Eddi Reader is the newest edition to an already bulging Wychwood Festival line-up, bringing her traditional andcontemporary sounds to her listeners. Best known for her work with Fairground Attraction and for an enduring solocareer, Reader’s music has been acknowledged through three BRIT Awards and has topped both the UK album andsingles charts.

Hounslow rock band The Bluetones will be gracing the Wychwood main stage on Saturday 4th June. Made up of Markand Scott Morriss, Adam Devlin and Ed Chesters, the Britpop survivors are famed throughout the globe for theirswaggering indie rock. Rising to success with their debut album ‘Expecting To Fly’, The Bluetones have tight hold of aplace in music lovers hearts.

Eliza Carthy is undoubtedly one of the most impressive and engaging performers of her generation. Twice nominated forthe Mercury Music Prize and winner of numerable other accolades over a 15 year career, Eliza has performed andrecorded with a diverse array of artists including, Paul Weller, Rufus and Martha Wainwright, Nick Cave and most recentlyPatrick Wolf. Eliza has revitalised folk music and captured the most hardened of listeners with intelligent, charismatic andboundary-crossing performances. 2011 will be Eliza’s third Wychwood appearance.

Returning to the Festival this year is the much loved Kissmet, the two Indian Sikh brothers bring cross cultural inceptioncoupled with spectacular energy to the stage, forming a sound that crosses Bhangra and Rock with Raags and Funk.Fusing the sounds together Kissmet create a sound that festival goers truly love.
After forming in 2006, indie rock band The Arcadian Kicks have gone from strength to strength, taking their mashed upFleetwood Mac and Yeah Yeah Yeahs sound around the all the major UK festivals. Their debut alum, ‘Making Lovers’ waswritten throughout 2010 with Mike Chapman who worked with Blondie and is expected later this year, The ArcadianKicks are a must see this year.

This year Wychwood Festival is partnering with The French Music Office, bringing some of the finest artists across thechannel to UK shores, including Francois & the Atlas Mountains and Moussu T e lei Jovents. Their Bleu Blanc Worldprogramme in 2011 has already seen a superb compilation covermounted with Songlines Magazine 75th edition.Los Angeles band Handshakes will be performing this year, playing tracks from their debut EP ‘Cryptozoology’ which isreleased April 12th through Old Flame Records. Joining the Big Top Stage at Saturday’s Wychwood is improvised comedyduo The Oxford Imps, who will be keeping festival goers in fits of laughter with their refreshing performance.This phenomenal offering joins and already bulging line-up including indie heroes The Charlatans, as well as performancesby rock royalty Robyn Hitchcock and Ian Anderson who will be playing a host of legendary songs from his Jethro Tullcannon. Also joining the line-up is Gary Barlow favourite Delta Maid, Wychwood regulars 3 Daft Monkeys, Celtic mastersElfynn, Nottinghamshire royalty The Beetroot Kings, The Wurzels and The Gift Band.

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