Soul and Funk Tent

[Craig_G]

So Glastonbury now has a Latino tent but still no Soul & Funk tent?

I am outraged.

[Stu H]

Or blues & jazz.

[Thearg]

Good idea for both or even a Jazz,Blues,Soul & Funk tent.

I'd be happy with that.

[Craig_G]

There was The Jazz World Stage. I'm sad to see West Holts no longer appears to bear any resemblance to this.

[asfaltsblomma]

Good idea for both or even a Jazz,Blues,Soul & Funk tent.

I'd be happy with that.

[Thearg]

There was The Jazz World Stage. I'm sad to see West Holts no longer appears to bear any resemblance to this.

[Badlands]

Even a takeover of a stage for a day / evening would do me. Craig Charles is doing something similar at Kendall Calling.

[Starchild771]

The funky/soulful bands tend to be spread out and they tend to have quite a few cross genre bands popping up in random places. I don't think the Sonic stage was the best place for the Family Stone last year but a jazz/soul/funk/blues tent would have been perfect.

[Jakkkkobz]

This is a good shout, we need the mothership connection to come down and give glasto a shoot with the bop gun.

[Thearg]

I went over to the dance area to see The Family Stone for the first time in ten years,it's horrible over there,it would be much better over on the east side.

The Avolon stage would be perfect.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

This is a good shout, we need the mothership connection to come down and give glasto a shoot with the bop gun.

[Thearg]

You've got a point,I probably wouldn't move all weekend otherwise.

Edited May 15, 2014 by Thearg

[Big_Egg]

The Motown Party at Williams Green (I think) after Rolling Stones last year was absolutely amazing, probably my highlight of the festival.

[actionstations]

Mr Scruff's playing arcadia this year...?

He'd be my choice for a soul/funk tent late night muddy boogie

[sonicpurveyor]

wish they had a soul & funk tent my band could play it then!

[Mr.Tease]

The lineup is devoid of funk this year- we've been spoilt lately with The Family Stone, Bobby Womack, Stevie Wonder, Parliament/Funkadelic, Kool and the Gang, James Brown, Roy Ayers- the run had to come to an end at some point unfortunately

Reading over that list makes me realise how fortunate we've been- I've got to see a lot of my all time favourites at Glastonbury, more than I ever thought I would. Sure there's lots of others I'd still like to see (EWF, Mandrill, Bootsy, War, etc- but I don't think they even play anymore!), but seems that time is almost up for funk..

Edited May 15, 2014 by Mr.Tease

[Thearg]

The lineup is devoid of funk this year- we've been spoilt lately with The Family Stone, Bobby Womack, Stevie Wonder, Parliament/Funkadelic, Kool and the Gang, James Brown, Roy Ayers- the run had to come to an end at some point unfortunately

[ciderboy]

Even a takeover of a stage for a day / evening would do me. Craig Charles is doing something similar at Kendall Calling.

[ogriff]

Thank god there's a speed skiffle tent.

[staggerlee]

Craig Charles in Shangri la was fantastic last year!

Another vote for that motown party in Williams Green after the Stones had hobbled off stage, Quality tunes. I'm really hoping it returns this year. Although the DJ was a bit uptight, she started cursing at the audience after the gig because people were signing for more music.

[Craig_G]

The lineup is devoid of funk this year- we've been spoilt lately with The Family Stone, Bobby Womack, Stevie Wonder, Parliament/Funkadelic, Kool and the Gang, James Brown, Roy Ayers- the run had to come to an end at some point unfortunately

Reading over that list makes me realise how fortunate we've been- I've got to see a lot of my all time favourites at Glastonbury, more than I ever thought I would. Sure there's lots of others I'd still like to see (EWF, Mandrill, Bootsy, War, etc- but I don't think they even play anymore!), but seems that time is almost up for funk..

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

While I agree that there is a lot of acts spread across the site, we have a Latino Tent, Dance Tent, '71 Tent etc. I think it's a genre that certainly deserves its own space and have been championing it for years! Maybe get Londons Jazz Cafe to come down and run it?

[Starchild771]

Ok, so no funk/soul tent but were are definitely getting a flaming funky, mutant spider with Craig Charles @ Arcadia on the Saturday.

The Daptone super soul review followed by Seun Kuti should be good @ WH stage Saturday.

[CaledonianGonzo]

It's probably a great line-up for yer rock fans, but afficionados of yer souls, funk, jazz roots, reggae, African and other non-Western musics maybe haven't been catered for quite as well as in previous years. There's obviously a few odds and sods here and there, but it's very far from jam packed on that score.

[Craig_G]

I feel the same. The dance line up is OK but I'd say pretty average. However "dance" music seems to be disliked but many on efests.

Maybe it's just me but I feel the change from Jazz World to West Holts has detracted a lot from the non-western/mainstream music.

I will definitely be down there from Craig Charles and will check out the other links when I get home.