the silver lining

[kk1raven]

There is one thing about the coronavirus apocalypse that I have really been enjoying - live-streamed music. I live in a place where I almost never get to go to concerts unless I either want to make a round-trip drive of at least three hours, or get on a plane and go someplace completely different where there is good music to be found. (The latter

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[kk1raven]

I'm very grateful to them. It bothers me that I really can't afford to donate to their tip jars much.

[curiouswombat]

I will come and have a proper look over the next few days, thanks for the links.

My tastes tend to Gaelic folk rock as a default :)

[filkferengi]

Check out Alexander James Adams, https://www.twitch.tv/alexanderjamesadams He's been doing half-hour sets, since he's recovering from bilateral knee surgery. It's rocking Celtic fun!

[curiouswombat]

Thank you - I listened to him today - not quite hat I meant by Gaelic folk rock, but I enjoyed it. My idea of Gaelic folk rock is more Skippinish, Tide Lines or Runrig - see the links in my comment I just posted :)

[curiouswombat]

And just to let you know I am doing 'a concert (or maybe two!) a day' from your list.

[kk1raven]

I hope you find some music you enjoy. I'd be interested to hear what you think after you've listened to some of them.

[curiouswombat]

I am down to Vox Hunters now - and they are my favourite so far.

My favourite bands can't do this because, unless they happen to live together, they are not able to meet up anywhere. But in the next couple of days I will find a few YouTube links as a swap :)

[kk1raven]

I'd never come across The Vox Hunters before I saw an announcement about their live-stream. I really like them.

Not being able to meet doesn't seem to entirely preclude making music together. Some people seem to have figured out doing it via Zoom.

Links to more music would be appreciated. I'll look forward to seeing what you come up with :-)

[curiouswombat]

Here are a couple of my favourites - some a little different to yours but all from Celtic roots -

Ruth Keggin - Ruth is actually a friend of my daughter's - she is well known in the pan-Celtic world as a singer but it was hard to find her on the internet anywhere!

Local Manx group Barrule

Skippinish in concert

Tide Lines doing their Covid video.

And the grand-daddies of them all, the original Celtic folk/rock group - Runrig singing Alba I chose that track because Skippinish do their version in the concert above - but Runrig's McDonald brothers wrote it. I first saw them live when I was pregnant almost 33 years ago. They finally played their last live concert in 2018.

[kk1raven]

I finished working my way through your suggestions this afternoon. I really liked Barrule and Skippinish, neither of whom I'd heard of before. Thank you for the suggestions.

[curiouswombat]

I thought those two might be the place where our tastes overlapped :)

[kk1raven]

You were right about that! I see that there is a whole bunch of other stuff at the Shrewsbury Folk Festival's youtube site. I think that one's going to keep me entertained for quite a while.