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once in a blue moon: a tribute to lal waterson
Cecil Sharp House
Thursday 25 October
Lal Waterson was one of Britain's most revered folk singers. For the BBC Electric Proms the whole Waterson family (including Norma Waterson, Mike Waterson, Eliza Carthy, Martin Carthy, Marry Gilhooley and Oliver Knight) will gathered together to celebrate her songs. They were joined by special guests including James Yorkston, Alasdair Roberts, Lisa Knapp, Tim Van Eyken and Kathryn Williams.
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Sorry we were only able to keep performance videos online for a week after the festival.
on the bbc
- Radio 2
- A tribute to Lal Waterson was hosted by Radio 2's Mike Harding show.
set list
- Some Old Salty
- Flight Of The Pelican
- Foolish One/li>
- The Altisidora
- So Strange Is Man
- Migrating Bird
- Pheobe
- Cornfield
- Memories
- Fine Horse Man
- Winifer Odd
- Never The Same
- At First She Starts
- Midnight Feast
- Her White Gown
- Evona Darling
- The Bird
- Wilsons Arms
- One Of Those Days
- Scarecrow
- Red Wine Promises
- Song For Thersa
- Once In A Blue Moon
- Stumbling On
what happened
Minute by minute report, via text message, by the BBC's Clare Hudson and Daniela Armstrong.
- 19.36 - Radio 2's Mike Harding takes the stage to introduce the event with a story of when he first met Mike and Lal Waterson.
- 19.38 - There are twelve people on the stage. It's hard to describe how powerful the sound is.
- 19.39 - Eliza is centre stage in a fabulous red dress.
- 19.42 - She's introducing the house band. She's warned up she might blub. She won't be alone if she does!
- 19.44 - 'Flight of the Pelican' starts with a guitar solo followed by the haunting lyrics sung by Eliza about
line-up
- Mark Ronson with special guests and the BBC Concert Orchestra
- Paul McCartney
- Kaiser Chiefs via David Arnold
- Bloc Party
- Ray Davies and friends
- Agaskodo Teliverek
- Amar
- Amplifier
- Battles
- Ben Westbeech
- Basquiat Strings
- The Beatles: Help!
- Blanche
- Bob Dylan: The Other Side of the Mirror
- Breed 77
- Charlie Louvin
- The Chemical Brothers
- Cold War Kids
- The Coral
- Daft Punk: Electroma
- Duke Special
- Durrty Goodz
- Editors
- Edwyn Collins
- The Enemy
- Estelle
- The Flaming Lips:
UFOs at the Zoo - Ghetto
- Hadouken!
- Justice
- Kano presents London Town
- Kid Harpoon
- Noah and the Whale
- Once in a Blue Moon:
A tribute to Lal Waterson - Maps
- The Metros
- New Cassettes
- Radio Luxembourg
- Reverend and the Makers
- The Riff Raff and Riz MC
- Sam Isaac
- Sigur Rós: Heima
- Siouxsie
- SOIL & "PIMP" SESSIONS with Jamie Cullum
- Taio Cruz
audience reviews
Robert Power
oh my god, I`m sorry to say I didn`t know of Lal Waterson. This woundrous tribute to this stunning songwriter opened my ears to magical lyrics and music. I will now spend ridiculous amounts of cash to get this artist into my record collection.
george dean
Super, dialed in to watch mac but heard the songs. Listening to whole set now like goodnite,goodnite ,goodnite. ps. Never heard this group before, nice one
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miss piggy
Absolutely great! Pheobe and Cornfield,my favourite by far. wonder what Lal would have made of it all.
Jo
Brilliant set particularly red wine, would like a cd of this set.
angie
this lady's music and that of all the family has been a joy and inspiration to me for many years. to see them all singing lal's wonderful songs means more than i can say. thankyou
David Edwards
What great songs! Is 'Bright Phoebus' available on CD?