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waterheartsong
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« on: 20:20:12, 10-05-2007 »
I was a bit upset at Andy Kershaw's damning comments on the recent tribute CD to Joni Mitchell, and in particular the track by Bjork. Bjork is a fantastic artist. She has taken the dance revolution and blended it with the ideals of punk. She has a unique voice and is a very gifted songwriter and interpreter. Everybody has a right to their own opinion but Andy's cutting comments have forced me to see him in a new and somewhat unfavourable light as his attitude calls into question his whole musical judgement.

I quite liked the session by T-Model Ford but I thought it was a disgrace that Andy wasn't there to welcome and interview an artist who took of his time to give of his best. Then Andy wins cheap street cred points by glorying in the fact that the artist was a convicted murderer.

My favourite track of the evening was Dick Gaughan and 'Now Westlin' Winds'.
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« Reply #1 on: 20:37:27, 10-05-2007 »
Hi whs

I was idly thinking today what I could say about this programme if you made your customary post today. Coincidentally, I was intending to make exactly the point that you have about the cheap glorifying of the fact that the old blues guy is a convicted murderer. T-Model Ford isn't alone amongst blues men of that generation to have that kind of hard background, it's widely thought that Howling Wolf killed a man and got away with it for instance. And there is a heartbreaking song written by R L Burnside about having three close family members (his father, uncle and brother I think ) killed in Chicago in the space of a year. But if AK was going to mention it at all, it needed to be in a much more considered context.

I find there is a juvenile side to Andy that sits uncomfortably on a 47 year old man, it's only surprising that he didn't mention smoking a joint while driving through the night to the soundtrack of a pounding Robert Plant track. He can seem stuck in a Clash fuelled dub reggae time warp.

I liked the gospel tracks though ( from a presenter who said that DIDisks could stuff the bible and Shakespeare )   
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Andy D
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« Reply #2 on: 23:25:48, 11-05-2007 »
Hi whs

Do think you're being a little harsh on the lad. There's lots of things I disagree with him about, but his prog has always been like that, it's still better than any alternative. I bought Bjork's Post when it came out but can't say I've listened to it much - and I don't like Joni Mitchell all that much either, so I'm not too bothered one way or the other.

His jokey remark about T-Model Ford was perhaps a little misjudged, I do agree.

Track of the night for me was June Tabor's Send Us A Quiet Night. I know we've had discussion's about how limited or otherwise her voice is, but it's ideal for this particular song IMO.

bws Andy
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