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Thread #107208 Message #2226723
Posted By: Marje
02-Jan-08 - 11:40 AM
Thread Name: Anyone watch K Rusby on BBC1 this morn?
Subject: RE: Anyone watch K Rusby on BBC1 this morn?
I saw the programme and found it disappointing. The Servant Girl's Holiday was turned into a dirge - yes, the melodeon playing was lovely, but the whole song sounded really draggy and miserable, and yet it's supposed to be about how excited the girl is about her day out.
And the duet was a disaster. I couldn't really work out why Kate Rusby looked so sulky throughout. I thought Lesley Garrett rose to the occasion very well, being faced with material that isn't the genre she's used to - at least she was professional enough to carry on looking as if whe was enjoying even if there were glitches. I thought folkies were good at that :-).