While running around the madness that was Bestival 2010, I came across a band called Skinny Lister in a certain cider area. Spin on an hour or so of various songs, mixed in with crazy dancing and lots of cider, I left this performance in a blaze of happyness. Along with my friend we had this down as one of the best moments of our festival experience.

The reason that I am talking about Skinny lister now, is that i recentlydiscovered that they are recording an album. This has got my very excited as there is a real lack of their material online. A few videos here and there on YouTube and 3 tracks on itunes.

I keep hearing people saying the folk sound is getting bigger, i consider this to be a strange statement. When was it ever not big? Maybe the mainstream has just had their ears covered by the huge volume of rubbish that we are subjected to on a daily basis. There is always something hugely refreshing about seeing a band live and playing an actual instrument.

Skinny Lister sounded great, they even looked great, the audience was so involved and encourage to join in, the performance contained everything. Including a big swag jug of some cider passing through the crowd, if I remember correctly.

I literally cannot express how much I enjoyed this band live, so keep an eye out for them and the album. Worth checking out is “Plough & Orion” Perfect sunny times music.

Plough And Orion

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