27 Feb 2008 by Chris     No Comments    Posted under: Entertainment

First news on Cambridge Folk Festival 2008

They always manage to keep the lineup at the Cambridge Folk Festival pretty well guarded secret, at least until the day the whole lineup is unveiled. But in the last few years one or two acts have “accidentally” included Cambridge when listing their summer tours. This year we find Billy Bragg letting the cat out of the bag, with a mention that he’s playing on the Friday solo, and on the Saturday as part of The Imagined Village.
I thought Billy Bragg last played at the Cambridge Folk Festival about three years ago, but on checking the past lineups I discover it was, incredibly, back in 2002 (the year we all now remember as being Joe Strummer’s last performance). Headlining the warmup night on the small stage, Bragg was at his most entertaining, and I can’t wait to see him again.
Until I saw The Imagined Village on Later with Jools Holland a couple of weeks ago I didn’t know anything about them, but it was a drop-yer-bacon-sarnie moment when they appeared – like Under One Sky last year, it was almost like having half of the Cambridge Folk Festival on stage together. Brilliant!

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