Secret Garden Gathering

Next up were local lads and lasses, He & She. The indie-folk five-piece have been likened to The XX and had a sublime blend of lofty tones and beautiful guitar work. The soft and delicate strings drew you in from the outset, ever complemented by the alluring lead vocals, never more so than on the bittersweet break up track 'Two Years' which lead singer Lorna dedicated to her fellow academic classmates and their shared joy at... "no more having to do reflections." I quite like the sound of such a module, I wonder whether it involves those crazy mirrors you get at funfairs, which no matter what you look like beforehand, you always end up as Benny Hill's less attractive brother/mother/pet miniature schnauzer? Speaking of which, hearty congratulations to worthy waggy tailed winner Dangerous Dave on Over The Rainbow this weekend, he will do Toto proud.

'Gathering Clouds' gave the crowd of largely students and supportive families, another taste of the band's impressive musicality. For a band that only got together last year, their sound was very tight and clearly well rehearsed. If soothing new track 'Sapling' is anything to go by, I am sure that we will hear many more good things from this band very soon. Till then my friends

The festival's appeal for many is not the chance to see the bigger, commercially successful acts, but to see smaller unsigned home-grown and international talent in intimate venues and just perhaps, stumbling across something great…for me tonight, that was He and She. I just wonder whether a name change is on the cards; might there be some confusion with fellow quirky indie outfit She and Him? - www.efestivals.co.uk