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« Reply #20 on: March 04, 2012, 11:40:40 PM » |
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« Reply #22 on: May 20, 2012, 02:03:08 PM » |
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« Reply #23 on: May 20, 2012, 02:14:34 PM » |
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Thanks. Looking forward to the Barbican.
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Polly Oxford (Andie)
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« Reply #24 on: May 20, 2012, 02:44:10 PM » |
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« Reply #25 on: May 20, 2012, 03:24:35 PM » |
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Oh do take a look Andie! It's a fabulous review. Roll on Warwick on Tuesday. It's going to be a great one to remember, I'm sure.  |
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« Reply #26 on: May 20, 2012, 03:25:25 PM » |
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The Anvil on Thursday and looking forward to it.
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« Reply #27 on: May 20, 2012, 05:07:59 PM » |
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The Anvil on Thursday and looking forward to it.
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« Reply #28 on: May 20, 2012, 08:03:56 PM » |
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Looking forward to Wednesday night at the Barbican
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« Reply #29 on: May 20, 2012, 10:04:08 PM » |
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Looking forward to Wednesday night at the Barbican
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« Reply #30 on: May 21, 2012, 12:08:58 AM » |
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Back from the Nottingham show.. Review tomorrow...
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« Reply #31 on: May 21, 2012, 09:26:56 AM » |
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I made a compilation from the 19 CD boxed set of tracks with just Sandy accompanying herself on piano, to play in my car - quite wonderful!
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« Reply #32 on: May 21, 2012, 10:35:28 AM » |
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After spending a stunning night at Farnsfield Acoustic in the company of Martyn Joseph and Stewart Henderson, we were full of anticipation for The Sandy Denny gig at Nottingham Royal Concert Hall.. what a contrast!
It was a very ambitious show to say the least... musicians from various backgrounds and from little known to legends (Maddy and Swarb and Jerry D) were all on stage either in small groups or together.
I was never lucky enough to see Sandy live, so it was well worth going to this show, I had high expectations. There were many highlights... Maddy's Fotheringay was lovely; a cheer and an ahhh went up when five year old (yes 5 yr old!) son of Stonier came on to play second fiddle (can't remember the song).. and he has rhythm that lad! Swarb received the loudest applause each time he came on stage.
There were a few low lights too... but mostly that was down to personal taste.. though I will mention just the first one... The show opened with A Sailor's Life.. the drums were far too loud and totally overpowered Swarb's fiddle.. it was disappointing and I hoped it wasn't setting the scene for the rest of the night. Thankfully it didn't.
I had a chat with Ashley H on the merch ... (Blair was excellent)... and came home glad that I'd been, but not exactly wanting to rush out for a repeat. The songs that seemed to work best (IMHO) were those when the band was stripped down, with just 2/3/4 players, though the finale (WKWTTG) was a showpiece for everyone.
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« Reply #33 on: May 21, 2012, 10:47:54 AM » |
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Thanks for that Jen, I think that's more the sort of review I was expecting! I'm looking forward to tonight in Brighton, I love all Sandy songs, and there will be many of my favourite musicians there, but... I was lucky enough to have seen Sandy several times, the last one at the Dome on that final tour, and I go with very mixed feelings.
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« Reply #34 on: May 21, 2012, 11:26:14 AM » |
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Looking forward to Wednesday night at the Barbican
Me too, . Line up looks great! Barbican for me too. TAW meet? |
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« Reply #35 on: May 21, 2012, 03:34:20 PM » |
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The Two Brewers on the corner of Whitecross St and Fortune St serves a decent pint.
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« Reply #36 on: May 21, 2012, 04:02:34 PM » |
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Very much looking forward to Coventry tomorrow. I still can see her in my mind, on stage with that cheeky laugh and a flock of wild auburn hair (not forgetting the voice  ) C x |
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Back working on new album, with Peggy on base and a certain fiddle player who should be knighted :-)
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« Reply #37 on: May 21, 2012, 06:12:38 PM » |
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The Two Brewers on the corner of Whitecross St and Fortune St serves a decent pint.
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« Reply #38 on: May 22, 2012, 08:05:52 AM » |
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The word on FB is that the BBC are filming the Barbican show. |
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« Reply #39 on: May 22, 2012, 09:13:08 PM » |
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The word on FB is that the BBC are filming the Barbican show. That's also the word in the concert programme The show got a standing ovation from a full house at the Brighton Dome last night, and the company wisely declined to play an encore or even take curtain calls - it's hard to imagine what could have followed the final ensemble performance of WKWTTG. I agree with Amethyst that the most effective performances were the stripped-down ones - Maddy's Fotheringay, or The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood with three unaccompanied female singers and a plaintive coda from Swarb. There were no real low points for me, every song was a revelation in one way or another. One little niggle - why is this in the Fairport Convention section of this site, when Sandy only spent a couple of relatively short periods of her career with the band and spent much of it trying to shake off the "folk singer" label? (ducks) |
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