Barn On The Farm 2013 Review

Hello again! I've just about recovered from my first ever music festival which was Barn On The Farm,  and holy cow was it a good one to start with! Never have I been so warm but chilled out at the same time.

The actual set up of this little gem of a festival was great, a cosy field with a little 100m or so dirt road from the 

camping field to the barns, which wasn't too bad in the heatwave that we had. The food and drinks were decently priced and the toilets, which I think EVERYONE was dreading, were actually not too bad (they had an actual flush, toilet paper at all times AND hand sanitizer!!!).

As you could probably tell by reading my previous reviews, the acts in this festival were exactly my sort of thing (I've put a cross next to the acts we saw). I was really worried that there would be some clashes, like Nina Nesbitt, Lauren Aquilina and Leo Stannard, but luckily when an act had finished there was a gap long enough for the one of the other artist's sets on another stage, and I don't think we ended up having any clashes at all!

Everyone we saw was truly incredible, but these are the people that I've never seen live before and definitely stood out to me:

Leo Stannard - I've been hoping to see this guy since his mahogany sessions and he is such a treat live! 

Dog Is Dead - Gutted I couldn't see them in April, but the wait to see them live was definitely worth it. They have so much energy live and had everyone jumping about!

Hudson Taylor - B E A U T I F U L Irish lads with accents and singing voices to die for, definitely worth a listen.

Matt Corby - Someone on here told me to listen to him a few months ago and his voice is incredible, but live his voice is just so powerful, he definitely doesn't hold back or play it safe there! The sound of everyone singing that bit from Brother is definitely something that will stay with me forever.

What made this weekend ever better was that we got to meet a whole load of the acts, which you can see on the flickr account I just created for it, (the link for it HERE if it doesn't appear on my profile).

As a whole, absolutely incredible weekend which I look forward to going to next year, I should definitely remember to put sun cream on my shoulders, and ostriches are scary!

(And a very Happy Birthday to Nina Nesbitt who turns 19 today and played a great set featuring a few new songs from the album which is 'nearly done' and is definitely one of the nicest people I've met at BOTF)

Step out Into The Wild and Stay Out!

Ahhh! So this post is only, what, two weeks late? Well, sorry about that, I've been ill and over my head in art and maths coursework, but in the meantime some pretty cool stuff has been released onto the internet! Oh, and I wasn't trying to kick you out with the title, they're just some pretty nifty song names that fit together.

First of all, Lewis Watson's new single 'Into The Wild' had it's first play on radio 1! Zane Lowe premièred Lewis' song from his new EP which will be out on the 26th of March and will be available to pre-order tomorrow on valentines day (what a cutie). 

Secondly, Nina Nesbitt has a new single too (Yippee!) it's called 'Stay Out' and the video was released to the internet midnight on Sunday/Monday. You can watch the video here and pre-order her newest EP here. Nina also had a 3 page spread in Bliss magazine to do with 'make up and stuff'.

 

Another thing, I'm seeing Lauren Aquilina next week in Manchester *squee* on my birthday! A gig on your birthday, who wouldn't want that? Lauren's track 'Fools' has been floating around the TV on Hollyoaks, which is quite an achievement for a 17 year old if you ask me! Oh, and did I mention her first headline tour is SOLD OUT? Pretty immense.

Anyway I'm pretty sure I have another post to publish in a few hours, but in the meantime I wish you well and thanks for reading ☺

Lewis Watson gig featuring his new band!!!

(This lovely picture is thanks to my wonderful friend Holly, my phone died on me ☹)

Hello! So I've just finished 1 week of mocks and inbetween I got to see the adorable Lewis Watson perform live at the Deaf Institute in Manchester along with his astounding support acts!
(If you don't know who Lewis Watson is, then look at my first review of him, listen to a few of his youtube songs then come back and be ready to sob over his beauty)

As I said, last night was phenomenal! (even if I got 5 hours of sleep before a 2 hour maths mock, oh well it was worth it!) The support acts were from The Lake Poets and Mayer, both of whom I had never heard of before but I did enjoy them, especially The Lake Poets who is an absolute cutie with a brilliant voice. Mayer was also brilliant despite his elaborated hand movements and facial expressions while singing.

So, Lewis Watson who is currently a massive part of my revision playlist, played a divine set, including his new 'band' (a drummer and a bassist/keyboard/backing harmony) which excelled his performance even further. Since the last time I saw Lewis live, his voice has grown so much more, as well as his stage presence and interactiveness with the crowd. He has also added 2 new songs to his repertoire of songs which were called 'Little Darling' which he wrote in Australia, and another song which he played at the end, but I can't find or remember the name of! (as soon as I find out I will update this) But the second new song will be a definite hit, it's upbeat, good rhythm, lovely lyrics and most of all, this charming man wrote the lyrics himself unlike a lot of the mainstream music artists these days.

As a whole I found Lewis' gig this time much more enchanting and captivating than last time, nevertheless Lewis is absolutely fabulous live!

After the gig, Lewis/Mayer/The Lake Poets met fans and signed things and took pictures with us, which was really nice! Even after the venue had to clear us out of the building (into the rain) Lewis still met every fan and took pictures and signed things which was really sweet, I got a picture with Lewis and Martin from The Lake Poets

(sorry for the odd face, the wind was blowing in my eyes, also there's a girl behind me creeping in on my moment with Lewis, sigh)

(odd flash but Martin is a right angel and also looks like he was a bit drunk)

We were also given fabric bracelets on the way in as a little memo of the gig:

(the yellow one is from his first headline tour in October from Sound Control, the grey one is from the latest gig ☺)

As always, thanks for reading and I really do hope you like Lewis Watson as he is immensely talented and has the most amazing personality, I wish him well in his new tour next March (where he isn't coming to Manchester ☹☹☹ but I also hope he does well supporting Birdy in Australia next April! Good luck Lewis you little cherub!

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20 year old Lewis Watson from Oxfordshire is one of my favourite artists ever. His songs are beautiful and his covers are brilliant.