Music at Greenbelt 2010: The art of looking sideways
100 Philistine Foreskins
100 Philistine Foreskins play hardcore punk and feature members of seminal Scottish punk bands such as the Exploited and Voice Of The Mysterons. The...
A.N.D
From the metal heartland of the Midlands, and initially signed to German labels (another lot who love their metal) A.N.D. have been around for...
Ana Silvera
Ana Silvera has a stunning voice. Just thought we should point that out before we get any further. Classically trained, she made her BBC Radio...
Arun Ghosh
British-Asian clarinetist Arun Ghosh was conceived in Calcutta, bred in Bolton, matured in Manchester and now lives in London. Fusing modern...
baby blue
One of the top female rappers coming out of London, Baby Blue has featured on tracks by Estelle, Madness, Ms Dynamite and others. Having spent...
BeBe Vox
A Welsh girl with huge hair and a phenomenal voice who is dishing up fantastic pop tracks ala Lady Gaga. Fun Fact: BeBe also got a first in...
Beer and Hymns
Refreshing on all counts, not least its astonishingly clear name, it's a worship event that does what it says on the tinny. For those who need...
Belleville
Belleville have gigged across Kent at top music venues and have made appearances at the Canterbury Festival Fringe, Lounge on the Farm and were...
Benjamin Stead Trio
The Benjamin Stead trio combine accomplished guitar playing, soulful grand harp and jazzy brush drum work with lush three part harmony to deliver...
Beverley Knight
Beverley Knight is one of the brightest names in British R&B. With thirteen Top 40 singles to her name, and shortly to release her seventh album,...
Blake
Blake performed his brand of sixties influenced indie rock with his band at last year’s Greenbelt on the Underground stage. This year Blake...
Brownmusic
Twins Natasha and Loretta earned their chops as session and backing singers for the likes of Sting, Diana Ross and Will Young. Joining forces...
Catapults
Meeting through a local church youth group, Catapults are a passionate 5 piece band inspired by the 90s screamo scene and bands like La Quiete,...
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Conduit
With Conduit comes something vicious and peaceful, calming and aggressive, fusing with speed, bursting with melodies. This is a scream-filled...
Courtney Pine
Greenbelt are thrilled to welcome Courtney Pine back to the festival, after previous appearances in 2001 and 2006. He is a leading figure in...
Dan Haseltine
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Danny & The Champions of the World
Jangling together old and new sounds alike, Danny George Wilson and his collective The Champions Of The World create a ramshackle, poppy-yet-soulful...
De'Borah
Born in England,Kent with a Hebrew name and pronunciation, to a singing mother and raised in the South London suburb of Croydon surrounded by...
Dining with James
Classy, well performed, inventive and fun indie rock from a young British four-piece isn?t particularly surprising. When you realise that the...
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Dubb
Harry Baker is Dubb, a positive and punchy lyricist, bringing fresh UK hip-hop sounds to the Fresh Talent programme with songs from his debut...
Eden Wakes
Spreading a positive message in the heaviest way possible are Eden Wakes, a four-piece metal band. With energy, passion and some virtuosic playing...
Ellen Stuart
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Ellie Williams
Ellie Williams first came to the attention of the record industry and public after uploading some bedroom-recorded demos to the website of fan-funded...
Emily Davis
Sweetly strong Australian singer songwriter Emily Davis has a powerful voice that?s ageing like good whisky. Inhabiting the outer edges of...
Erin Matthews
Erin Matthews moved to North Devon at 18 and has lived and worked there as an outdoor instructor ever since. The beauty of the area and...
Extra Curricular
9-piece LIVE Hip Hop/Soul/Pop act fronted by the amazingly talented Jack Flash, Ruby Wood, and Thabo Mkwananzi. The band have a unique combination...
Faded Cadence
Two teenage boys and two teenage girls from Birmingham, Faded Cadence are a good-looking band! They?re also talented, bright and honest and...
Filthy Funk Project
Fresh out of Camden, the Filthy Funk Project is a nine piece amalgamation of friends who have played with each other in various forms throughout...
Fionn Regan
County Wicklow’s Fionn Regan is a Mercury-nominated singer-songwriter, whose self-produced second album “The Shadow Of An Empire” was...
Firefalldown
Firefalldown are a Filipino-British three-piece, who bring a melodic edge to their hardcore style. Having met playing in a worship band in a...
Flight Brigade
Flight Brigade grew out of two homes in a sleepy Hampshire village that exude music. Old instruments adorn the walls and every nook and cranny...
Folk Club
Bring your instruments, jam along to traditional tunes, but most of all bring your songs and your joyfulness. Friendly audience members also...
Foy Vance
With his distinctive, cracked, soulful voice and a skill to write profound storytelling songs, Foy Vance belongs to a calibre of artists that...
Garth Hewitt
Singer, songwriter and author Garth Hewitt is the Director of Amos Trust, the human rights organization which he founded in 1985. Writing and...
Gentry Morris
This 28 year old songwriter hails from South Georgia and for years toured the US with a group of friends playing anywhere that would have...
Gil Scott Heron
Gil Scott-Heron is a pioneer of socially-conscious soul music; a legend of spoken word, who - in recognition of his poetry as showcased in "The...
Grace Banks and the Band
The quivering voice of Grace Banks suits her soul-edged folk songs beautifully. Full of sweetness and light they will transport you to your...
greenjade
Firmly established as Greenbelt favourites and now on their final tour, GreenJade are one of the UK?s premier tru-skool hip-hop groups. Judah,...
Hakuna Pesa
Bridging the gap between joyous party band and heart-on-the sleeve political activists, Hakuna Pesa are described as a “200mph collision of...
Hannah and the Boy
Hannah and the boy disagree on just about everything: think thirty-year marriage, separate beds. Although you wouldn’t ever catch them swapping...
Hannah Atkins
Hannah started performing her own material at the piano age 14, doing the circuit in Lincolnshire. Her gigs continued to grow in size and frequency,...
Hannah Kitchen
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Harp For Hangovers
Whether it was a long night in the Jesus Arms or your tent, Harp For Hangovers are the perfect relaxation for any festival. Reworking modern...
Harry Bird & the Rubber Wellies
Since releasing their debut album “Long Way to be Free”, travelling folksters Harry Bird and the Rubber Wellies have been touring almost...
Hero Next Door
Powerful and passionate, Hero Next Door play pop-punk, and are formed around the core of Beckie (lead singer), Lucas (guitar) and Ben (drums)....
Hhymn
'Magnificently yearning' - Tom Robinson BBC6 Music Shot through with enough pathos and pain to melt the hardest of hearts, Hhymn have been...
Innocent Conflict
Just ?cause they?re young and have played at Disneyland Paris doesn?t make them Justin Bieber. They?ve also played at The Cavern Club in Liverpool,...
Intensi T
At the age of 17 Beat Box virtuoso Intensi T has already firmly established himself in the UK urban music scene. Creating sounds from his mouth...
Jack Cleverly
The French have always made brilliant contributions to human culture; Impressionism, the writings of Voltaire, haute cuisine, and now electro-pop...
Jars of Clay
Jars of Clay has sold more than six million albums, won three GRAMMYS, headlined thousands of sold-out shows and festivals, and successfully...
Jim Jones
He's not the Bishop of Liverpool, nor the suicidal cult leader: pouring his life into his music is what South West-based acoustic singer-songwriter...
Jo Mango
It’s safe to say Scottish multi-instrumentalist and singer songwriter Jo Mango has had an incredible few years. Since 2007 she has brought...
Jon Gomm
Even the most seasoned musos will watch Jon Gomm with their mouths uncontrollably hanging open. Gomm uses one acoustic guitar to create drum...
judyshouse
judyshouse is a 7 piece band playing their own mix of jazz/soul inspired music. Coming together as family and friends, the band contains graduates...
Justin Grounds
Nomadic multi-instrumentalist and electro-acoustic visionary" Justin Grounds is about to embark on a tour of must-see shows in Ireland and the...
Kitty The Lion
Starting out life as singer-songwriter Anna Meldrum, Kitty The Lion became full grown with the addition of four other cats on upright bass,...
Knew Jeru'slum
Knew Jeru’slum consists of Two MC’s and a Vocalist..Watson G, Jonny Alpha and Belinda Hards. The band began when Jonny met Watson at a...
Lindsey Cleary
Taking a page from Marillion?s book, Lindsey launched her POP project in late 2008, asking fans to invest in the making of her debut album in...
London Community Gospel Choir
Out of many one voice and out of an assortment of churches, cultures and characters emerges the London Community Gospel Choir. In 1982 a dream...
Lou Rhodes
Lou Rhodes is an English singer and songwriter from Manchester, now living in Wiltshire. In addition to providing vocals and lyrics for the...
Lovers Electric
David Turley & Eden Boucher started making music together a few years ago, combining their love of pop, fashion, guitars & synths, and began...
Loz Bridge
Loz Bridge sings about witches lurking by the fax machine. About waking up half a mile below the surface of the ocean surrounded by blue whales....
Lucky Elephant
Lucky Elephant are united in a desire to provide warm, inviting, melodic, challenging, fresh music. The 4 dashing young blades armed only with...
Luke Leighfield
At first glance you'd be forgiven for dismissing 23-year-old Luke Leighfield as just another singer-songwriter with an acoustic guitar. Except...
m1 connect
M1 Connect are the Cuthew brothers (Martin and Stewart) and they are here to play you their brand of electro-rock. They write about the human...
Malokai
MaLoKai are a 5 piece Pop-Punk band form the UK. Pop-Punk riffs mixed with hardcore breakdowns and a bit of screamo. A show guaranteed to get...
Many Falls
Many Falls have cultivated a unique blend of energetic and epic progressive rock. Their relentless work ethic and powerful live performance...
Marcus Bonfanti
Marcus Bonfanti describes his sound as ?Pirate Rock? and what?s not to like about that? This is growling blues from north London, rightly full...
Martyn Joseph
Just when you think you’ve got a handle on singer songwriters, along comes Martyn Joseph to blow the myth away... In a year that marks...
Megson
Combining the talents of northerners Stu and Debbie Hannah, the duo Megson is fast becoming ‘hot property’ (The Guardian Jan 09) on the...
Michael McDermott
“I consider myself a storyteller,” McDermott said in a 1999 interview. “I’m also a hopeless romantic, so lots of my subjects are simply...
Mike Rimmer
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Nils Olav
Nils Olav creates enchanting and intimate music that will spark your imagination and cheer your heart. Original stories, fables and fairytales...
Paddy Milner
This piano virtuoso is definitely using his powers for good rather than evil with his jazz/ska versions of rock and hip-hop classics. Way more...
Peter Bruntnell
Being dubbed ?one of England?s best kept music secrets? by rock bible Rolling Stone is both a blessing and a curse for Peter Bruntnell. Releasing...
Shadow Orchestra
Shadow Orchestra combine cello, harp, drums, vocals, keyboards and programmed beats to create exquisitely mellow electronica. Landing somewhere...
Shed Seven
Shed Seven formed in 1990, out of the ashes of Brockley Haven (which featured Rick, Paul and Tom), a well respected young local band. The first...
Silent Disco
Surely two words that would never be put together... 'Silent'... and 'Disco'..? And yet put them together and they create one heck of a party!...
Sleepy Vole
“Straight outta the hedgerows…” By day: he is the hirsute, bespectacled, gentlemanly fellow known as Martin...
Sounds of Salvation
Christian ska is a sadly overlooked genre, but SoS are a high-octane, ten-piece band hoping to rectify that. Straight outta Reading, SoS play...
Stagger Rats
The Stagger Rats were formed in the winter of 2008 by Daniel Paylor, Kai Wallace, Callum Easter and Craig McMullen. They had a notion of distancing...
Stephen Langstaff
With devoted fans, 02 Academy tours, festival appearances and several record breaking gigs under his belt, Stephen Langstaff is rapidly becoming...
Steve Lawson
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Surrey Diggers
Traditional folk, spotted along the way with sea shanties, reggae and punk, Matt and Dan are picking up ardent fans among Big Issue sellers...
The Blue Green Collective
This new trio from right here in Cheltenham play lazy summer beats topped off with female vocals. A bit hip-hop, a bit jazz, and a lot lovely,...
The Cut Ups
The Cut Ups have inherited the honesty and integrity of the punk rock master class that is Dischord Records but rummage up the sound of old...
The Dodge Brothers
The Dodge Brothers are renowned for playing the hell out of classic Americana. Described as "wonderful stuff" by Radio 2 presenter Bob Harris,...
The Fancy Toys
The Fancy Toys' vision is to write music that will be extremely fresh and to stimulate listeners to smile, laugh and dance. James Duncan...
The Floe
With a name evoking images of frozen landscapes and endless blue skies, Essex-based quartet The Floe have produced a debut album of stark beauty. Within...
The Flying Dinosaurs
Folk-rock that?s actually equal parts folk and rock, not just rocky folk or folky rock. With all six members contributing songs into The Flying...
The Herbaliser
On their MySpace page, The Herbaliser’s one-sentence “Sounds Like” box reads “James Brown meets James Bond”. More than just a snappy...
The King Blues
2009 saw the King Blues score their biggest hit to date with “Save The World, Get The Girl” (which was on the Radio 1 “B” list), play...
The Momeraths
Branding themselves as kid-folk and offering their previous EP in a hand knitted case, The Momeraths are an exciting and innovative band who,...
The Mustangs
The Mustangs are celebrating their 10th year together with three nominations at the British Blues Awards, including the prestigious Best Band...
The Social Services
The Social Services took shape in Stockholm in 2007, when the worst winter for 40 years kept three friends snowed in with a handful of instruments...
The Standards
Showcasing their mastery of the finely crafted pop song is what ‘The Standards’ are all about. Instant pop classics performed with energy,...
The Violet Burning
Playing with a transparent, heart-on-display, and reckless abandon. TVB have established themselves as a great live band that can deliver a...
thebandwithnoname
Based in Manchester and serving up great fab slabs of rock and breakbeat, thebandwithnoname was launched in 2002 by youth evangelism organisation...
Thomas Truax
New York City's Thomas Truax (pronounced troo-aks) is a left field troubadour and inventor/player of strange self-made instruments like his...
Toxic Federation
Toxic Federation are a Derby based Rock band emerging as one of the most exciting musical forces in the Midlands. Toxic Federation have amassed...
Ty
Ty is a powerful voice in British hip-hop. London-born, he this year released his fourth album "Special Kind Of Fool", featuring previous Greenbelt...
Ugly Duckling
Since Ugly Duckling formed in 1993, Andy, Dizzy and Young Einstein have had the nerve to believe they should make it in the music business....
Vandeville Falls
Oranges, fly swatting, summertime, beer, trees, anchors, smells, music, jeans, chocolate, laughing, people, graveyards, bicycles, soup, coffee,...
Vince Millett
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We See Lights
Part of “the Scottish nu-folk revolution” alongside bands like Frightened Rabbit, expect big choruses, lo-fi grit and Caledonian charm....
Will Rene
Crooned over jangling guitar, mournful harmonica and chuggingly hopeful drums, Will Rene plays country death songs. His tracks are inspired...