid Allen in late sixties Paris and augmented by pioneering feminist poet Gilli Smyth Gong mixed philosophical anarchism with eastern, Arabic and jazz music, fused it with theatre and poetry and crated avante guard psychedelic mantric music. A trilogy of albums set on the Planet Gong featuring characters such as Zero the hero and the pothead pixies established a mythos that grows stronger as the years pass. Now back with original members Gong promise to round off this year's festival in an unforgettable manner.
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Headmix Collective
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The Headmix Collective are true acoustic pioneers, they play their instruments with all the power and speed of dance music but with a strong difference to the Celts and what can only be described as a full on vibe! Rising up four years ago from the remains of the Tofu Love Frogs the H.M.C. have delighted audiences at festivals all Britain. Still bearing the scars of a near fatal van crash (expect the sound engineer to be in plaster) this gig will be a triumphant return to the stage for one of the best live festival bands Europe. Think political Celtic, dub fusion and your half way there!
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The Baghdaddies
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Formed five years ago the Baghdaddies have captured the hearts of the U.K. festival scene and have made a marked impact on the world music circuit. Their eclectic fusion of Eastern European gypsy songs and rhythms interloping with traditional Jewish celebratory music (klesmer) and Middle Eastern melodies mixed with elements of jazz, reggae and ska make them one of the most distinct live acts in Britain today. Live the Baghdaddies portray their prowess and musical skills with their sophisticated raw sound always evoking a spirited response from audiences often driving them into a state of wild ecstatic frenzy!
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Kangaroo Moon
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For over ten years now Kangaroo Moon have been playing gigs and festivals all round the globe. Their sound is best described as funky electro, didgeridoo, ambient, rhythmic, dance folk. It's music to dance to and music to feel to. Members of Kangaroo Moon have and continue to play in other bands well known on the festival circuit. For example didgeridoo and keyboard player Mark Robson has played with Gong prime mover Daevid Allen in The Magic Brothers.
Expect a set that is comprised of; songs, instrumental dance pieces and improvisation.
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Rolf Harris
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If you don't know who Rolf is you must be new to our planet. For over thirty-five years he has been putting his unique talent to good use. From Jake the peg to Stairway to heaven, from Rolf's cartoon time to animal hospital and from wobble boards to painting there is only one Rolf Harris. With a string of hit singles stretching back to the days when mobile phones were the stuff of dreams (two little boys was number one when this journalist was born), and a handful of covers from as wide a field as the rolling stones, Lou Reed and Led zeppelin Rolf will prove that he deserves the cult status that he has acquired!
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Crispin Thomas - Compere
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"Eccentric!" Central TV
zen weird environmental
in shopping football and love
witty and wacky but right at the heart
of the cutting edge of fluff...
Not just a mad compere and Organic Football Poet poet but also fronts OUT TO LUNCH (whose mellow set almost had the entire audience lying down in 99 on the Wise Crones Stage!) Crispin is also an integral part of Stroud Football Poets with whom he has appeared at The Royal Festival Hall and countless festivals.
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