Hot 8

My Glastonbury 2009 experience continues this Sunday morning, from the comfort of a Santiago sofa obviously. Whoever is picking the bands to play in the BBC area is doing a great job, as it stops Lauren Laverne talking, and the choices are interesting and fresh. The highlight this morning has been a brass band from New Orleans called Hot 8. They put some real oomph into Sexual Healing. Here they are from last year in Paris. Oooomph.

The Gaslight Anthem

New Jersey's The Gaslight Anthem were joined onstage at Glastonbury by their compatriot Mr. Bruce Springsteen, for their '59 Sound. Look at old Bruce here, having a great time. This is quality.

StornoBoss 2009

My Glastonbury 2009 highlights arrived the other day. I see Lauren Laverne is still getting regular work. I've rather grown into liking a bit of Bruce over the years, so was looking forward to a big bad Boss set, then I found the whole thing a bit of a let down. Maybe I'll just stick to Nebraska and have done with him. Everytime he went off on one about the E Street Band I just thought 'Oh put a sock in it', which I'm sure isn't the effect he was looking for, particularly with a set that is a a full 90 minutes plus extra time and pens. And the giving of the cup. But, to be fair to him, here's Johnny 99 minus the pomp of the E Street and all that nonsense, given a folked up big band kind of a stomping.


I'm not sure how many artists set out to be delightful, but that's how I found Stornoway, who, you might guess from their name, are from, yes, Oxford. I can't find the live clip from the BBC, but here is the video for the song they performed. Previous years Glasonbury highlights have included Seasick Steve and others, and this lot are among the best.