Thanks LL...I certainly do! ;0)

And Willa...I listened to Hissyfit and I was so impressed! I never thought that a cappella singing would interest me much but once again, I am so surprised! I heard, and am listening once more to Linda Kelly and Hazel Ritchings singing 'The Northern Tide' and 'The Luckiest Sailor' here:

http://www.radiobritfolkhome.co.uk/programme.aspx?path=HOTSPOTHUMBER&player=ram

...and I love it!! Andy Kershaw, Britfolk's patron, says on his message on the 'home page' that the purpose of radio is to bring people not just what they think they want, but what they don't even yet KNOW they want to hear...and I suppose that's how I feel about it all. I'm hearing music that I'd never have listened to a few year's back. Bill Whaley and Dave Fletcher are singing 'The Mary Ellen Carter' at present and I'm not 'running away' in the slightest as I would have once upon a time..in fact I'm sitting here joining in! ;0)

And now those Hissyfit lasses have started and their voices are just so pure and rich. Someone said on another thread that 'they make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck'.....and I know what he means...and hey! I'm a girl!!! Albeit an old one!! ;0) Here's the thread about their CD:

thread.cfm?threadid=87779&messages=14

But when I first started this thread, I had no idea that it would bring me to some music that would move me in such a very deep and sudden way, but it has! And that music belongs to Mike Harding, which has bowled me right over in utter amazement!

Straight from Jacey's Christmas show, when she played Artisan's version of his 'Christmas Eve 1914' song, then learning about his song 'Bomber's Moon' and then getting to hear it thanks to LL above being so kind and sending it to me....and finally getting to hear it and sitting here in stunned silence as I heard the most extraordinary and beautiful song, dedicated to Mike's father...and I guess the right thing to do is to start a new thread about Mike's music and see what happens on that....so I'll put my thoughts on 'Bomber's Moon' on a new thread called 'Mike Harding's Beautiful Music'.....

Lizzie :0)