Cambridge folk festival – review

Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge"I don't know if sex is allowed at Cambridge. Is it?" Thousands of fans in foldable chairs and floral headbands cheer their reply."Oh good," Richard Thompson says, before launching into Johnny's Far Away, his 2007 ode to adultery. Such a civilised scene, soundtracked by details from life's murky underbelly, perfectly sums up the UK's premier folk festival, now in its 43rd year and still hugely successful. Thompson's Saturday show is the weekend's highlight. His voice...

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