Tuesday, 17 March 2015

A Rough Cut Gem.

Two videos in one night – unforgivable, but understandable I hope.

I watch this to experience the sheer loveliness of Cara Dillon, the wearing but undeniably legendary Paul Brady, the enigmatic and unsung heroine behind the harp, the ever-perfect fiddle playing of Ally Bain (who becomes ever more inflammatory as the night wears on – a fact I discovered to my cost a couple of times) and the sad story it tells. But mostly I watch it for the piano playing of Sam Lakeman. I’m not generally a big fan of the piano, but sometimes it just works in the right hands.

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