I dunno where bwaarp got that from, although Hootenanny has been very boring and formulaic over the last few years, tonight’s was really excellent. A good bunch of people, doing some great songs, and everyone was putting on a really good performance and having a really excellent time. Hives were outstanding, I’d forgotten just how good they can be, Paloma and Emilie doing some really excellent soul, overall, really impressed.
Vastly better than the turgid crap on TOTP in the afternoon.
With the sole exception of The Maccabees; no idea what they were doing on there, so much better than anything else, they stuck out like a sore thumb!