Lochaber Live 2024An Aird
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Lochaber Live 2024
An AirdAfter a gap of 30 years, Lochaber's premier music festival is back. Last night was the first night, and it was fantastic. Full reports to come, shortly. I'm off to enjoy to-day's sunshine (good timing for the festival.
The attached photo shows Gaelic supergroup Dàimh on stage.
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Despite leaving myself "plenty of time" to get to the festival, I got held back by a several miles long tailback of traffic on the north side of Fort William. I intended to arrive 30 mins early. In the end, I arrived about 30 minutes late. That was really annoying.
However, not many people had arrived before me.. Undoubtedly, many others were stuck in the traffic, but, I suspect, most were just outside enjoying the sunshine.
Later that evening the tent appeared to be full to capacity.
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Lochaber Live 2024
Little WinAs mentioned in my previous post an unexpected traffic jam prevented me from arriving on time at the music festival. Consequently, I missed all but three songs from Little Win. Marianne Fraser, lead singer & founder of Little Win, has moved from her trad roots towards a more pop-oriented sound with her new group. This was evident in the three songs I heard.
Being the first act to perform at a music festival must be daunting.
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Lochaber Live 2024
DàimhAnother band with local Lochaber roots. In fact, almost all the bands had local connections.
Dàimh are a very talented bunch of musicians. They focus on trad tunes and Gaelic song. They had a very impressive and entertaining set. I'm a huge fan.
As the second band on stage, with a limited set time, they should concentrate on more up-tempo songs and tunes. Short time; get the crowd going. That said, they were very well received.