Bulrush Festival
As part of the annual Lady Bay Open Arts Festival, the Thames Delta’s premier dead country and western legend hosts the inaugural Bulrush Festival, bringing a taste of flyblown Mississippi and a touch of Texas to the leafy Trent-side suburb. The alter ego of Nottingham artist Shaun Belcher, Trailerstar trades in the same brand of sparsely acoustic song-writing as The Handsome Family and Kurt Wagner, spinning tales of heartbreak and hard times, as heard on his latest album, Suit of Nettles. There’s more Americana from Blue Swan, but if it all sounds a bit downbeat, the exuberant ska of Dog is Dead, plus African drumming, comedy, an on-site barbecue and plenty of locals making their way from the open gardens and craft stalls in Lady Bay itself should give this upstart on the summer scene a flavour all its own.
Wayne Burrows – Metro – 11th July 2008
Jul 12, Ten Acre Field, Lady Bay, Nottingham, 6 – 9pm, free. Tel: 0790 552 7537.
