Oldsongs
It wasn’t looking good for the Oldsongs Festival this year. The weather forecast looked pretty awful then a family emergency kept us up until 2am the day before we were supposed to leave. We finally rolled in to the festival about 6pm on Friday which left us an hour to set up our tent and get to the main stage for the beginning of the evening concert.
It was worth it however. We had a blast. The weather held and the music was fabulous as usual.
Oldsongs falls solidly on the traditional side of folk but manages to represent a wide variety of styles from around the world. There were so many wonderful performances that it’s hard to pick favorites.
Alan Jabbour and Ken Perlman (Appalachian fiddle and banjo tunes), Lian De Cubel ( celtic music from Asturias in Spain ) and Paul Geremia stood out mostly because I hadn’t seen any of them before. Not to mention Finest Kind, Beppe Gambetta, Debby McClatchy, Brian Peters and a few more who don’t come to mind right now. We had to leave before the end of the last concert which meant there were a number of great performers we never got to see.
Life has been more than hectic lately and the festival offered a welcome respite. I can hardly believe it’s been almost over almost a week already. Oldsongs is on my calender pretty much every year and if you like traditional music it ought to be on yours.
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