The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #115257   Message #2466063
Posted By: The Borchester Echo
15-Oct-08 - 05:25 AM
Thread Name: Eliza Carthy On TV Again!
Subject: RE: Eliza Carthy On TV Again!
The meaning of Like I Care (Wings) seemed quite self-evident to me but for those who didn't hear them, the lyrics are printed in the booklet which comes with Dreams Of Breathing Underwater.

It had "nothing to do with folk music" (whatever that is). Hadn't it? Didn't you look at the galaxy of musicians in the band and trace a lineage of collaborators and influences? For the second time in her career, Eliza C has sidestepped slightly into releasing an album of her self-written compositions. Are you suggesting that to do so involves abandoning an entire tradition and almost two decades of performance?

Everything about this collection of songs and their arrangements is rooted in her previous experience and deep respect for the tradition she was born into. Maybe you'll feel better when she picks up the violin which hung unplayed on a stand for this one song? Because extracts from the rest of the session are being transmitted in Jools this Friday.