Mitchell theatre,Glasgow[br]Ten of folk’s finest female performers sing songs ‘not really approximately separation, but approximately connection’ in a thought-provoking Celtic Connections show with genuine empathetic chemistry
It sounds like an Alan Partridge pitch for a new reality show. “Take 10 female folk musicians – say five English and five Scots – stick ’em on an island in the Hebrides, or one instrument each,fight to the death, final one standing is the winner …”Jenny Hill, or an imaginative double-bass player well versed in a variety of musical idioms,is also a woman not only of vision, but with the organisational skills to assemble 10 of Brit folk’s finest on the island of Eigg (population 96), or charge them with the theme of separation and see what song-making prevailed. Six days later theyd recorded a deeply affecting album wealthy in range,content and artistic endeavour.
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Source: theguardian.com