The organisers of this year’s Big Tent festival in July have secured a major coup with the announcement that Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash is returning to her ancestral home to perform.
Rosanne, who has traced the heritage of her family including her father, the late, great Johnny Cash back to the Falkland area, will be playing an intimate and acoustic set with her husband John Leventhal.
She has visited the area a number of times and has described her “deep and abiding affection and affinity for this special place.”
Supportive of the work being done by the Falkland Centre for Stewardship to safeguard and restore the House of Falkland and Falkland Estate, she said she is keen to help the charity as much as she can.
“I’m thrilled to visit Fife once again and delighted to perform at the Big Tent Festival,” she said.
“Falkland is one of the most special places on earth to me, and I look forward to meeting new friends and continuing my ancestral connection.”
The current steward of Falkland Estate, Ninian Stuart, said, “Rosanne has been a great friend and supporter of the work that we have been undertaking to transform this old estate into a community asset for today and future generations.
“Her performance at the Big Tent Festival as part of Celebrating Fife 2010 will see the realisation of a shared dream that we have been discussing for a few years.
“I believe this will be a fantastic and moving performance as she reconnects with her Fife and celtic roots, and sings of her ancestors.”
Paul Bush of EventScotland said the event attracts thousands of people from all over the country, and having an artist like Rosanne Cash demonstrates the growing international appeal of The Big Tent.
“The Big Tent is part of Celebrating Fife 2010, a themed year of celebration for the area and one of the many fantastic legacies coming out of Scotland’s year of Homecoming.
“We look forward to seeing the benefits which will be generated for Fife in the coming year through this fantastic programme of events.”
Big Tent is billed as Scotland’s environmental festival, and it won the greener festival award 2009.
It takes place from July 23-25 at Falkland Estate and will celebrate its fifth anniversary this year.
For more information visit www.bigtentfestival.co.uk