Every July for the past few years, a small but massive event has taken place on Eagle’s Rock, near Draperstown Northern Ireland. Set at the foot of the Sperrin mountain range, as tranquil and remote a setting as you can imagine, a quiet but determined man called Paddy Glasgow has held a music festival the way he wants it. The result… Glasgowbury.. safely the best annual showcase for Northern Irish music that exists today.

Bandwidth was proudly positioned in the most picturesque carpark in the known world, ready to take in the best of the fest. First up Joe Echo and Building Pictures, also known as, brothers Ciaran and John Gribbin (versus The Jane Bradfords if you listen carefully at the end)

No.1 Joe Echo

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It’s Ireland after all, so it wasn’t long before the rain came down. All of a sudden, hiding in a warm van for a few minutes didn’t seem all that arduous a prospect. Imagine our delight too when we discovered we could fit an entire double bass and three people into the van, which isn’t (at least I don’t think) in the Citröen manual.

No. 2 Silhouette

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We at Bandwidth have been meaning to film this lot for quite a while now, ever since this little drunken escapade somehow leaked through Bandwidth quality control. No let up here to be honest, the Buckfast was flowing. Here is the buckfastic Colenso Parade, with a bit of Lennon & McCartney thrown in.

No.3 Colenso Parade

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As the day came to a close, it started to dry up (weather wise I mean), and things.. got.. a little hazy. Before Bandwidth packed up and headed down to the main stage to watch the mighty And So I Watch You From Afar, there was still time to host the really rather fucking awesome Ed Zealous in the by-now-notorious van. This is a rare occasion that Ed Zealous perform acoustically, and rarer still that they do so in a van parked 300m from the main stage at Glasgowbury.

Aw well, best enjoy it then. I know we did.

No.4 Ed Zealous

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With thanks to Niall Kerr and the rest of the Glasgowbury festival. May you live long and prosper. And see you next year!

Director/Camera: Will McConnell
Sound: Matt Bohill
©2009 Bandwidth Films

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