festival antics – Celtarabia

Solfest was amazing , The Club Dog tent a joy and the vibe amazing – We had really lovely gigs one for the sound system and one as the unplugged duo. A top time met loads of old friend and made some new ones special mentions to Michael S, Len, DJ Axis all the the VJs in the tent Dom the sound man and the irrepressible Taffy Thomas. Here is the photo I took of Mandi and I playing the Celtarabia unplugged set the photo was taken by me, from the stage – with crowd in the background waving before the final encore, we had a top time at Solfest with brilliant audiences and an amazing response. Many thanks to everyone who came and said hello after the show and around the site.

Celtarabia described by Mark Pollard organiser of The Hull Folk Festival

"After a full day of music and a fair bit of drinking, the crowd was starting to get itchy feet. The first signs were a bit of shuffling and swaying, which became more animated whenever an act performed an upbeat number, and ended up with people jigging and reeling at the front of the stage. By the time the final act was ready to play they really needed something more, though; something that would allow them to absolutely lose themselves in sound and rhythm. Thankfully, that final act were Celtarabia; right from the off the crowd became a seething mass of whirling dervishes, immersed in 45 minutes of hypnotic world and roots fusion. There really was no finer way to end the day!"