Honeyfest
 

Damien Rice
On April 16th Damien joins The Magic Numbers ,Laura Marling, Dry The River, Marthas and Arthurs, Matthew Kilford and Slaggerij for Honeyfest. The sold out mini-festival is in support of Barge Inn Community Project, part of Village SOS; a joint venture between BBC1 & Big Lottery Fund which helps villages across the UK to rejuvenate rural and village life.


Honeyfest
www.honeyfest.co.uk
Honeyfest at The Barge Inn. On April 16th 2011, a wonderful day of celebration comes to the magical Wiltshire countryside.

festival is sold out :(

guess he was a last minute addition, but it would be nice if he'd play some festival to which people could still buy tickets :D

I guess if he's going to play alone or with Viv.

I'd say solo, judging from the festivals he's done in the past 3 years... but still no info at all at the website :)

S***t:crybaby2:

^was posted at FB ;) I'm friends with Damien, you know, haha...

honefest.co.uk updated the line up... now damien is there ;)

it's on dr.com too :p

Strange the way the write about him..

"plus supports with McAlmont and Butler, Counting Crows and Kathryn Williams, have all helped established Damien as a must see live act"

He's done a lot more than that.. Must be a copy and paste job from somewhere.

it looks like a bio from 2003... it doesn't really mention any release after O...
but i'd say it's 100% a copy/paste job of an old biography, like the one on irishmusiccentral - http://www.irishmusiccentral.com/dam...biography.html

Urghhh I live in the wrong country. lol

a few pics here:
http://twitpic.com/4lk5ht
http://twitpic.com/4lzjk7
http://twitpic.com/4lzjkj
http://twitpic.com/4lzjkc
http://twitpic.com/4lzk54 (on stage with the magic numbers and dry the river)
http://images.instagram.com/media/20...f20f9ede_7.jpg (source: http://instagr.am/p/DPp_a/ )

;)

other pics here: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/fb...58238067529709

it seems he played cannonball solo, and i shall be released/hallelujah with the magic numbers and dry the river...
no info on the rest of the setlist :(

looks to me like the herb was not lacking

Nerd

Delicate
Volcano (with the audience)
Elephant
The Blowers Daughter
Cannonball
I SHall Be Released + Hallelujah (with the Magc numbers n Dry the River)

+ a new song

I wonder if the new song was Wild and Free?? hopefully someone taped it and will up it soon to YB!!

only hallelujah and i shall be released so far...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF53pbKX7io
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldnsD58t2Cc

thanks glo!

Glo, he also did The Professor, there's a Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/user/darkener.../5/lQUIWHahKDk

the same user also has Delicate, Volcano, Tbw, and Cannonball

now I wonder if the 'new song' was The Professor :(

no no, the new one has to be the "wild and free" song, because he introduced it by saying it's about looking in the mirror etc... (it sounds like the same story he told at the glen/liam gig)

yep the youtube user was telling me that he didn't record the new song :(

Disappointed to read the set list at first because he seems to always play the same handful of songs lately and was worried he might be starting to phone it in. Then I watched the videos. What a consummate performer. No matter how many times you've seen him that intense stage presence, the mix of utter comfort and passion, is still mesmerizing and his voice only gets better with age.

Although it's unfortunate that he's playing to a crowd that includes an extremely rude and loud drunk Dubliner or two and appears to have a lot of kids in it who don't have a clue and are more concerned with their cameras (at least in the front row) he clearly won them over by the end. I guess we forget that there's now a whole generation who may not have even been around for O but these songs are just growing even more to sound like timeless classics.

In a related note, I like Magic Numbers but apart from their guitarist that performance of Hallelujah would have been much better served solo. As much as the true veteran and professional he is comes across it's just as strong in degree as a contrast for how little those other people next to him (Dry the River?) are registering. It's just embarrassing how slack they seem. Do they not rehearse? It's like they wandered aimlessly on stage out of the crowd and have barely even heard the song.

The only acoustic I can make out onstage during the Dylan is Damo's and if that's the case then his accompaniment is absolutely stellar. Loved the tasteful and thoughtful interplay with the electric, especially on that breakdown. I'd love to hear him sing it sometime.

Had never heard of Laura Marling so I looked her up and recommend people check this intriguing songwriter out. Very reminiscent of folk legends like Joni & Joan but with strong bluesy and country elements and even some Ani & Vega edge thrown in. lovely voice, deft player and it'd be really interesting to hear what she'd be like playing with Damo.

^oh Laura Marling is amazing. She's very well known around here, in particular in the UK. She even won the Brit Award this year for best UK Female singer, which shocked many!!! I loved her debut album (Alas I Cannot Swim), full of fresh, smart little songs... I personally found her 2nd album (I Speak Because I Can) very disappointing... We should have album 3, initially pencilled for last year, very very soon :)