The magnificent three-girl setup that is Druidston's Ember opened the show, although, by their own admission, only one of their songs Train Of Disdain really fitted into the evening's Americana theme.

The perfect harmony vocals of Emily and Rebecca are integral to the Ember sound, as is their mastery of a capella.

And their often humorous take on men and the mundane (or is that one and the same?) ensures that they are always entertaining. Although they have lost their percussionist Nick, who has returned to the USA, Ember have gained the rich sonorous tones of Emma's electric cello fiddle.

Individual members of St David's band The Scoundrels, have been playing the Pembrokeshire circuit for many years. You may recall that main man Jam Crisp was responsible for the music in the Torch Theatre's production of Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men. I seem to remember, from past incarnations of The Scoundrels, that they were a reasonably upbeat outfit who had our toes tapping.

Not so tonight, as they serious-mindedly rigidly lined themselves across the stage to deliver their take on Americana - bluegrass with Pembrokeshire at its centre.

Constant and consistent as they were in their contribution, the audience were willing them to up the tempo; they were itching to dance. With the arrival of Bristol's Daily Planet, we shifted up several gears.

Although technical glitches slowed down progress on to the dance floor initially, Daily Planet finally hit their stride when the front line of harmonica player Jamie, and Pembrokeshire fiddle player Henry Sears, along with banjo wizard Leon Hunt plied their upbeat Celtic/ bluegrass fusion trade. Eventually turning out to be a veritable six-piece power house.

It was good to have Daily Planet back in the Queens Hall.