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Thread #133146   Message #3288585
Posted By: GUEST,henryp
11-Jan-12 - 06:41 AM
Thread Name: The Cecil Sharp Project - January 2012
Subject: RE: The Cecil Sharp Project - January 2012
"Amazingly, they sounded like a band rather than a collection of talented individuals, with singers and instrumentalists interacting and swapping solos.

"Part of the set consisted of songs that Sharp collected, with Oates and Roberts providing exquisite harmonies on Barbara Allen, and Oates swapping vocals with Herring on different versions of Lover's Lament. The new songs ranged from the poignant to the critical."

Robin Denselow, The Guardian