Eliza's "Mon's Meg" on "Rice" always does it for me - an incredibly beautiful piece of music. Always loved The Watersons and Martin - but there's something unique and magical about many of Eliza's interpretations.
One side of folk that wasn't talked of here is what Pete Seeger called "Home Made music "..The day to day playing for ones own joy .. I just put the Female Drummer to 6/8 for the pure joy of making it fit clawhammer banjo .. MArtin is right .I just heard him say .."You cant beat it " ; Making your own music from a life time of hearing a song . Each one is a gift .. This family is a gift to us all ... Long live home made music ...
Perhaps the way forward is, as it always has been, live performance - trying to reach new listeners - and, now, publishing recordings on the Internet. Meanwhile, thanks are given to You Tube (I own no shares), on which I am constantly educating myself.
Folk, especially that of the traditional kind, music will always be with us, please God. The major record companies have, after a brief spell in the 60s and early 70s, reverted to purveying low grade commercial music and little else. They're in business to make money, they'll tell you. Do you think that even acts such as Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul and Mary, et al would actually get a record deal with a major these days? I doubt it.
no one loves music as much as folk musicians do. You can hear the excitement in Martin's voice when he talks about it.
Many thanks fo this wonderful interview.
Eliza's "Mon's Meg" on "Rice" always does it for me - an incredibly beautiful piece of music. Always loved The Watersons and Martin - but there's something unique and magical about many of Eliza's interpretations.
One side of folk that wasn't talked of here is what Pete Seeger called "Home Made music "..The day to day playing for ones own joy .. I just put the Female Drummer to 6/8 for the pure joy of making it fit clawhammer banjo .. MArtin is right .I just heard him say .."You cant beat it " ; Making your own music from a life time of hearing a song . Each one is a gift .. This family is a gift to us all ... Long live home made music ...
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Perhaps the way forward is, as it always has been, live performance - trying to reach new listeners - and, now, publishing recordings on the Internet. Meanwhile, thanks are given to You Tube (I own no shares), on which I am constantly educating myself.
Folk, especially that of the traditional kind, music will always be with us, please God. The major record companies have, after a brief spell in the 60s and early 70s, reverted to purveying low grade commercial music and little else. They're in business to make money, they'll tell you. Do you think that even acts such as Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul and Mary, et al would actually get a record deal with a major these days? I doubt it.
What's a white feather song?
Songs to encourage (shame) men into going to fight in WW1.
I'm going to lean to play the fiddle now
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Seems like an inadvertent Brexit argument being laid out here
i love her voice even when she's talking !