Another wet weekend calls for another festival and this week it was The Green Man Festival’s turn to be pissed upon. While less discerning musical goons travelled down the middle of the road to V Festival, more serious musos flocked in their masses to Glanusk Park in the Brecon Beacons to enjoy the likes of Vetiver, Devendra Banhart, Vashti Bunyon and Robert Plant.

Since its beginnings only four years ago in 2003, The Green Man Festival has gone from a small day long festival attracting only 350 beardy hippies to a whole weekend with 6,500 mellow folkies tapping their Jesus sandaled feet to folk royalty including Incredible String Band in 2005 and Donovan in 2006. Set beneath the somewhat magical sounding Sugar Loaf Mountain in the Brecon Beacons, The Green Man Festival is the perfect antithesis to the over-priced, over-hyped gash that a lot of the major players of the festival season have to offer.

Friday night saw Joanna Newsom take the headlining spot bedazzling the soggy crowd with harp spangled ballads from her 2006 album Y’s. Newsom’s ethereal melancholia suited the festival perfectly leaving festival goers suitably enchanted.

Taking the stage in the top spot on Saturday was Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant. Plant who since the end of Led Zeppelin in 1980 has built himself as much of a name as a solo artist, provided the perfect element of rock to the festival.

Closing the proceedings were Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks. Los Angeles born Malkmus brought his quirky indie-rock to Wales, performing the acclaimed Baby C’mon, Kindling for the Master and Face the Truth amongst others.

Other highlights included the impossibly hairy Devendra Banhart, treating the crowd to his psychedelic folk musings from the outstanding Nino Rojo, Cripple Crow and forthcoming album, Smoky Rolls Down the Thunder Canyon.

With this years festival proving a success, albeit a wet success, here’s to Green Man 2008 which looks set to be bigger and better than ever!

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