Midsummer Music Festival Photos 

                                                                                                                                                                                     Reederz on stage

                                                                                                                                                                                      Reederz Fans

                                                                                                                                                                                     Back 2 Funk

                                                                                                                                                                                     Newtown Neurotics' Steve Drewett

                                                                                                                                                                                     Neurotics Fans

                                                                                                                                                                                     Martin Taylor & Alison Burns

                                                                                                                                                                                     Martin Taylor's Origional Fan Base

Sunday 22nd June 2008, Market Square

Internationally renowned jazz guitarist Martin Taylor, the Newtown Neurotics, Back 2 Funk and young phenomena Reederz played Harlow for the town’s 1st Annual Midsummer Music Festival in Market Square, with 3,000 - 4,000 people in attendance.

Reederz kicked off at 1.30pm. Hailing from Harlow, Reederz have been developing their act, playing local venues such as The Square, The Playhouse and Hertford Marquee for the past two years. A four piece guitar band, they are now the youngest ever finalists in the National Live & Unsigned music competition, having beaten over 10,000 other hopeful singers.

Harlow based Back 2 Funk brought to the stage at 2.30pm a freewheeling feast of funk and soul classics from artists such as James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Curtis Mayfield.

The legendary Newtown Neurotics were on stage at 3.30 pm. Formed by singer, guitarist and songwriter Steve Drewett, The Neurotics erupted from Harlow at the tail end of the seventies punk explosion.

Singing songs influenced by the ‘Newtown Blues’ so often mentioned in the national press about living in a new town in the Sixties, they crafted the song ‘Newtown People’.

Headlining the day at 4.30 pm were Harlow born Martin Taylor and vocalist Alison Burns.

Taylor has established a unique musical career as an internationally acclaimed musician. His inimitable style has seen him recognised as the world's foremost exponent of solo jazz guitar playing. Although completely self taught, he has enjoyed a remarkable musical career spanning across four decades, during which time he has invented and developed a way of playing the guitar that is admired, and often imitated, by guitarists all over the world.

Martin has now put together a special duo project of voice and guitar, he chose the UK's fastest rising jazz singer, Alison Burns, their new album is entitled "1:AM".