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Thread #78457   Message #1421580
Posted By: GUEST,Auldtimer
26-Feb-05 - 01:15 PM
Thread Name: 2005 BBC folk awards - opinions?
Subject: RE: 2005 BBC folk awards - opinions?
Well Giok, I hope she is more carefull when mixing scarfs and open top sports cars. As it hapens, Big Edna was on telly again last night, on BBC4 on a Celtic Connections program. She sang some rather weird song (doing that folkie thing of singing sitting down with the eyes closed) and half way through....she did the hand, latter improvising by attempting a double hander!!. Strange song or not, she was in excellent voice, she is a grand singer with power, range and control but the choice of material and arangement too often lets her down. This Celtic Connections program WAS an advertisement for folk and Traditional music with tremendous performances from Kathryn Tickell, Mairtain O'Conner, Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, Larla O Lionaird and Michael McGoldrick. There is another program on shortly but I don't have a date.