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A Greener Festival to release compilation
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 5 May 2010
A Greener Festival, which encourages festivals to reduce carbon emissions, has announced a new compilation featuring bands tipped by bookers at City Showcase, Glastonbury, the Isle Of Wight Festival, T In The Park, Kendal Calling and Solfest. Entitled ‘Festival Harvest’, it has apparently been produced in the greenest manner possible and will be available as a double CD and download.
A Greener Festival co-founder Ben Challis told CMU: “Working with six of the top music festivals and two regional music initiatives really unearthed some magical talent. It is an added bonus for us that they all have agreed to support green festivals and the fight against climate change”.
Producer Luke Westbury said of the bands on the album: “We asked everyone to put forward their top tips – in any genre – and it was interesting to see that some of the acts like Lincoln’s Changing Horses, Kent’s Tom Williams & The Boat and Leeds-based Tiger Shadow were tipped by two or more different festivals. Regional music groups Music South West and Doncaster Music Week both put forward some fantastic choices and the festivals’ choices, including Glastonbury, T In The Park and City Showcase, really helped us to cover the length and breadth of Britain in our search for the best new talent”.
The compilation will be officially launched at The Great Escape on 14 May and released on 1 Jun. The 28 acts included on it are: Ellen & The Escapades, Changing Horses, Mirrors, Scott Raba & The Ace, Hereldeduke, The Morning Orchestra, Rebecca Mayes, Family Machine, My Luminaries, Tom Williams & The Boat, The Shutes, The Secret Cinema Band, Mayhew, Faded Cadence, Fangs, A Band Called Quinn, The Beaus, Lykez, Goodbye Stereo, Lightguides, Tiger Shadow, Washington Irving, Montage Populaire, The Orkid, Woodenbox With A Fistful of Fivers, Yearner Babies, and The Moles.
