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Thread #57940 Message #913972
Posted By: Herga Kitty
19-Mar-03 - 06:42 PM
Thread Name: Folk Music on BBC Radio 3 Now
Subject: RE: Folk Music on BBC Radio 3 Now
Malcolm
You are of course right about definitive versions etc. Also about English source singers mostly being recorded when they were past their prime. But some of June's early renditions of eg The Lover's Ghost and Sheath and Knife were so powerful that they really stamped her interpretation onto other singers, (and in the case of Sheath and Knife, about 35 years ago,including Tony Rose).