Submitted by Krasnyi on
I appear to be one of the most positive people on here when it comes ot this year's line-up. At current reckoning I have 23 'must-sees'. Never going to happen of ourse, due to clashes and possible childcare issues but I can dream.
So how about an absolute top five must-sees. Performers so crucial that if two of them clash then time travel will have to be invented ahead of August.
Mine:
Phil Cook
Joan Shelley
Yorkston, Thorne, Khan
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Ezra Furman
The latter two because they're probably the best live acts I've seen in recent times. Ezra can't be beaten for sheer exuberance and life-affirming joy and UMO are just so wonderfully and psychedlically funky.
No room for RW in the top five shock!
Don't worry Ryley, there's
Don't worry Ryley, there's room for you in mine.
Grandaddy, Phil Cook, Joan Shelley (you get Nathan Salsburg for free with Joan - hooray!) and YTK too.
Kamasi Washington on the bench.
I have an amazing recording
I have an amazing recording of Nathan Saltzburg, BPB and Joan Shelley doing 'Moonshiner' which I shall try and find and share.
smithers replied on Permalink
In no particular order:
In no particular order:
Michael Rother, Tindersticks, Ezra Furman, Moonlandingz, Fat White Family
About another 10 on the subs bench
Nearly impossible, but I'm
Nearly impossible, but I'm seeing Joan Shelley, Nathan Sazburg and YTK following weekend, so I can miss those out.
Grandaddy (although might have to leave kids at Mountain for B&S)
Phil Cook
Ryley Walker
King Gizzard
Julia Holter (missed her last time)
This will change tomorrow but
This will change tomorrow but for today I'll go for Tindersticks, Kevin Morby, Daniel Norgren, Aidan Moffat and Grandaddy.
Had I not the pleasure of seeing Ryley a few weeks ago he would undoubtably be top 5.
waveydavey replied on Permalink
Five??
Five??
Blimey thats difficult.
OK my five (today) are:
Julianna Barwick
Cavern of Anti Matter
Floating Points
Julia Holter
Grandaddy
decemberboy replied on Permalink
Miracle Legion
Miracle Legion
Lush
Jagwar Ma
Battles
Ezra Furman
And also Aidan Moffat/Malcolm Middleton/Arab Strap
Like others I could choose
Like others I could choose more, but here we go.
Kamasi Washington (believe me, the new, enlarged Far Out Tent will have its roof blown off)
Phil Cook
Ryley Walker
White Denim
Laura Marling ( always changing, always interesting)
Jason Isbell Joan Shelley
Jason Isbell Joan Shelley Phil Cook Meilyr jones the ohpeas
Meilyr would be on my list
Meilyr would be on my list too, wonderfully engaging live performer, but saw him earlier in year and will see again in September.
Damn, I forgot John
Damn, I forgot John Shuttleworth!
I love how our musical tastes
I love how our musical tastes overlap in slightly different ways.
For me it's -
Ezra Furman (obvs)
Kamasi Washington
Jason Isbell
Arab Strap
Laura Marling
lush
lush
tindersticks
ryley walker
ezra furman
belle and sebastian
but i'm not looking forward to the sunday night closing dash between julia holter on the main stage - to the far out for ezra - and back to the main for B&S
almost flap all of interest to me across the weekend - and then that...
I'd probably go for Unknown
I'd probably go for Unknown Mortal Orchestra over Julia for that reason, but ... if the MS times shifted a bit to the left it might be possible to catch both, with Ezra to follow. What a threesome that would be.
Sunday is certainly the strongest day. I've got numerous options that all look pretty exciting.
I'll be making that same dash
I'll be making that same dash unless youngest needs sleep
After seeing Floating Points'
After seeing Floating Points' Glastonbury performance, they've gone straight into my top 5.
Now I have to decide who sub to the bench.....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ewcj5v/acts/a4h2rz#p03yhz4j
By the same token I have to
By the same token I have to have White Denim too.
also just watched Ezra's performance - what a life force!
By the same token I have to
By the same token I have to have White Denim too.
also just watched Ezra's performance - what a life force!
talking of phil cook, anyone
talking of phil cook, anyone seen his high school band 1998 performance on youtube?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2oRTeCkjsM
featuring brad cook and joe westerlund of megafaun too
(and that bon iver bloke)
but phil c is the killer - check out his piano playing at 31.15
in his HIGH SCHOOL band!
Oh my god, that's incredible
Oh my god, that's incredible ...
... a bunch of young folk paying pretty much undivided attention to what's happening on the stage :)
Nathan replied on Permalink
Throws (meaning Barwick does
Throws (meaning Barwick does not make this list).
BC Camplight
Pictish Trail
Lush
Steven James Adams (he released a lovely album recently).
Honorable Mentions: Magnetic North, Holter, Glasby, Norgen, YTK, Gizzard.
I'd forgotten about Throws.
I'd forgotten about Throws. For some reason they've been overlooked on the official Spotify playlist.
They wouldn't make my top 5, but certainly get close to it.
Just discovered them the
Just discovered them the other day.
Always liked Tunng but thought they'd run out of steam last time I saw them at Green Man.
good chance they won't be clashing with any of my must-sees so hope to check them out
Wakestock replied on Permalink
Three must-sees for me are
Three must-sees for me are Ezra Furman, Meilyr Jones, and Kamasi Washington. I have a far longer list of things I'd very much like to see mind: Meatraffle, King Gizzard, White Denim, Floating Points, Kevin Morby, Joan Shelley, BC Camplight, Cavern of Anti-Matter, Yorkston Thorne Khan, Julia Holter, UMO, Moonlandingz and Grandaddy. I'd say Ryley Walker as well, but I'll be seeing him just a couple of weeks before Green Man anyway
I do keep trying Kamasi
I do keep trying Kamasi Washington given all the lov for him on here but leaves me cold. Jazz innit?
Wakestock replied on Permalink
He's the real deal though.
He's the real deal though. Sun Ra Arkestra was one of my highlights last year too, so I think there's room for a bit of jazz in the mix. Judging by their Glastonbury performance there's a distinctly strong jazz element to Floating Points' live performance too
Jazz "aficionados" appear to
Jazz "aficionados" appear to dislike his association with the genre
not enough "breathing space" between the notes or something
i don't want breathing space I want to be suffocated!
jodarock replied on Permalink
First time for me @ Green Man
First time for me @ Green Man having been a Glastohead for many years so really looking forward to a different vibe ...must sees are James Blake, Fat Whites who never fail to disappoint with their music and onstage nudity, Moonlandingz, Julianna Barwick, Tindersticks, Wild Beasts, Gengahr, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Lush and the mighty Grandaddy who I adore. A lot to love on the line up and I'm looking forward to a few surprises and the general trip into the unknown.....
Top 5 Must See's
Second year of GM as I loved it so much last year.
In no particular order...
Ezra Furman
Kevin Morby
Fat White Family
Kamasi Washington
UMO
Sunday's going to a great day for music!
Our Top 5
Belle and Sebastian (Grandaddy would have been 2nd - oh well)
Ezra Furman
King Gizzard
Jagwar Ma
Laura Marling
Plenty on the bench including Fat White Family if the kids can stay awake long enough.
Serious love for Ezra here. I
Serious love for Ezra here. I must be missing something!
I feel like the lad that got into the 3D movie but forgot his glasses.
Looks like I'll be the only one round here going to listen to Sam Lee sing about Lily White Damsels and Ships a-sailing on Sunday evening!!
Don't know why I started this
Don't know why I started this 'cos I sure as hell can't pick five. Just been watching Belle & Sebastian from Glastonbury 2015 to cheer me up from all the madness around (Boris fucking Johnson as Foreign Sec???) and they are obviously a must -see!
Richard H replied on Permalink
Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman
Connan Mockasin
King Gizzard
Cate Le Bon
UMO
http://concert.arte.tv/fr
http://concert.arte.tv/fr/soiree-de-poche-kevin-morby
... has just cemented Mr Morby's positon in my top 5. A beautiful solo set. (Solo except for a couple of tracks when the lad from Whitney joins him on trumpet. Sublime!)
(A possible clash with Cowbois is however causing me a bit of concern!)
Whitney and Kevin Morby both
Whitney and Kevin Morby both playing the Hare & Hounds on the Tuesday and Thursday after Green Man which takes a bit of pressure off me regarding potential clashes. Both more than good enough to merit seeing twice within a few days though but.
Thanks for the link Slugger,
Thanks for the link Slugger, I'll have a listen to that tomorrow. I love KM's records but found him disappointing live when I saw him last year.
I really want to give him another chance though, and I expect that potential clash may disappear when the actual times are announced, but unfortunately I'm really loving Black Peaches too so I think they and the Cowbois will be the two things that are likely to drag me out into the light on Sunday.
There was a time when the
There was a time when the Rising Stage was somewhere you could pop by if there wasn't much else of interest going on elsewhere.
I think it now warrants careful research and planning as much as any other area.
I'm certainly hoping there are no major clashes with Janileigh Cohen's set -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyKV8i25x2c
Beautiful voice. Meic Stevens
Beautiful voice. Meic Stevens did a great version of that song last year on the Mountain stage.
amazing that people have been
amazing that people have been singing that song for the best part of 50 years and I bet the poor bugger who wrote it (Jackson C. Frank) never saw a peny from it
sandy denny's version remains the best but then you can't compare anyone to sandy
bert jansch's was pretty
bert jansch's was pretty special too...
Yup. I turned to Slug Junior
Yup. I turned to Slug Junior in "wise father mode" last year whilst Meic Stevens was doing his stuff and whispered "that's a Bert Jansch song. I have the original at home"
(Sorry Jackson wherever you are)
And had I overheard you, I'd
And had I overheard you, I'd have contradicted you and said it was a Nick Drake song.
Just reading about him in
Just reading about him in Mick Houghton's biog of Sandy Denny, he had a hard life and died pretty much destitute in 1999.
For all those Phil Cook nuts
For all those Phil Cook nuts out there, here's a nice little film.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k_4TyQ1s_Lc
Agree with Ray, the Bert
Agree with Ray, the Bert Jansch version is the definitive one for me. Steve Gunn is another one I will definitely be looking out for. If anyone has heard the Kendrick Lamar record, and it's impressive even if it's just for production, then Kamasi Washington is responsible for a lot of that sound. I read the Sandy Denny book too Kras, not the happiest of reads is it, but nonetheless informative.
Only up to the Fairport era
Only up to the Fairport era at prseent but have read other biogs and am familiar with the story - really awfully sad, this one seems to redress the balance regarding Trvor Lucas who was portrayed as the villain in the past
Greeting all, I'm new here,
Greeting all, I'm new here, figured this thread prob as good a place as any to start. My essential top 5 are...
All Them Witches
Baba Naga
Grandaddy
Besnard Lakes
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Fat White Family
White Denim
Ezra Furman
Oh, by the way, I can't count!
Like your style.
Like your style.
Also like your list contains three of my must-sees and two avoid at all costs!
smithers replied on Permalink
Welcome Oap-Dub, I like the
Welcome Oap-Dub, I like the cut of your gib, a few there on my must see list
Greetings and welcome Oap-Dub
Greetings and welcome Oap-Dub.
And may I compliment you on your impeccable taste :)
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