Press Release

March 2010

MOSELEY FOLK FESTIVAL’S FIFTH YEAR

After the last two sell out events, Moseley Folk Festival is celebrating
its fifth birthday with another three days of music and fun in Moseley
Park, Birmingham on the 3rd, 4th and 5th September 2010.

Friday’s bill will be topped by The Divine Comedy, psychedelic folk hero
Donovan will headline on Saturday and The Ukulele Orchestra of Great
Britain will finish off the weekend with their comedic strumming, plucking and
singing. Other confirmed acts include Mercury Prize nominated Turin Brakes
and The Unthanks (formerly Rachel Unthank and The Winterset), folk and blues
legend Spider John Koerner, special guests from America The Low Anthem,
nu-folk poster boy Johnny Flynn, Pentangle’s founding member John
Renbourn, guitarist Martin Simpson and Guillemots front man Fyfe
Dangerfield.

The festival continues to champion Birmingham’s music scene as new local acts
will share the second stage with up and coming talent from across the UK and
beyond. Broom Bezzums will be returning from Germany and America’s
Arborea will be performing as well as fiddle player Dan Cassidy, whose strings
featured on his sister Eva’s legendary ‘Songbird’ track.

There will also be entertainment for all the family, with storytelling pirates,
traditional fairground rides and a variety of music and dance workshops.

Tickets will be on sale from 1st April 2010.

For more information about the Moseley Folk Festival and the full line-up please
visit www.moseleyfolk.co.uk.

ENDS

For further details contact Charlotte on 07512 378 818 or

charlotte@moseleyfolk.co.uk
or Carl on 07973764023
Notes for the editor:

• Further confirmed acts include Erland & The Carnival, Beth Jeans
Houghton, Sparrow and the Workshop, Megan Henwood, The High
Llamas, Alasdair Roberts, Lisa Knapp, Bella Hardy, The Destroyers,
and The Urban Folk Quartet.
• Donovan’s first single for Epic Records, ‘Sunshine Superman’, reached
the top of the American Billboard’s Hot 100 in September 1966.
Contributing lyrics and vocals ‘Yellow Submarine’, Donovan was one of the
few artists to work on songs with the Beatles. During his career he has
performed with Pete Seeger, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan.
• Neil Hannon, the man behind The Divine Comedy (and sometimes its
only member) has contributed music to Channel 4’s The IT Crowd and
vocals for the BBC Doctor Who soundtrack. In 1996 the band was
championed by Radio 1 DJ Chris Evans, after hearing ‘Something For the
Weekend’ at a friend’s house he played it three times in one show.
• The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain was formed in 1985. The
current line-up has been playing together for over 20 years. The Orchestra
have collaborated with The Kaiser Chiefs, Cat Stevens and Madness.
Celebrity fans include David Bowie and Michael Palin.
• Spider John Koerner was a friend and great influence to Bob Dylan. This
festival performance is part of his first proper UK tour since 1981 when he
appeared at Cambridge Folk Festival. He first gained attention in the early
1960s as part of the folk blues trio Koerner, Ray and Glover.
• Turin Brakes have released six albums. Over the decade they have been
together the duo featured in the chorus on the 2004 Band Aid 20 single
and appeared on Jonathan Ross’s Friday Night Live.
• The Low Anthem’s ‘Oh My God, Charlie Darwin’ was Uncut magazine’s
Americana Album of 2009 and Rough Trade’s No.2 Album of the Year.
• John Renbourn recorded a duet with Burt Jansch in the 1960s and went
on to form Pentangle.
• Martin Simpson won Best Album at the 2008 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards
for ‘Prodigal Son’. He has appeared on Jools Holland and performed a solo
set at the BBC Proms.
• Johnny Flynn will be touring Europe this spring supporting Mumford and
Sons.
• As a solo musician Fyfe Dangerfield has been in session on Lauren
Laverne’s BBC 6 Music show and his debut solo album ‘Fly Yellow Moon’
has received great acclaim from The Telegraph and The Word.
• Birmingham’s Moseley Park is a beautiful privately owned park run as a
charity, open only to key holders. It is just two miles from the city centre.
Moseley Folk Festival is brought to you by the production team behind
The Mostly Jazz Festival which will be new to the park in July 2010.
• Local to the festival Purity Brewery is based in Studley, Warwickshire.
The festival bars will be stocked with their award winning ales.