Mini folk fest

Pictured above is Hoots & Hellmouth, my favorite of the bands we saw/heard perform on Saturday at the Appel Farms Arts & Music Festival in southern New Jersey. These guys know how to make you want to stomp your feet. Another band we saw, although they were probably more interesting in concept and novelty than they were entertaining, was Travis Sullivan's Bjorkestra. This was an 18-piece big band ensemble that performed only--you guessed it--songs from Bjork's catalogue. Even though I was waiting to hear it, I didn't even recognize the reinterpreted version of "Army of Me" until about 2 minutes into the song. Anyway, it was a fun day of laying out in the sun and listening to some music, even if it wasn't quite a substitute for the Winnipeg Folk Festival, which we will be missing this year : (