Ok home now.... the above does sum it up really and I guess that it should do seeing as it was my first impression and in my experience first impressions are usually right. A lot of very brave performances. The sound that was coming from the band was great- the vibe it created and how it supported the singing and the flow of the evening. Songs that stood out apart from the ones that Martha sung mentioned above, was her singing with Nick Cave: 'Mother Mother' , Rufus singing 'Southern Boys' and Lisa Hannigan singing 'Tell My Sister', Emmylou and Rufus singing 'I eat Dinner'. It was an element I had not fully expected to work as well as it did- that of having the 'new' talent alongside the well known and 'old' family and friends- bit of bringing in the new in. I loved the irony of the evening too- as it was gentle but important to have I think. Linda and Richard Thompson singing 'Go Leave'. Teddy sung very tenderly. Krystle Warren, Neil Tennant, Entre La Jeunesse, Dink's Song..... could go on more.... It all seemed to be finished so quickly.... and already watching videos to try and relive it. The audience was greatly appreciative. I could not sit still, really hard to not be stirred by such music. I love how even with all the technology (which I love as much as I know I should not) and whatever, and all the stuff going on around us, music and particularly live music is still one of my favourite things....
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