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Daily Record
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Music fans will flock to family-friendly Eden Festival this weekend
This year's headliners are London two-piece Bob Vylan and a cornerstone of Detroit Hip-Hop, legendary rappers Slum Village. One of Scotland's most popular family-friendly music events, the Eden Festival, will get under way at Raehills Meadows, Johnstonebridge, on Friday. Running through to Sunday, the festival has more than 250 acts across 10 stages, and this year's headliners are London two-piece Bob Vylan and a cornerstone of Detroit Hip-Hop, legendary rappers Slum Village. Retaining its capacity of 4,499 party-goers, there will be more than 250 acts performing, covering all musical bases. Eden Festival director Hannah Gould, said: 'The Eden Crew are so excited to welcome everyone back to the garden for the next chapter in the best story around. 'Come lose yourself in the wonder of our stunning festival, set in the luscious south of Scotland. 'Music, arts, workshops and the best pub in the world. So gather up your troops and we will see you in that shiny field, Edenites old and new.' Fusing Grime, the rush of punk, alt-rap and rock with big spiky tunes, Bob Vylan are expected to be hit with Eden crowds. Humble As The Sun, their third album which was released last year, earned much acclaim with a NME declaring it as 'electrifying, experimental and empowering'. Eden is also expected to be swaying to some big beats and bigger rhymes well into the night when Slum Village take to the main stage. They've won fans by staying true to their ground-breaking ethos of collaboration and innovation, producing ground-breaking albums such as Trinity, F.U.N and Villa Manifesto. Neil Barnes as dance music master, Leftfield, will be in the garden to give an iconic DJ set. Edenits can also expect to see: Orchestra Baobab; Beluga Lagoon; Talisk; Fabio & Grooverider; Mungo's Hi Fi ft; Eva Lazarus; The Bluebells; and Tom McGuire &The Brassholes. Also hitting the stages will be The Joy Hotel; Face The West; Dlù; Samba Sene and Diwan; Cathal Murphy; Shoot Your Shot Takeover ft; Cormac; Angel D'lite; Bonzai Bonner; Anna Gram and Daniel Hive; Rumble In The Jungle Takeover ft; Dillinja; Harriet Jaxxon; Bish; Jinx In Dub; Refracta; Katalyst; Capitol 1212; Higher Meditation ft. Nia Songbird; Laura Jane Wilkie. And joining them will be: Mickey 9s; Pippa Blundell; Jarad Rowan; Samson Sounds; Calum Jones; Eyve; Curiosity Shop; Agbeko; Dàna; Charla Green; The Great Pleasure; The Cumbiatones; Mellow Party; Gaia; The Girobabies; Maz & The Phantasms; Motopia; Desiato DJ's; Strawberry Jam SoundSystem; Double Down Disco ft and Chris Astrojazz. There will also be family activities and workshops, talks, comedy, a kids field and all the usual Eden attractions.
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
John Legend on Kanye West: ‘It Is Sad to See His Devolution'
John Legend has opened up about his falling out with Kanye West in a new interview, and speculated on the event that 'accelerated' his former friend and collaborator's 'descent.' Following a pair of self-released albums at the onset of his career, Legend received a major boost after signing with West's GOOD Music; Legend's major appearance was a feature on Slum Village's West-produced 'Selfish' in 2004, the same year Legend's first LP Get Lifted arrived on GOOD Music, largely produced by West. More from Rolling Stone Kanye West Lasts Three Minutes With Piers Morgan, Storms Off After Stupid Dispute Over X Followers Kanye West to Sue Dentist for Allegedly 'Fostering' Nitrous Gas 'Dependency' Despite Himself, Kanye West Almost Made a Half Decent Album 'Back then Kanye was very passionate, very gifted, and he had big dreams not only for himself but also for all the people around him,' Legend told The Times UK. 'He had so much optimism, so much creativity. It does feel sad, sometimes shocking, to see where he is now.' Legend and West later teamed for the latter's 'Blame Game,' and GOOD Music released Legend's first studio albums, through Darkness and Light in 2016. However, it was in that same year that West's support of Donald Trump emerged, which first sparked the rift between the two artists, with the pair falling out for good in 2022. 'I didn't see a hint of what we're seeing now, his obsessions with antisemitism, anti-blackness, and it is sad to see his devolution,' Legend said. However, Legend added that he believes West's downfall can be charted back to the death of the rapper's mother Donda nearly a decade before Trump's first presidency. 'I don't think we're qualified to psychoanalyze [West], but after his mother passed in 2007 there was definitely a difference,' Legend told the Times UK. 'His descent started then and seems to have accelerated recently.' Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
The National
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The National
Scottish festival celebrating green initiatives and grassroots talent
Founded from the chill out zone in the famed Wickerman Festival, by a local youth counsellor and a bunch of bored teenagers, the Eden Festival launched as its own cultural gathering set within the picturesque Raehills Meadows, Moffat, Dumfriesshire, in 2009. With a key focus on celebrating Scotland's top grassroots artists across a plethora of genres, the Eden Festival has grown into a four-day event, from June 12 to 15, and is packed full of art installations and live music. Hannah Gould, festival director, believes one of the reasons why Eden Festival has become such a popular event is due to its mantra of welcoming everyone regardless of how 'quirky' they may or may not be. READ MORE: 'It's needed now more than ever': Thousands march in support of Scottish independence 'Our aim is to get a space where people can experiment, and audiences can discover something new, and they're not held in by anything,' she said. 'No matter how quirky or unquirky you are, we like to make everybody feel a part of the family, which I think is quite a unique vibe at Eden.' Ahead of this year's festival, organisers have unveiled its much-anticipated theme of space, inviting festival-goers to embody a cosmic experience. This year's headliners include performances from Bob Vylan, Slum Village, Beluga Lagoon, Mungo's Hi-fi, and Tom McGuire & the Brassholes. The 10-stage independent festival's musical offering spans genres, from world music to folk, funk, classical, jungle, dancehall, and everything in between. (Image: Canva) There are also dedicated nature and kids areas where people can either get away from the 'thick of it' or be in the thick of it if they wish. 'We have so many different stages, tents, workshops and installations that everybody's going to find something that they love and everybody's going to find like-minded people as well,' Gould said. Along with providing top performances, the Eden Festival also prides itself on its green initiatives, which include appointing an environmental warden, banning single-use plastics, and running a 'rent a cup' scheme where you pay a small deposit and keep your cup for the event. Gould said the festival has organised shuttle buses for the first time this year as they are encouraging more people to leave their cars at home and take public transport to the event. She added that the festival organisers take care every year when constructing the event space to make sure they rehome any animals which may be nesting within the grounds, which includes a group of ducks which return to the site every year. Gould explained that last year, the ducklings hatched at the start of the festival, so they set up a 'Garden of Eden' where they were blocked off from the public. 'Every year when we do the build, we always discover there's generally birds nesting either on the ground or in some of the buildings that we have, so there's always a big effort to make sure that they're rehomed,' Gould said. (Image: Love Moffat) With the festival being not for profit, Gould said they have rejected any corporate sponsorships, meaning they have been able to keep their creative freedoms. She added that throughout the years, the Eden Festival has built up strong connections with local traders who have helped the event flourish into what it has become today. Gould said: 'We're in a position where we use a lot of local suppliers who have been very good to us because we are a community interest and we're not for profit, you know, so we do call in a fair few favors.' However, Gould said one challenge the festival has faced this year is that due to the ongoing cost of living crisis, people have been unable to snap up their tickets earlier in the year. Gould explained that not having people buy tickets earlier makes it logistically harder to plan the event, but understands that people are finding it harder to pay for things up front when money is tight. She said: 'The biggest trouble this year is people buying tickets later. 'We used to find that people bought tickets more regularly throughout the year and we're finding this year, especially, that people seem to be leaving at the last minute to buy tickets.' Click here to buy your tickets to Eden Festival or to find out more information.
