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CelebrationOfKateMcGarrigle

if true art is defined by the direct communication of the artist"s emotional condition to the audience, then this was art at its pinnacle 

yes, it was chaotic - yes, it was occasionally less than note-perfect 

but it was a genuine outpouring of raw emotion, naked sorrow, and unrefined joy 

few among us remained dry eyed 

certainly those on the stage wept openly 

a privilege to be in the room at such a personal wake 

the acoustics in the RFH are never perfect for anything amplified - the room is built for an orchestra - and we were in the side stalls, by the left PA stack - judge for yourself from the sample below whether this is for you 

also, infuriatingly, there is some mobile phone interference during part 2 

i"d love to blame someone else, but i suspect i forgot to turn off my own after the interval - apologies 

in the track list, i"ve indicated only the principal vocalist on each song - there were often others singing harmony - and musicians came and went with a regularity that defies my addled memory - apologies for that too - anyone with a better recall, please correct or augment mine 

first gasp moment - richard and linda thompson singing together publicly for the first time in thirty years 

hairs on the back of the neck moment - emmylou and rufus on "i eat dinner" 

biggest lump in the throat moment - martha breaking down as she sang "proserpina"s "come home to mother" refrain 

a truly wonderful afternoon / evening 

A Celebration Of Kate McGarrigle 
Royal Festival Hall 
London 
UK 
12th June 2010 

Lineage: Olympus LS10 Recorder (internal mics) > 24 bit > amadeus pro > 16 bit > xld > flac 

Part 1 

01.Kiss And Say Goodbye - Ensemble 
02.Nick Cave intro 
03.Blues In D - Nick Cave & Jenni Muldaur 
04.Entre La Jeunesse - Emmylou Harris & Lisa Hannigan 
05.Southern Boys - Rufus Wainwright 
06.The Swimming Song - Richard Thompson & Chaim Tannenbaum 
07.Saratoga Summer Song - Teddy Thompson 
08.I Am A Diamond - Martha Wainwright 
09.Leave Me Be - Anna McGarrigle, Lily Lanken, Sylvan Lanken 
10.Tell My Sister - Lisa Hannigan 
11.Come A Long Way (false start) 
12.Come A Long Way - Krystle Warren & Rufus Wainwright 
13.Go Leave - Richard & Linda Thompson 
14.Joe Boyd chat 
15.Work Song - Jenni Muldaur 
16.Anna McGarrigle chat 
17.Heart Like A Wheel - Anna McGarrigle 

Part 1 

01.Lily Lanken & Anna McGarrigle chat about video 
02.Cheminant A La Ville - Anna McGarrigle & Lily Lanken 
03.The Lying Song - Jenni Muldaur 
04.Mother Mother - Nick Cave 
05.I Cried For Us - Neil Tennant 
06.I Eat Dinner - Rufus Wainwright & Emmylou Harris 
07.Proserpina - Martha Wainwright 
08.As Fast As My Little Legs Can Carry Me - Linda Thompson 
09.I Don"t Know - Krystle Warren 
10.Don"t Take Everybody To Be Your Friend - Chaim Tannenbaum 
11.Michael Ondaatje reads from Anil"s Ghost 
12.(Talk To Me Of) Mendocino - Emmylou Harris 
13.Matapedia - Martha Wainwright 
14.The Walking Song - Rufus Wainwright 
15.crowd 
16.intro to Dink"s Song 
17.Dink"s Song - Anna McGarrigle, Rufus Wainwright, Emmylou Harris 
18.band intros 
19.Love Over And Over - Ensemble 

the band on most songs was: 

Joel Zifkin - violin / bass / vocals 
Callum McColl - guitar / vocals 
Chaim Tannenbaum - banjo / mandolin / harmonica / vocals 
Martyn Barker - drums 
Brad Albetta - bass / b3 organ / vocals 
Thomas Bartlett - piano 
Richard Thompson - guitar / vocals 

also played / sang / contributed: 

Jane McGarrigle 
Zak Hobbs 
Muna Mascolo 
Jack Thompson 
Kami Thompson 
Teddy Wainwright 

Support the artists - buy the records - go to the shows 

mcgarrigles.com 
richardthompson-music.com 
myspace.com/lindathompsonmusic 
emmylouharris.com 
rufuswainwright.com 
marthawainwright.com 
artistdirect.com/artist/chaim-tannenbaum/499939