Caught By The River
A huge hit at last year’s festival, Caught By The River returns this year with another stellar line-up lovingly compiled to evoke this celebrated online ‘fishing and culture’ magazine’s playful spirit and celebrate the best things in life – from idling away an afternoon with nothing but a fishing line and your thoughts to great books, music and cake. Expect readings, demonstrations, art, live music, DJs, sound installations, laughter, delicious fish and plenty of inspiration.
Brought to us by Jeff Barrett, Robin Turner, and Andrew Walsh, Caught By The River is hosting the same special area by the estuary… But this year they’re also creating their own unique bird hide chill out area with Matt Sewell, The Bird Effect programme curated by filmmaker Ceri Levy, evening bonfires, Rough Trade record area and more surprises to be announced shortly – as well as Chris Watson’s incredible Nature Disco, a festival highlight for many last year.
“Caught By The River was born on a bankside a little over two years back during an idle day’s casting,” explains Robin. “The idea – a website that would document lazy days out – became a reality a few months afterwards. Without a great deal of nurturing, it soon grew into a place that people could eulogize about the things that made the working week bearable – books, records, art, nature, angling, drinking, even cake baking. The approach was exactly like putting together a fanzine – an unshackled, uncynical torrent of enthusiasm. Here was our modern take on something hardwired in as part of punk rock culture, only this time the patron saints were Roger Deakin, Chris Yates and Chris Watson rather than Johnny & Joe; the sound of razored guitar strings replaced by bird song and the gentle plonk as the float hits the water.”
Their recent book, Caught By The River: a collection of words on water (hailed as “an exceptional new take on nature writing… a rock n’ roll nature book even”) is an evocative anthology of the best new nature writing, presented in a collection of essays on some of our favourite rivers, covering the entire length of the country. Contributors include Gavin Pretor-Pinney, Roger Deakin, Jon Savage, Irvine Welsh, Jarvis Cocker, Bill Drummond, Edywn Collins and Chris Yates to name a few.
Reviews of Caught By The River, a collection of words on water:
“A tranquil collection…and an immediate classic. (Book Of The Week)”
The Independent
“A brilliant collection of essays by a hip band of nature lovers.”
The Mirror
CAUGHT BY THE RIVER 2010 LINE-UP:
Friday from 17.00:
The Heavenly Jukebox plays reggae, soul and rock ‘n’ roll: HVN JBX DJ’s plus guests including Pete Reilly (Soul Jazz), Pete Fowler, Stephen Parker
Saturday
11.00 Stephen Parker (Spoonful Sound System DJ)
12.00 Treecreeper
12.30 Stephen Parker (Spoonful Sound System DJ)
13.00 Kathryn Williams
14.00 Jude Rogers: ‘Lines Made by Walking’. Guardian and The Word writer Jude Rogers talks walks. As featured in her weekly column for Caught by the River.
15.00 – 18.00 The Bird Effect. Hosted by Ceri Levy.
18.00 DJ Danny Wilson (as in Danny from Danny and The Champions of The World)
19.00 Hanna Lou & Trevor Moss
20.00 The Tailors
21.00 Danny and The Champions of the World
22.00 DJs
23.30 Fionn Regan
Followed by DJs
Sunday
11.00 Stephen Parker (Spoonful Sound System DJ)
12.15 A Caught by the River Nature Book Reader – featuring Chris Watson, Laura Beatty plus others
13.30 Chris Watson’s Nature Disco (the welcome return of last years festival highlight. Britain’s premier wildlife sound recordist digs deep into his library for a river themed 90 minutes. Sounds from Port Eliot to The Antarctic.)
15.15 Ralfe Band. Performing their soundtrack to the film Bunny & The Bull
16.15 The Leisure Society
17.30 Close
