Moira+I
went along to St George’s Bristol on Wednesday to hear Karine Polwart perform
(alongside her talented guitarist brother Steven and accordionist/percussionist
Inge). I think this was the sixth time I’ve been to one of her concerts and, as
you might imagine, I’m a huge fan!
It
proved to be another stunning evening – powerful, intelligent,
thought-provoking, political, beautiful, poignant music at its very best (the
programme blurb also included the following: “tenderness,
triumph and sorrow, raised flags of rebellion and independence, flashes of
anger at power abused and misused” and “perhaps, most frequently, she deals in
spare, unsentimental empathy, often with those who have been dealt with the
least playable hands in the game of life”).I’ve been feeling very disenchanted by politics (and politicians in general) recently and made a comment on facebook about wanting Stephen Fry to be leading the country instead. Well, I came away from the concert thinking that I’d like Karine Polwart to be a leading member of his Cabinet!
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