FESTIVAL DIARY - SATURDAY
Backstage viewing areas remain packed for the appearance of erstwhile Welsh indie star Cerys Matthews. Great stage presence and a blossoming solo repertoire of country and folk influenced songs warm her to the sunkissed Cambridge crowd.
As sessions go, great American fiddler Bruce Molsky leading Nickel Creek ain't bad. And it's happening outside their dressing rooms now, much to the delight of an audience including Chris While and BBC presenter and fiddler Verity Sharp. It's tough to tear away from the wonderful display, but The Chieftains are on next and they don't call them Ireland's Official Ambassadors of Music for nothing!
Paddy's boys are in fine fettle and the consummate performers paint the stage green with everything they've got: incredible playing, beautiful singing, humour, charm, and some lightning quick dancers. An awestruck audience member calls the experience 'like being in the biggest and best Irish pub in the world', and they're not far wrong. By 'Did You Go Courtin Uncle Joe?', the atmosphere is ecstatic.
Mexican jumping beans Los De Abajo seal the day in style with their activist 'tropipunk', salsa rhythms and pogotastic ska moments. Audience participation is a must, not least next the stage where a day of surprises ends with Eliza Carthy getting into an impromptu salsa lesson!
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