I had the great joy to watch Peggy's performance in Gosforth Civic Theatre last night and she was utterly delightful. Her wit is needle-sharp, with humour and energy that you'd rarely find in someone half her age. She got three, well-deserved standing ovations, and shared incredible stories of her long career and past-acquaintances.

Worth noting for posterity, towards the end of the show she spoke of Norma Waterson, and how she wouldn't care for going off stage before returning to an encore as it was hard work on the knees - Peggy very rightly said, "in the sea of folk music, Norma Waterson was a GALLEON!"

Peggy did signings afterwards, and I picked up a copy of her new CD, Teleology and she was kind enough to also sign a couple of my LPs that I'd brought from home.

My advice to anybody who's going to see her live on this tour, is don't be afraid to sing loud! She seemed surprised and somewhat dissapointed by how few of the audience joined in with the choruses, when that's the whole point!

Happy Birthday Peggy Seeger!