There are some singers who give more life to music than others, as I see it. There is an edge that goes beyond the words or quality, its more alife. The lead singer in the Oyster Band does that for me,as do Inti Illmani (yep, Catspaw, tiples and all.) same thing has happened in a few settings where it's been my great pleasure to sing,with Bayley Hazen sacred harp folks, mostly on account of Larry Gordon, with a local guy at sessions here. I don't feel it with recordings, so I think that Roger is onto it. I can do it now and then, and want to find musicians where that happens because it does make my hair stand up (It needs all the help it can get) and it is a wondrous thing.

Susan