Another 'Essential' for the CD rack......!
Back in January I started digging around in my CD stash for good (in my view) building blocks to start a folkie collection with. Or it could be ones that slipped through the net the first (and second) time round. For no particular reason I can think of, I started with a real good un, 'Penguin Eggs' by Nic Jones. I hope you have got your 'mitts' on a copy and are enjoying it?
Well here we go with album two. It is still available, so no excuses. I have chosen 'Handful of Earth' by the great Dick Gaughan. First out on 'plastic' in 1981, then onto CD in 1989 on (what would we do without them?) Topic records (TSCD 419). This is a MUST of an album. Dick is a 'big' guy with a 'big' voice and even bigger guitar style. He just has the voice that suits all we enjoy in folk music. From the 'brash' 'Erin-Go-Bragh' and 'Workers' Song' to near lament 'Song for Ireland' and Both Sides the Tweed'. The whole album is stuffed to the gunwales with goodies. For the muso's among us he gives a masterclass in the use of the 'triplet'. A device often (far too!) overdone, he pulls them off one after the other. I can think of no other musician who gets away with it quite like Mr Gaughan!
If you have not had the pleasure of a live 'listening', please go out of your way to do so, you will not regret a minute. Have had a look on his website ( www.dickgaughan.co.uk) and he seems to be performing all over the shop, so no excuses.
Next month I have another 'DG' delight but that's for then.
I hope you all rec'd flowers, chocs and tickets to see Vin Garbutt for St Valentines Day? As I mentioned on Twitter, tonight I will be mostly eating my M&S meal for ONE and drinking my wine for ONE and reading the card I sent to myself (I'm going for the sympathy vote!). Mind you, I have Mike Harding on Radio 2. He will have to do.
If you have any suggestions (clean ones please) for the 'essential albums' slot let me know, as usual, it's,
Email: folktalkinfolk@gmail.com, Twitter: @folktalkinfolk, Moan Line: 07526 504285.
Back in January I started digging around in my CD stash for good (in my view) building blocks to start a folkie collection with. Or it could be ones that slipped through the net the first (and second) time round. For no particular reason I can think of, I started with a real good un, 'Penguin Eggs' by Nic Jones. I hope you have got your 'mitts' on a copy and are enjoying it?
Well here we go with album two. It is still available, so no excuses. I have chosen 'Handful of Earth' by the great Dick Gaughan. First out on 'plastic' in 1981, then onto CD in 1989 on (what would we do without them?) Topic records (TSCD 419). This is a MUST of an album. Dick is a 'big' guy with a 'big' voice and even bigger guitar style. He just has the voice that suits all we enjoy in folk music. From the 'brash' 'Erin-Go-Bragh' and 'Workers' Song' to near lament 'Song for Ireland' and Both Sides the Tweed'. The whole album is stuffed to the gunwales with goodies. For the muso's among us he gives a masterclass in the use of the 'triplet'. A device often (far too!) overdone, he pulls them off one after the other. I can think of no other musician who gets away with it quite like Mr Gaughan!
Next month I have another 'DG' delight but that's for then.
I hope you all rec'd flowers, chocs and tickets to see Vin Garbutt for St Valentines Day? As I mentioned on Twitter, tonight I will be mostly eating my M&S meal for ONE and drinking my wine for ONE and reading the card I sent to myself (I'm going for the sympathy vote!). Mind you, I have Mike Harding on Radio 2. He will have to do.
If you have any suggestions (clean ones please) for the 'essential albums' slot let me know, as usual, it's,
Email: folktalkinfolk@gmail.com, Twitter: @folktalkinfolk, Moan Line: 07526 504285.
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