Comments on: Five-Star Fridays

By: For Mrs Heathen, and the like-minded | Miscellaneous Heathen

For Mrs Heathen, and the like-minded | Miscellaneous Heathen — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:28:32 +0000

[...] Balko has a lovely entry in his Five-Star Fridays series this week. Mrs Heathen has been quite pleased with those folks since seeing them on the webcast of Newport [...]

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:31:08 +0000

One of the best shows I’ve ever seen.

By: celticdragonchick

celticdragonchick — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:07:36 +0000

Rhiannon abd the CCD’s singing in Scots Gaelic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2H90sRwKeA

I tried to find a video of her singing the classic Scottish Jacobite song “Hey Johnny Cope”, but was not successful. She sang that a Bethabara and it was amazing.

By: Marty

Marty — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:57:30 +0000

thanks for the link, Skip- they’re awesome!

By: Brandon

Brandon — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:06:08 +0000

They were in the PBS show “Give Me The Banjo” recently. I just started watching it last night, but its very good.

By: celticdragonchick

celticdragonchick — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:04:44 +0000

Rhiannon Giddens (seen with the banjo in the middle) is one of the most gifted and inspiring folk musicians I have ever met.

She is active in the Celtic music genre as well and her singing in old Scots Gaelic is not to be missed. I last saw her at the Bethabara Celtic Festival in Winston Salem a couple years ago, and I hope she will be back this next year. I know she just had a baby recently. :)

By: Skip

Skip — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:35:49 +0000

Great choice. I saw them last month and it was a great show. I posted one of their concerts at my podcast for anyone who wants more:

http://www.upthedownstair.net/2010/04/show-209-carolina-chocolate-drops.html

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