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Posted By: Kev The Clogs
14-Jul-08 - 02:28 PM
Thread Name: Show of Hands for MBEs
Subject: Show of Hands for MBEs
Well I have a reasonable idea how this thread might go!! Having followed the Seth Lakeman thread from last week, I'm sure that this will provoke just as much controversy!!!
Just got back from this year's Ely Festival (Fantastic!! - big cheers to the organising commitee). Many great acts, many great sessions in various places.
BUT - (close second, being Spiers and Bowden) the HIGHLIGHT of the festival just HAD to be - Show Of Hands!!!!
Whether you class them as folk or not (the 1954 definition will be touted about I'm sure), they are "The Dog's Wotsits!!!!".
I was introduced to them several years ago and was a committed convert right from the start. Their songs have inspired me to sing more and more at sessions over the last three or four years.
They are thought provoking. They are stylish. They are happy. They are sad. They provide us with a musical tour of so many emotions that all of us have felt during our lives. The addition of the fantastic Miranda Sykes has only enhanced the "package" of Mr Knightly and Mr Beer to new levels.
It is great that Mr Lakeman is in the popular album charts at the moment - our "niche"/"genre" must be pushed as much as possible!!! I suggest that Show of Hands should be considered for MBEs for services to Folk Music in the next Honours list - lobby your local MPs now!!! (Especially the one "whose vision of hell, is three folk singers in a pub near wells"!!!!
Discuss :-)
Kev