Oh heavens. This is the first I'd heard. Beannacht Dé lena hanam.
I have to admit I've never been particular wild about the whole ballad group genre, but it's like céili bands and skiffle--it got so many folk started and kept so many eyes in the direction of folkloric music and paved the way for trad to actually get a modicum of public respect...
He'll be much missed, but what he did will live after him.
What the fuck is this week?
*hugs* I don't know, but I hope we have some respite.
This is very true. It's not like drawings in the sand. But still.
Indeed.
Saw Liz and Yvonne Kane tonight--they're sisters, a fiddle duo from Letterfrack, Co. Galway. Drove out for the gig from Boston where they're staying, and, amazingly, drove back the same night. I just looked at their website, in hopes of commending them to your attention, but their gig tommorrow's in Worcester, which I gather is some distance from you, and then they're off to Canada.
Well, next time they're in your vicinity, I recommend them highly.
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I have to admit I've never been particular wild about the whole ballad group genre, but it's like céili bands and skiffle--it got so many folk started and kept so many eyes in the direction of folkloric music and paved the way for trad to actually get a modicum of public respect...
He'll be much missed, but what he did will live after him.
What the fuck is this week?
*hugs*
I don't know, but I hope we have some respite.
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This is very true. It's not like drawings in the sand. But still.
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Indeed.
Saw Liz and Yvonne Kane tonight--they're sisters, a fiddle duo from Letterfrack, Co. Galway. Drove out for the gig from Boston where they're staying, and, amazingly, drove back the same night. I just looked at their website, in hopes of commending them to your attention, but their gig tommorrow's in Worcester, which I gather is some distance from you, and then they're off to Canada.
Well, next time they're in your vicinity, I recommend them highly.