Paddy Joe

Don't get me wrong! It's just that the treatment of this and similar songs has tended to be so hackneyed over the years, that one despairs of hearing them well done. And I do genuinely love when I hear such material revitalised - especially by the unaccompanied voice. I remember, many years ago, hearing a girl sing "By the short cut to the Rosses" at a session on Bere Island in Bantry Bay. The hair stood on the back of my neck..... whereas normally the conventional, drawing room arrangement passes me by - at best.

Regards

p.s. I promise to wind up some MP3 software and listen to your singing, Alice. Looking forward to it!