Beards and jumpers optional

[venta]

Of interest to some:

Oxford Folk Festival, 16-18 April, 2004.
Line up so far here: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~corp0561/folk/

(Eh ? They're using an old-style university account there... aren't they all dead yet ?)

Many fine acts and Steeleye Span.
<ducks and runs>

Comments

[mirabehn.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha!

Okay, that'll teach me to read LJ entries without my critical faculties engaged!

I'll certainly concede that they're variable, though. At their best, though...

*still loves them*

Ducking and running, huh? Oh well, if you insist:

*throws things, but probably fairly soft and yielding things*

:)

[venta.livejournal.com]

It's become a bit of a tradition that I despise Steeleye Span; actually, I'm not really that rabid, I've just never been desperately impressed by them.

Will probably go and see them if they're there :)

[mirabehn.livejournal.com]

*grin* Sounds like my husband's approach to folk music in general. :)

I first listened to Steeleye Span when I was in my 'teens (The Steeleye Span Collection album) and was utterly bowled over at the time. Since then I've refined my view a bit and certainly I think there are plenty of bands who are better, but I still enjoy their music very much.

I even tend to tread the sacriledgious myself by regarding June Tabor's voice as rather better than Maddy Prior's, though of course they sounded beyond fantastic together. "Silly Sisters" rocked. :)

*grin*

[venta.livejournal.com]

Yup... I won the Silly Sisters LP (LP! Vinyl no less!) in a raffle when I was probably about 10, didn't like it, and gave it away.

Kind of wish I hadn't, as I suspect I'd enjoy it a lot more now.

[mirabehn.livejournal.com]

On Vinyl too!!!

eeep!

I'm trying to work out if I'd have liked Silly Sisters when I was 10. Probably, but I'm not certain. My musical taste definitely had elements of goodness back then, but I also owned the Kylie album, so...

If you want to find out how much you would/wouldn't enjoy it now, I have it on (a very old) tape and can easily be persuaded to copy it! :)