After their successful own festival, Body & Soul are back at Electric Picnic this August 31st to September 2nd. The lineup for their area is:
Paul Buchanan, When Saints Go Machine, Junior Boys, Breton, Mmoths, Jesse Boykins III, Andy Irvine, Donal Lunny, Liam O’Flynn and Paddy Glackin aka LAPD, RocketNumberNine, D E N A, The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock, Zemi 17, Laura Sheeran, TR-One, Orchestra of Spheres, Dark Dark Dark, SertOne, Young Wonder, Kodaline, New Jackson, Ham Sandwich, February & Mars, Lewis Floyd Henry, Viperflo, Romare, Seamus Fogarty, Maud in Cahoots, OCHO, EleventyFour, The Strypes, Band of Clouds, Ross Breen, John Hoban, Dirty Dubsters, Donal Dineen.
There are certainly more announcements for the other smaller stages at Body & Soul with Croupier, Mossy Nolan and a few others also lined up for slots. Pretty happy that D E N A is there. Here’s her best tune so far:
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Just announced! BP Fallon & Aaron Lee Tasjan – 1st Irish gig! – Electric Picnic’s Body & Soul this Sat Sept 1 Full story: http://www.bpfallon.com/2012/08/bp-fallon-aaron-lee-tasjan-1st-irish-gig-electric-picnics-body-soul-this-sat-sept-1/