Secret Garden Talk

[michelej1]

This is an excerpt from a review of Day 3, Day 3 @ Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, 25 July 2009 by Laura Poliakoff

http://festivals.musicomh.com/secret...009-3_0709.htm

Beckoned inside the Valley Of The Antics stage by a gangly, long-armed MC called Elian, an unsuspecting crowd were introduced to live band the Gentle Mystics, who played an insanely eclectic mix of dub, folk, hip hop and gypsy circus music ('gyp-hop'). Punters who stumbled upon this gem of a band should count themselves lucky. Not so lucky were those who went to catch erstwhile Fleetwood Mac guitarist Peter Green at the sodden Main Stage. While it was heartening to see one of the best guitarists of his generation in such an intimate festival, Green's well-documented problems with mental illness have left him non-communicative and it was difficult to engage with his set, even with a performance of Mac's Albatross thrown in.