Lovely Night
Ali and I saw Joanna Newsom last night at Glasgow’s City Halls. It was a great concert though Ms Newsom did seem quite nervous as it was the first time that she had played with an orchestra before and it was amazing. She has such an incredible, powerful voice and the harp playing!!!! Wow, just stunning, her fingers went over the harp at such a rate and out came music. I know that’s how it works but it’s difficult to describe just how inpressive she was.
She also played a Scottish folk song that I listened to a lot growing up which was beautiful.
All in all it was an inspiring night. I hadn’t been at a concert for such a long time and it was great to see a 20 piece orchestra in full flow especially with such good, emotional music. My highlight though came at the end. When she sings “And I am watching you, And you are starry, starry, starry, And I’m tumbling down” it gave me chills. A great night, one to remember and looking forward to seeing her again.
Thanks to Ali for being a great friend last night and for being my backup to annoying ticket women. Ali would’ve killed her in one blow!
Next off to Manchester for the 29 Swedes!
Oh and Ms Newsom is very cute too. Well done!
Edit: Scotsman and the Herald review. I like the way she kind of splits reviewers.
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Sounds like a great night! Those ticket people take their jobs WAY, WAY to seriously! Sheesh! Glad you had a good time.
Paula xo
The Scottish folk song was played so beautifully on the harp - I got goose bumps. The harp is one of the two instruments I’ve always wanted to play - it is such a beautiful instrument.
Thanks so much for the links. That is one very talented young lady. The Graces have truly smiled upon her. I love the harp, there’s something about the sound ofit that creates an emotional resonance in me. It’s like my heart turns into a ringing bell or something. And I love her voice as well. Plus, I adore anything trad-ish, you know.
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