Caught By The River 2010

A huge hit at last year’s festival, Caught By The River returns this year with another stellar line-up lovingly compiled to evoke this celebrated online ‘fishing and culture’ magazine’s playful spirit and celebrate the best things in life – from idling away an afternoon with nothing but a fishing line and your thoughts to great books, music and cake. Expect readings, demonstrations, art, live music, DJs, sound installations, laughter, delicious fish and plenty of inspiration.
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Chris Watson is one of the world's leading recorders of wildlife and natural phenomena, producing sound installations and recordings for film, television and radio. Back by popular demand after his incredible Nature Disco last year – a festival highlight for many – Chris is visiting Port Eliot this May to make a special recording of night falling over the Lynher Estuary and around Port Eliot's woods and gardens, which he will be incorporating into an exciting new Nature Disco for 2010.
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Irish singer-songwriter Fionn Regan's critically praised debut album The End Of History received a Mercury nomination in 2007. His follow-up, The Shadow of an Empire was released this February to great acclaim, confirming his reputation as both maverick genius and one of the most talented contemporary singer-songwriters around, likened to Bob Dylan by some.
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Award-winning visual artist and shaman Marcus Coates will be landing on the Caught By The River stage as part of Ceri Levy’s unique Bird Effects get-together. Renowned for his unique understanding of British wildlife, Marcus performs shamanic rituals to communicate with animals within the spirit-world, in a bid to help seek resolution to social issues such as illegal cycle parking and prostitution. This also involves dressing up as a stag on occasions.
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The Seahawks have been on the waves since 2009, cooking up their catches, beach combing for discarded, unwanted and buried treasures. Sometimes too covered in thick tar for most to notice. Psychedelic yacht rock, hazy beach pop vibrations and marina drone are all ports of call. The Seahawks charts are drawn by Jon Tye and Pete Fowler.
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DJ Pete Reilly is best known for his reggae and soul sets as part of the 100% Dynamite and Soul Jazz Sound Systems. He’ll be at the Caught By The River Tent, playing tunes with a Southern fried and country rock tip.
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Jude Rogers is a columnist and music writer for The Guardian, Observer, The Word and the New Statesman. She writes a weekly blog for the Caught By The River website called Lines Made By Walking, in which she tells tales of an uncharted and eclectic world, found by walking and taking note of the unique and historic streets of London. She'll be talking about her experiences at this year's festival.
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Feature writer and music columnist Laura Barton will be hosting a Caught By The River Nature Book Reader session on the Sunday lunchtime. Three special guests will be discussing their all-time favourite book of nature writing, before giving a short reading from their chosen book.
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Danny and The Champions of The World is not so much a band as a loose collective of artists who come together to create a unique country/soul/folk sound, blending spirited, pedal steel-scored Appalachian folk with gospel-tinged choruses, sun-drenched West Coast harmonies, deep soul and deft touches of psychedelia. Their latest album, Streets of Our Time was released in January.
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Ceri Levy is a documentary filmmaker, writer and producer best known for his film Bananaz (2009), which followed the rise of cryptic cartoon band Gorillaz. He’ll be curating a special programme in the Caught By The River area, inspired by his incredible new project The Bird Effect, which will see him bringing together an impressive collection of the biggest names in the world of birding to discuss the special affinity humans have with birds.
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