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Thread #93494   Message #1725792
Posted By: GUEST,MaryB
24-Apr-06 - 01:39 AM
Thread Name: Review: National Folk Festival, Canberra, 2006
Subject: RE: Review: National Folk Festival, Canberra, 2006
The array of talent at NFF was great. I thoroughly enjoyed it - except for that loud drumming business with the 'Sweet (?!) Sounds of Sugartown' Personally, I couldn't find anything 'sweet' about it - the concept was good and the guy who played on the opening and closing concerts may have been a very competent (and extremely showy) drummer but I thought that it belonged in some sort of Pop or Rock music show - it definitely was not folk - why on earth could they not do the same concept with some 'real' instruments? I thought 'Sweet Sounds of Sugartown' was very "Woodford" actually.