Blog
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Reem Kelani’s favourite dish!
On Friday, the Financial Times ran an interview with Reem Kelani, who's playing at Greenbelt 09.
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May 09 Podcast: Festival lineup – slice 1
Just one small slice of the lineup for 2009 We talk to Rachel Stringer, Greenbelt's Head of Content, about her role, its joys and challenges, Shlomo about beatboxing, The Vocal Orchestra and coming back to Greenbelt, Mark Vernon about agnosticism and the School of Life, and Vito Aiuto from The Welcome Wagon about their debut album and Sufjan Stevens' friendship.
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A mention from across the pond…
Greenbelt features in an article entitled 'Festivals Across the Pond' in this month's US-based Relevant magazine.
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Can political activism survive in a politically cynical age? – a free talk for May 09
Bev Thomas asks whether, in an age of cynicism and lack of engament in the democratic process, political activism can play a central role in transforming our communities.
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Carol Ann Duffy is named Poet Laureate
Carol Ann Duffy has been named as the new Poet Laureate, the first woman to be appointed in the 341-year history of the post.
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Sing the news.
The internets is a great place to find the strangest things & today it threw a digested look at the news of the week filtered through an Auto-tune- it's the device that made Cher's voice go all wobbly in her 1998 track Believe and it can be used to make someone off pitch sound on pitch, I'm sure it could even make some of the flatter notes I've been known to sing in the shower sound lovely.
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Good, Fast & Cheap: 2 out of 3 ain’t bad
Photo by Matt Patterson by Nick Welsh I came across Russell Davies*, (strategist, futurist, blogger & gadget maker - his words, not mine) after last years Do Lectures that Howies put on.
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Review: Duke Special at Scala, London
by Helen O'Sullivan (GB music administrator) One of the things that I’m most grateful to Greenbelt Festival for is introducing me to Peter Wilson aka Duke Special.
