[caption id="attachment_620" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Green Man"] [/caption] Last weekend I was lucky enough to attend Green Man Festival and boy was it worth the trip to Wales! The relaxed atmosphere and audiences there primarily for the music reminded me of the chilled-out ethos our very own Songs From A Room has going on. But want to know the most exciting thing about the festival? The number of artists there that have graced SoFar with past performances. It was great seeing them adapt from living room, intimate gigs to an outdoor festival stage with an often transient but nonetheless engaged audience. Dry the River rocked the main stage mid-afternoon on Saturday with both hard-core fans and intrigued newcomers there to witness the set. The folky five-piece played SoFar back in July of last year and have proved they can rock a living room or a huge stage fit for bands such as Noah and the Whale and the almighty Fleet Foxes. [caption id="attachment_621" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Marcus Foster on the Green Man Pub Stage"] [/caption] Later that day, the Green Man Pub stage saw Marcus Foster belt out tunes from his album ‘Nameless Path’, due for release September 26^th. Marcus looked very comfortable on stage with his band and drew in a crowd which he claimed to be the biggest he has played to over his festival tour this summer. With a record label now to his name and plays on Radio 1, we can expect to hear a lot more from Marcus. The final day of the festival saw Matthew and the Atlas prove they can do just as well at pulling in the crowds on the main stage, playing a 45-minute set to a field full of laid back folksters. As the can’t-help-but-sing-along ‘I Will Remain’, a personal favourite of mine, drifted from the main stage amps across the Welsh countryside, I couldn’t help but be reminded of how lucky the SoFar audience is to be able to experience such talent as that all contained within four walls. [Check out my Matthew and the Atlas SoFar interview from July here... http://sofarextendedplay.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/%E2%80%98we-got-a-great-vibe-from-everyone-there-%E2%80%99-%E2%80%93-matthew-and-the-atlas/ ] Songs From A Room is all about giving artists the chance to share their music with people. Green Man Festival served as a perfect reminder that SoFar is the perfect way to experience music in the rawest way, whether the artist is already well-known or whether they are on the verge of their ‘big break’. It was great to see these former SoFar artists rocking the big outdoor stages, and it was even greater to know that they were able to share their music with the thousands there to see them in the crowds. [caption id="attachment_622" align="aligncenter" width="576" caption="The Green Man"] [/caption]