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on: Yesterday at 09:22:39 PM
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| Started by davidmjs - Last post by garrypbrooks | ||
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Looks really interesting - anyone thinking about a trip to Holland for this one?
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on: Yesterday at 03:23:14 PM
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| Started by PaulT - Last post by RobertD | ||
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I had a similar experience as Andy a few years ago here in NY. He had a few moments as Andy described but approached it with humour and experience of a life on stage, and the rather large crowd (by NY folk audience standards) were understanding…also as Andy described. He then shared the stage….alter? (Gig was in a large church on the Upper West Side) with co-headliner John Doyle, which was wonderful! Sad to realize it will be my last time seeing him.
Dementia is such a beast…my mum has it and is declining. The sad thing is the sense of what is still there…perhaps aching to get out, yet lost in the confusion. Sometimes mom will speak or sing little snatches of Irish, which she spoke as a child growing up in Donegal. We all grab our phones to record it when she does |
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on: Yesterday at 01:31:33 PM
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| Started by PaulT - Last post by davidmjs | ||
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I saw Martin and Eliza perform on Sunday evening at the Celtic Connections tribute gig for Dick Gaughan. Martin took a couple of attempts at starting the song and had to be prompted on the lyrics (Bonnie Woodha'). However the muscle memory is there and he played guitar beautifully as he played and sang the whole song. His voice is still strong. The reception he got was overwhelming and yes I was a blubbing heap as a result. Of course no one had any idea that would be his final performance and I guess it was sort of fitting in a way that he was surrounded by fellow musicians who all obviously adore him. Dick Gaughan said on stage that Martin and Archie Fisher were the two he had learned the most from. I've seen Martin in various line ups, with Chris Parkinson and Norma, with Swarb and just him solo. I feel enormously privileged to have see him live, Dick Gaughan too. I wish I had seen Nic Jones. I wish I had been there - it sounds amazing. I, thankfully, have seen Nic (with his son, c.2013, I think)...I'm told I have seen Dick G but have absolutely no recall of it at all, sadly. |
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on: Yesterday at 12:59:17 PM
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| Started by Alan2 - Last post by Rory. | ||
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I just got an email from the Royal Mail notifying me that a shipment has gone out from Glasgow. I assume in a few weeks the Dick Gaughan box set will arrive on my door step. (International shipments take flipping forever these days.) The box set is a great collection of work, beautifully presented. |
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on: Yesterday at 12:57:45 PM
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| Started by PaulT - Last post by Rory. | ||
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I saw Martin and Eliza perform on Sunday evening at the Celtic Connections tribute gig for Dick Gaughan. Martin took a couple of attempts at starting the song and had to be prompted on the lyrics (Bonnie Woodha'). However the muscle memory is there and he played guitar beautifully as he played and sang the whole song. His voice is still strong.
The reception he got was overwhelming and yes I was a blubbing heap as a result. Of course no one had any idea that would be his final performance and I guess it was sort of fitting in a way that he was surrounded by fellow musicians who all obviously adore him. Dick Gaughan said on stage that Martin and Archie Fisher were the two he had learned the most from. I've seen Martin in various line ups, with Chris Parkinson and Norma, with Swarb and just him solo. I feel enormously privileged to have see him live, Dick Gaughan too. I wish I had seen Nic Jones. |
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on: Yesterday at 10:36:27 AM
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| Started by davidmjs - Last post by davidmjs | ||
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Iain's having an 80th bash...RT confirmed.
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on: January 23, 2026, 08:10:43 PM
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| Started by PaulT - Last post by Delfini (Diane) | ||
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Sad news about Martin Carthy, but when he did the performance for the album awards, he was clearly not the man he was. I hate the dementia thief.
As for the report on harassment of female musicians in the Scottish music scene, that’s nothing new as there wà an article about its prevalence in the British scene last year, I think. |
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on: January 23, 2026, 07:48:00 PM
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| Started by PaulT - Last post by ColinB | ||
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Never acknowledged? Well, I never. I didn't wish anyone to infer Eliza and I are acquainted She can be quite chatty online but she's had some sh1t to deal with recently which I think is related to this week's news story about the number of female musicians in Scotland who have had unwanted attention from blokes on the folk music scene. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyv5gze9142o |
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on: January 23, 2026, 06:20:57 PM
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| Started by PaulT - Last post by Andy | ||
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Never acknowledged? Well, I never. I didn't wish anyone to infer Eliza and I are acquainted |
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on: January 23, 2026, 05:49:00 PM
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| Started by PaulT - Last post by davidmjs | ||
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At the time I sent a message to Eliza ( never acknowledged ) saying that he shouldn't be getting on stage solo any more and urging her to ensure that if he toured again, it was with her or a trusted musician accompanying him. Never acknowledged? Well, I never. |
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