Joe Brown kills the Corfu blues

Joe Brown played a great set at the Agiot Festival last night, demonstrating what a professional performer he still is, with an impressive audience rapport and enviable instrumental skills. He has a tight band, with his son Pete  carrying on the Brown tradition with similar displays of versatility and virtuosity.

It's strange to catch up with a performer around 50 years after their first big hit, and it's even more extraordinary to see someone so seemingly ageless and full of vitality and good humour.

Whether singing his hit "A Picture of You", a Dylan composition or Carl Perkins' "Honey Don't", this wasn't just a night for nostalgia but for a community celebration. And if there were quite a few oldies in the audience, there was an outstanding performance by a very youthful folk-fusion band, 4Square, to balance the evening and to satisfy the youngsters (and all age-groups) too.

Congratulations again to the AgiotFest organisers, who must have been exhausted, especially after the technical problems experienced on the first night, probably because of the August heat and humidity.

Here's another view of the second night