FolkWorld Live Review 04/2004 by Eelco Schilder
The TRADIT festival is a relatively new festival in the upper north of the Netherlands. This year it had it's second edition and it was the first edition I attended. The reason why I travelled to Groningen was the challenging program and I wasn't disappointed.
After this strong start I went to the big concerthall to see the known Cara Dillon. It didn't take long until I got so irritated by her fake presentation and no-risk middle of the road folkpop that within 20 minutes I choose to drink a beer with friends instead of torturing myself by staying in the concerthall. Luckily the evening had two other surprises waiting. The English Dr.Faustus, which until this day was unknown to me, surprised me with their fresh interpretation of English traditionals. Virtuoso, humour and passion made their concert one of the three highlights from this festival.
I can conclude that the TRADIT festival fulfilled my expectations. I did go their to see Malbrook and Warsaw village band who both were as good as I hoped they would be. I discovered Dr Faustus and enjoyed a few others. Nice that this festival dared to take the risk of programming some unknown names besides the known names. It makes a festival much more interesting to visit.
Photo Credit: Photos by The Mollis: (1) Wolfgang Meyering of Malbrook (at TFF Rudolstadt); (2) Warsaw Village Band at TFF Rudolstadt
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