There also seems to be a belief that every single album put out by a professional musician should be their "Best of"--life just doesn't go that way for musicians, any more than it does for everyone else. I'm not saying I've loved everything she has done. I couldn't say that about any musician. But frankly, her live show was absolutely stunning, and it covered her best material from the trad stuff to the present day stuff.

People have said the same thing about Richard Thompson, about Paul Brady, about Delores Keane, about all kinds of musicians with roots firmly planted in both folk and pop music. Personally, I admire them more than the "strictly folk" because it takes an enormous amount of talent to do both really well, which I feel Mary Black does. As does Richard Thompson, Paul Brady, and Delores Keane. They are more than just one dimensional musicians, and I appreciate them for it.