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Thread #88522   Message #1684541
Posted By: Santa
03-Mar-06 - 05:43 PM
Thread Name: BBC 4 folk program
Subject: RE: BBC 4 folk program
Daughters of Albion was a sad disappointment. Precious little tradition and what folk there was, was stretched out and over-arranged, sung by voices that couldn't hit the notes. (OK, I don't include Eliza in that, her voice gets better all the time.) The best song was June Tabor's Lili Marlene, after she'd murdered a Lal Waterson song (and I love June Tabor's singing, but not tonight!). They ended with a mass version of "Who knows where the time goes" which just showed us what (or who) we were missing.

I know where the time went - down the drain. At least I've got a few more names to avoid.

Just think who could have been on - Maggie Boyle, the Witches, Nancy Kerr, Janet Russell, the Threlfalls, Judy Dunning, Kathryn Roberts, Kate Rusby, plus a few more whose names slip my memory for the moment....