English Teacher and Sex Week get into festival first times, and photography legend Martin Parr chats with film critic Jason Solomons at Green Man Festival 2025
The Green Man PodcastShow Notes
Wow. What. A. Festival. Let’s hit the ground running in ’25 with a kick off to match the energy of the weekend. Mercury Prize winners and Far Out Stage headliners English Teacher get chatty outside the podcast tent with gothic folk New York duo Sex Week, chatting first time festival moments and the best grub for a weekend in the fields. Then we join Jason Solomons, head of the Cinedrome for a chat with none other than Martin Parr, chatting about the new documentary by Lee Shulman’s about his life and work. With plenty of bangers to come, get locked in for episodes featuring acts and moments from across a blisteringly fun weekend in Bannau Brycheiniog.
Sex Week: New York duo Richard Orofino and Pearl Amanda Dickson bonded over a playlist made for a friend’s road trip from Colorado to Omaha. The dulcet tones of Baxter Dury, Wolf Alice, Liz Phair and more laid the foundations for a musical collaboration that takes in the humble joy of the mixtape, the films of David Lynch and David Cronenberg, fat cats, gothic folk, gory detail and vulnerable homespun confession.
English Teacher have captured life in Britain like no other band in recent years. It’s no wonder they won last year’s Mercury Prize for their debut album This Could Be Texas. The Leeds band, who first played on the Rising stage back in 2022, match meandering climbing bass with instances of folk, prog, electronica, and all-out vigour, underpinned by frontwoman Lily Fontaine’s impressionistic, conversational lyrics: musically adventurous, socially observant, and live, an emotional force to be reckoned with.
Introduced by director Lee Shulman and the man himself, Martin Parr, join us for a focus into the career and work of an artist and legendary photographer.
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