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Lewes Guitar Festival And the odd violin, too, in more venues than ever According to organiser Laurence Hill, singersongwriter Richard Thompson is ‘the most exciting act we have signed up to play in the Lewes Guitar Festival. Ever.” The former Fairport Convention frontman, who has a vast international following of discerning fans, will be headlining the Saturday night gig in the ‘Big Top’ marquee in the Convent Field in front of what will certainly be a sell-out crowd of 1500 people, on August 3rd. The weeklong festival, fast becoming the most important event of its kind in the country, starts on July 30th, and features more performers in more venues than ever . “We’ve approached Richard’s agent pretty much every year, with no response,” says Laurence. “But the festival is reaching the level now that agents are approaching us rather than vice versa, and this is what happened in this case. We’re delighted. He’s one of the great guitar heroes.” Thompson has never had mainstream appeal, but over the years has become an international cult figure, whose albums are eagerly awaited by guitar cognoscenti. After leaving Fairport Convention, more or less, it seems, on a whim in 1971, Thompson has gone on to have a solo career peppered with surprising twists and turns including an act with his former wife Linda Thompson, a sojourn in a sufi commune in East Anglia, and collaborations with musicians as diverse as John Lydon, Michael Stipe and Pere Ubu’s David Thomas. His song ‘1952 Vincent Black Lightning’ is the most requested song on the US National Public Radio. The Friday night headliner in the big top is Seth Lakeman (above), taking a breather in a year in which he is touring with both Jethro Tull and Tori Amos. Seth, from Devon, is at the forefront of the nu-folk movement, a singer and fiddler whose self-penned songs often tell historical tales of incidents such as the Gresford mining disaster and Childe the Hunter, a figure from Cornish mythology who tried vainly to save himself from freezing to death by disembowelling his horse and sheltering inside the carcass. He is famous for his amazing set-closing fiddle-offs with Jon Sevink while touring with The Levellers. “We see Friday as being more of a party night, with Saturday being one for more serious music lovers,” says Laurence. Other acts worthy of note are spectral nu-folkster Kate Walsh, whose album has recently been number one in the i-tune charts, Canadian songster Bruce Cockburn (with 23 albums under his belt) Argentinian classical legend Jorge Cardoso, German steel-stringer Peter Finger, and Andalusian flamenco soloist Miguel Ochando. Rumours of Jimi Hendrix playing a set on the top of the Mound are completely unfounded. V Alex Leith www.lewesguitarfestival.co.uk 01273 486728 W W W. V i V a l E W E S . C o M W W W. V i V a l E W E S . C o M g i g S 1
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