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Jan. 23rd, 2008 11:16 pmI heard Dougie MacLean live for the first time this evening, at the Fruitmarket. I've been singing his songs for almost twenty years. The show was great; his band are superb musicians and he's got the old-guy ease that gets the entire place singing along. His songs are simple and gentle, with enough room to allow some lovely solos and riffs from the rest of the band, or just for him and his guitar.
He was supported by Cherryholmes, a family band of bluegrass players from Nashville. They played yesterday as well, and they were also excellent; bouncy and country with bluegrass harmonies and fast finger-picked banjo and guitar.
Yesterday was the BBC recording of highlights of the festival, which will be aired on BBC2 on the 17th of February. This was interesting in that while they call it highlights, mostly it is supporting players and it's a chance to see snippets of some of the stuff I'd miss. Saying that, there was Lisa Knapp (saw her on Friday, still brilliant), Cherryholmes (saw them again tonight), Bert Jansch (Fantastic and the only headliner in the show), Balkanopolis (Balkan folk music with some nice trad harmony singing and some really good jazz on trad themes, but the folk-rock number was a bit passe - think Runrig in Russian), Griogair Labhruidh (a Gaelic singer and good guitarist, but you've lost me when you start singing in Gaelic), and Breabach (a five-piece band who started out very trad but got interesting very quickly - they'll be supporting the Peatbog Faeries on Saturday).
Jane and her friend Stuart came along and enjoyed themselves immensely, but they had to leave before the show was over; it started at 9.00 and ended at 12.30 and they had to get trains.
I'll edit this later to add links to music.
He was supported by Cherryholmes, a family band of bluegrass players from Nashville. They played yesterday as well, and they were also excellent; bouncy and country with bluegrass harmonies and fast finger-picked banjo and guitar.
Yesterday was the BBC recording of highlights of the festival, which will be aired on BBC2 on the 17th of February. This was interesting in that while they call it highlights, mostly it is supporting players and it's a chance to see snippets of some of the stuff I'd miss. Saying that, there was Lisa Knapp (saw her on Friday, still brilliant), Cherryholmes (saw them again tonight), Bert Jansch (Fantastic and the only headliner in the show), Balkanopolis (Balkan folk music with some nice trad harmony singing and some really good jazz on trad themes, but the folk-rock number was a bit passe - think Runrig in Russian), Griogair Labhruidh (a Gaelic singer and good guitarist, but you've lost me when you start singing in Gaelic), and Breabach (a five-piece band who started out very trad but got interesting very quickly - they'll be supporting the Peatbog Faeries on Saturday).
Jane and her friend Stuart came along and enjoyed themselves immensely, but they had to leave before the show was over; it started at 9.00 and ended at 12.30 and they had to get trains.
I'll edit this later to add links to music.
