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Cambridge folk festival review – Robert Plant thrills, Peggy Seeger inspires and Oysterband rock
The Led Zeppelin frontman’s latest band, Saving Grace, riffs on country, folk, rock and blues, but the weekend belongs to female American singer-songwriters
He has worked with four bands and Alison Krauss since then; tonight he “presents” his new-ish five-piece, Saving Grace, who started in low-key fashion five years ago supporting Fairport Convention, but here give a masterclass in how to revive and rework country, folk, rock and blues. Leyla McCalla, a former member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, switches between electric guitar, banjo and cello while mixing personal and political songs with reminders of her Haitian heritage. And then there is Peggy Seeger, now 89 and as funny, feisty and angry as ever, playing piano, banjo and guitar, backed by her sons Neill and Calum MacColl and daughter-in-law Kate St John.
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