new series of Transatlantic Sessions tonight

VimFuego

jBBC4, 8.30. just a heads up for the folky types out there (yes, both of you).

not_the_dj

Excellent series.

EricTheWeary

do we know who is on it yet?

VimFuego

saw Cara Dillon was listed, which should be a treat. Can't recall who else.

EricTheWeary

I'm kind of a bi-curious folkie, although I don't tend to have much concentration for the finger in the ear stuff.

VimFuego

like the chap who once heard a folk song but didn't inhale? (c Steve Knightley)

ICBM

It's odd - I like quite a lot of what would be called folk music, but every time I've tried to watch this I've found it terminally boring and samey, no matter who the guest is. I don't think I've ever managed to watch it all the way through - I've definitely fallen asleep more than once, if I haven't just got fed up and watched something else.

I can only assume it's either the house band or the way it's produced that are the problem. Sorry...

VimFuego

for me, one of the problems is jerry douglas, he somehow manages to make every track he plays on sound the same. Now, where did I put that tin hat?

mart

Same here. It should be really good, but somehow it never manages to rise above worthy-but-dull. Too much emphasis on musical skills, and not enough emphasis on the songs?

Zodiac51

VimFuego said:

for me, one of the problems is jerry douglas, he somehow manages to make every track he plays on sound the same. Now, where did I put that tin hat?

say whut @-) Now I'm not a folkie, but I have a serious soft spot for Jerry Douglas, we talking about the same guy? 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3larcGfwC0g

:-O

VimFuego

heh, in that context the slide guitar works well, but when it's a traditional Irish or Scottish song then it grates on me a bit. Fortunately last night, the dobro playing was a bit more restrained.

EricTheWeary

Watched a bit of it as it had Mary Chapin Carpenter on but she was relegated to bv's on the bits I saw. I also kept imagining Mrs Doyle watching it with a cup of tea and saying 'lovely.'