Online review by The Guardian
In the 1960s, when the British folk and rock scenes collided, the Incredible String Band enjoyed massive success before falling from fashion, dismissed as representing the worst in twee hippydom. It was understandable, but unfair. Despite the sometimes dodgy trippy lyrics they were fine songwriters, with influences that veered from American country and gospel to Celtic and Indian themes. This was the second concert in a weekend curated by Joe Boyd, a producer responsible for a lot of great 60s music, and he had one major problem – founding String Band member Robin Williamson refused to appear "because he doesn't want to look back".

Strangely, it didn't matter. The other key band member, Mike Heron, was there, along with Clive Palmer, and they were joined by a remarkable cast. Richard Thompson, who had played on the same stage the previous night in a rousing Fairport Convention retrospective, reappeared for a delicate treatment of Williamson's October Song, and was joined by his daughter Kami to revive Heron's cheerful Painting Box. Robyn Hitchcock, a devoted Incredibles fan, was backed by Thompson for the charming and personal First Girl I Loved, while another devotee, Green Gartside (of Scritti Politti), joined Kami for God Dog.

Elsewhere, Alasdair Roberts negotiated the twists and turns of Williamson's epic Maya, and there were strong performances from Lavinia Blackwall of Trembling Bells and US banjo player Abigail Washburn, stomping through Log Cabin Home in the Sky. As for the original String Band members, Palmer played banjo and demonstrated the band's early blues and jug band influences, while Heron cheerfully revived his own work, including the quirky A Very Cellular Song, but failed to do justice to Williamson's powerful The Circle Is Unbroken. Their playing and singing was more ragged than that of their guests, but again, it didn't matter. The old songs sounded magnificent.