VA - Cambridge Folk Festival Celebrating 50 Years (2014)

Fifty years ago, Cambridge city council stumped up the funds for the first folk festival in the atmospheric grounds of Cherry Hinton Hall. A couple of hundred people gathered around one precarious stage to see a motley selection of singers, including Paul Simon, who earned £15 for his troubles. The whole festival had an unmistakably retro feel, drawing heavily on the spirit of its own history. Two returning heroes, Richard Thompson and Loudon Wainwright, showed that one man, a guitar and a savage set of lyrics can still tear the place apart. Thompson’s daughter, Kami, and her husband James Walbourne’s band, The Rails, followed their outstanding debut album Fair Warning with a confident live set.

Tracklist:

01. Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (Live) (5:12)
02. KT Tunstall - Black Horse And The Cherry Tree (Live) (5:24)
03. Seth Lakeman - Kitty Jay (Live) (4:30)
04. Caitlin Rose - Sinful Wishing Well (Live) (3:26)
05. Frank Turner - Wessex Boy (Live) (5:20)
06. Heritage Blues Orchestra - Clarksdale Moan (Live) (3:57)
07. Cerys Matthews - Oxygen (Live) (4:31)
08. John Butler Trio - Funky Tonight (Live) (6:06)
09. Loudon Wainwright III - Motel Blues (Live) (2:47)
10. Femi Kuti - Make We Remember (Live) (5:39)
11. Billy Bragg - I Ain't Got No Home (Live) (3:40)
12. Joan Baez - Diamonds And Rust (Live) (4:22)
13. Lau - Horizontigo (Live) (8:14)
14. The Proclaimers - Life With You (Live) (3:30)
15. Heidi Talbot - The Shepherd Lad (Live) (3:22)
16. Tommy Emmanuel - The Tall Fiddler (Live) (2:25)
17. Taj Mahal - Think (Live) (2:44)
18. Beth Orton - Sweetest Decline (Live) (6:21)
19. Ron Sexsmith - This Song (Live) (3:54)
20. Fairport Convention - My Love Is In America (Live) (4:52)
21. Martha Wainwright - Factory (Live) (4:09)
22. Levellers - One Way (Live) (4:07)
23. Eric Bibb - Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down (Live) (6:32)
24. Rosanne Cash - 707 (Live) (4:30)
25. Nick Lowe - (What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love And Understanding (Live) (4:01)
26. Chris Wood - Cold, Haily, Windy Night (Live) (3:50)
27. Emily Smith - Sweet Lover Of Mine (Live) (3:48)
28. The Mud Morganfield Band - Can't Get No Grindin' (What's The Matter With The Meal) (Live) (5:21)
29. Cara Dillon - Hill Of Thieves (Live) (4:21)
30. Eddi Reader - Charlie Is My Darling (Live) (3:25)
31. Oysterband - Someone, Somewhere (Live) (5:03)
32. Nanci Griffith - Listen To The Radio (Live) (4:20)
33. Spiers & Boden - Prickle Eye Bush (Live) (4:19)
34. Beth Nielsen Chapman - Every December Sky (Live) (3:39)
35. The Imagined Village - Scarborough Fair (Live) (5:37)
36. Capercaillie - Seice Ruairidh (Live) (3:02)
37. Roy Bailey - History Lesson (Live) (4:31)
38. Ruthie Foster - Richland Woman Blues (Live) (4:53)
39. John Tams - Vulcan & Lucifer Steelos (Live) (3:46)
40. Thea Gilmore - Inverigo (Live) (4:12)
41. Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party - Pretty Nancy Of Yarmouth (Live) (2:59)
42. The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain - Shaft (Live) (3:53)
43. The Fisherman’s Friends - Drunken Sailor (Live) (3:34)
44. Dervish - Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves (Live) (3:13)
45. The Unthanks - King Of Rome (Live) (7:30)
46. Karine Polwart - Salter's Road (Live) (4:04)
47. Martin Simpson - Delta Dreams (Live) (3:56)
48. Swap - Only Viveka (Live) (2:59)
49. Breabach - Good Drying (Live) (2:59)
50. The Chieftains - Cotton Eyed Joe (Live) (2:15)