As I noted earlier, Jay and I had the very best time at the last concert of this summer over the hill at the Suicide Six ski area where we saw and thoroughly enjoyed the angelic and energetic fiddling of Natalie McMaster of Cape Breton and her topnotch band which includes a 16-year old Celtic cellist. (Who knew?)
And then we got our introduction to Great Big Sea from Newfoundland and were blown away by them.
Jay took these pix, including the top one capturing the enthusiasm of one of the younger fans. The second is Natalie and her band. Pix 3 and 4 are the masters of Great Big Sea.
Ever since rock turned its back on rock and hooked up with rap and hip hop, I've been really bored (or gored, that stuff just goes right through me and out the other side). There's still some great rock which I get to hear thanks to the Point, the very best indy rock station on the air. (You can listen to it streaming on your computer like my brother down in DC does.)
But that turn in rock released me from my thrall to explore what now gets called roots music: Celtic, Québecois, African, klezmer. Great listening, always interesting.
Celtic music (and that's Celtic with a K sound, not an S sound like that basketball team in Boston)—YEAH!
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