The festival takes place at Cherry Hinton Hall from July 25 to 28, with tickets available at https://www.cambridgelive.org.uk/folk-festival/tickets. Other artists in the line-up include American singer and Grammy award-winning songwriter Aoife O'Donovan, Irish singer-songwriter Dani Larkin and blues artist Fantastic Negrito. Capercaillie will perform at Cambridge Folk Festival (Image: Cambridge Folk Festival)Western Scotland's Capercaillie, who have been credited as a major force in bringing Celtic music to the world stage, will present their fusion of Gaelic culture and contemporary sound. Performers also include North Carolina drag queen Flamy Grant, BBC Folk Award-winning singer Ríoghnach Connolly, Jerry Douglas, Katherine Priddy and Larkin Poe. Neo-folk fusion band Mitsune, fronted by a trio of female shamisen (three-stringed Japanese lute) players, will fuse Japanese folk with jazz, psychedelic and cinematic music.

Source: The Times February 10, 2024 09:08 UTC