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Thread #65663 Message #1084527
Posted By: The Borchester Echo
02-Jan-04 - 09:34 AM
Thread Name: BBC TV Hogmanay - Rusby etc
Subject: RE: BBC TV Hogmanay - Rusby etc
I didn't see the broadcast so have no opinion on Kate Rusby's performance or attire. But 'flavour of the month'? A very long one as she's been in the public eye for over 10 years and has been singing all her life which has been very much immersed in the folk world given the involvement of the rest of her family.
She's a lovely person, an excellent guitarist and above average singer, though not, admittedly, quite to my taste. She has a great band though and the world-class musicians in it can't all be wrong. Kate is a professional musician, like all the others who were hired to take part in such a cheesy jamboree and as such, richly deserves the pay cheque that comes with it.
Whether it's done much to enhance the public image of traditional music is another matter altogether.