Music 2010

Former lead singer and Grammy-winning songwriter with The Wallflowers, Jakob (son of Bob) has released two successful solo albums, including Women and Country (produced by the legendary T Bone Burnett) this spring – which is “full of emotive tunes that walk a balance between folk and pop…tackling a conflicted spirituality, poverty, love and the profane shortcomings of life in back-country America” (PopMatters).
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Gaz Mayall is a musician, DJ, producer and record label owner. He’s the host of London’s longest running one-nighter, Gaz’s Rockin’ Blues – now in its 28th year – and the founder member of the ska band The Trojans. He also runs his record label Gaz’s Rockin’ Records.
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Hailed as Manchester’s secret weapon, The Jessie Rose Trip makes a musical statement that’s as loud and proud as Jessie’s pillar-box red hair and Biba-inspired fashion sense. They'll be hitting the stage at Port Eliot with their Motown and Hendrix inspired songs.
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Celtic folk noiristes, Songdog combine acoustic and electronic instruments to create soundscapes and vignettes on life, love and loss. They'll be enchanting us with their heartbreaking and magical songs at this year's festival.
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Fusing alt-country, pop, bluegrass, Latin and jazz, London-based Police Dog Hogan claims to pick up members like a trucker takes on hitchhikers (that is with a generous, open-minded regularity rather than with a view to robbing them in the woods).
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Wilfredo is the alter ego of Matt Roper, a comedian, writer and musician. As the darling of London’s alternative cabaret scene, the grotesque, crude and deluded Wilfredo is a self-described Spanish “pop God” who has taken the UK festival circuit by storm.
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Blending classic Punjabi folk and global music, RSVP’s performances are dynamic, infectious and lots of fun. You’ll soon be chanting Bhangra anthems and dancing your socks off.
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Thomas Ford & the Dirty Harmonys are a six-piece bash happy rhythm and blues band, led by 24-year-old singer, slide guitarist and harmonica player Thomas Ford, who also supported Hayseed Dixie earlier this year.
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The Melegari are now established as one of the leading quartets in the South West. Not your average string quartet however, Melegari have an eclectic repertoire – effortlessly mixing classical music with modern and their own take on pop tunes ranging from The Foo Fighters, Savage Garden and even Coldplay.
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Rum Shebeen are David Ashby (Vocals), Matt Allchin (Guitar), James McCool (Keyboards), Bob Doyle (Bass Guitar) and Bobby Hewitt (Drums). Five tropical punks in Hawaiian shirts from the archways of south London – they are The Clash let loose in East of Eden.
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