tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post4595978897291874381..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: AnnaNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-69030042278797004712014-12-05T21:37:16.347+00:002014-12-05T21:37:16.347+00:00I doubt that any other group of people have convey...I doubt that any other group of people have conveyed the numbing, soul destroying effect of poverty better than that coming together of musical talent, under the wonderfull umbrella that was The Transatlantic Session's melding of the McGarrigil's, Emmylou et al singing Stephen Foster's <i>Hard Times,</i> that Victorian cry for the poor that twangs the heart strings and, genuinely, brings forth tears. Unforgettable. maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-25718263730136773112014-12-05T13:26:03.175+00:002014-12-05T13:26:03.175+00:00Absolutely - true artists, with deep roots in a lo...Absolutely - true artists, with deep roots in a long music-making tradition. BTW anyone wanting some bearable festive music over Xmas need look no further than the MacGarrigles Christmas Album, which features the whole clan (before Kate died) making Christmas music. Wonderful!Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-31395976171091253952014-12-05T11:30:48.828+00:002014-12-05T11:30:48.828+00:00PS - just played your linked vid Nige - what a hea...PS - just played your linked vid Nige - what a heartbreaker. Something else - they never seem to be 'selling' anything - the music just emerges in a completely natural way. Thinking about it, why would they need to sell something we have already bought?mahlermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14469854614938507153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-1123800993632140572014-12-05T07:26:53.301+00:002014-12-05T07:26:53.301+00:00Bought the vinyl debut, unheard, and still can'...Bought the vinyl debut, unheard, and still can't think of a more purely 'musical' collection of songs. Yes GF they were pretty ragged live (Croydon I remember particularly), but doesn't that put the current tsunami of 'processed' and auto-tuned 'groups' into even sharper relief? Their music was never 'painted on' - it came from the inside, out.mahlermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14469854614938507153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-91127339549326255522014-12-04T20:53:07.755+00:002014-12-04T20:53:07.755+00:00Kate McGarrigle dead at 63 and Robert Mugabe still...Kate McGarrigle dead at 63 and Robert Mugabe still alive at 90. Talk about mysteries of the universe!Waldonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-85329610877630433932014-12-04T18:06:20.409+00:002014-12-04T18:06:20.409+00:00Ragged is the word! I love the McGarrigles, but wh...Ragged is the word! I love the McGarrigles, but whenever I saw them live, the show was aloways a bit ramshackle - a forgotten opening line here, an inability to get a guitar in tune there. I did wonder if they wuld make it through to teh end of some songs. But the duo is sorely missed.Graham Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05127825284113696770noreply@blogger.com