The Wickham festival kicked of on Thursday 3rd August, with
a sell out crowd and artists line up over the four days, with something for
everyone with headline acts KT Tunstall & 10cc on Thursday, Friday the
crowd enjoyed Seth Lakeman and Show of Hands and Saturday the Oyster Band and
The Levellers took to the main stage.
It was then the turn of Country Americana singer songwriter
BeX and her band taking to the second main stage at 'Wickham' on the Hapi
Festival stage (main-stage 2) playing alongside Gibb Todd, Ray Cooper & John
Otway, with headline act Goat Roper Rodeo Band closing the evening. BeX and her
band performed songs from her debut album 'Story So Far, this was her debut
festival performance and to be honest she couldn't of asked for a better
festival to launch on, the set was bright, energetic with some real catchy
tunes with great lyrical content with a strong energy from her band, with Guy
Hassell on base, Richard Wood on guitar and Kyle Fenton on drums and percussion
- starting the set with her debut singe 'Time to stop the rain', which was
quite fitting as the day was full of bright sunshine, which was not the case at
the start of the festival.
The set was for 45 minutes, and with a very warm and
enthusiastic crowd of several hundred people packing the big top to see the
performance from this Country Americana artist, but with a little of pop rock
in for good measure. For BeX first festival performance, I would say a great
start to the festival scene and we'll be looking forward to the next show....
Before the Wickham Festival BeX graced the BBC introducing
stage for Cowes Week at Sheperds Wharf, she performed songs from her debut
album with a stripped back acoustic set, with Jamie Woodford joining the band
on stage with added percussion, with the Wickham festival set being a full band
performance, it was a great contrast.... BeX performed on the BBC stage at 5pm,
with again a very enthusiastic crowd, especially with BeX fan base and network
several people travelled a long way to catch the singer songwriter perform at
Cowes for the BBC.
The next stop for the UK singer songwriter is with the BBC
once again, with a house band invite from BBC Radio Kent, performing on the
James Whale show. This artist has a real presence with a very strong backing
from her musicians, certainly moving in the right direction and energy.
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