fixtures have been the storytelling workshop and, since 2011, the Northumbrian small piping workshops, where festival-goers can try their hand on practice sets of pipes. Elsewhere around the site, local musicians are invited by the festival to provide informal sessions, a regular favourite being the Irish sessions. Artists Major figures from the folk world have appeared at the festival, including Martin Carthy, Shirley Collins, Peggy Seeger and John Tams. Recent festivals have also seen other important traditional musicians such as Kathryn Tickell, Kate Rusby, Eliza Carthy, and The Unthanks. Across a wider range of genres have been performances from Judy Collins, Graham Nash, Chumbawamba, Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros and The Levellers. 2006's line up included Emmylou Harris, Cara Dillon and Seth Lakeman. Artists such as Frank Turner, Mumford & Sons, Laura Marling, Old Crow Medicine Show, Idlewild, Jake Bugg and The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican have also all played at Cambridge in recent years. In celebration of the 50th festival Delphonic Music released a digital audio album featuring tracks from 50 different artists, including Joan Baez, The Proclaimers, Fairport Convention and Loudon Wainwright III. In 2015, Joan Baez, Joan Armatrading, Wilko Johnson, and Passenger headlined the festival. In 2018, it was announced that Cambridge-born singer Nick Mulvey would be a guest curator for the 2019 festival, selecting five artists for the line-up. Releases In 2007 a double album was released Cool As Folk: Cambridge Folk Festival, with live recordings by Altan, Kate Rusby, Beth Orton, Martin Simpson, Eliza Carthy, Joan Baez and many others. In 2011, specialist music book publisher Rufus Stone released a limited edition book by rock art photographer Nick Elliott entitled TEN - A Decade in Images. The book features images taken at the festival by Elliott between 2000–2010 and was endorsed by the organisers. It includes quotes from some of the musicians featured in its pages such as Richard Hawley, Julie Fowlis, Sharon Shannon, and Cara Dillon as well as BBC radio presenters Mark Radcliffe and Mike Harding. Elliott released a follow-up book, 50Folk, in 2014 as a personal celebration of 50 years of the festival. References External links History of Cambridge Folk Festival 2010 Cambridge Folk Festival on Sky Arts BBC Radio 2's coverage of 2009 Cambridge Folk Festival The Line Of Best Fit In-depth coverage from the 2007 festival. In depth coverage of past and current festivals, Fatea Records Archives - Libraries,