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   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   I’ve caught most of the first two nights of the   
   Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival.   
      
   On Friday night I caught Ukrainian folk singer Maryna Krut, who   
   was well received, followed by Nico Paolo, who is originally   
   from Portugal but is now based here, and was a hit with   
   her dreamy original songs. Then came jazz/world music   
   fusion group Ouroboros, who got some kids dancing. Then   
   to close the night there was indigenous folk rock band   
   Digging Roots followed by headliner indigenous songwriter   
   William Prince with a full band.   
      
   Earlier tonight I caught the last couple of songs by Labrador   
   singer Richard Neville as I was walking in, followed by a   
   set from songwriter Mo Kenney, then some Hindi songs,   
   many influenced by Bollywood, from the Bageshree Vaze   
   Ensemble, then a mix of gypsy jazz and some celtic music   
   from Duane Andrews and The Hot Club of Conception Bay.   
   Then to close the night there was a solo set from Steve Earle,   
   joined by Emmylou Harris on one song, then a set from   
   Emmylou Harris Band, joined by Steve Earle in the encore.   
      
   My impressions so far is that I was a bit more impressed   
   by last night’s performance from Digging Roots and   
   William Prince Band than by Steve Earle and Emmylou   
   Harris. Digging Roots and William Prince Band seemed   
   to have and draw on a connection to the land a little   
   better. Also I think that Steve and Emmylou were   
   treating it as a routine gig and weren’t very pumped   
   up for it, whereas the indigenous acts were. And   
   Steve may have been a tiny bit depressed to start,   
   which I tried to remedy. But don’t get me wrong, I   
   was still very impressed by Steve and Emmylou. And   
   they drew probably the largest crowd ever for the   
   folk festival, and at the highest ever ticket price.   
      
   Tomorrow night I will follow up on this with a report   
   on the third night, which will feature some stellar   
   celtic folk acts.   
      
   Oh, and I noted that Mo Kenney is bimT,   
   like Kellie Loder and Liz Fagan, and   
   William Prince’s backup singer and fiancee   
   is gayT (and William Prince is bim, male   
   attracted to both genders, so they are optimally   
   sexually compatible, and indeed he is more   
   compatible with her than with bifs and straight-type-1   
   women).   
      
   --   
   David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)   
   https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)   
   “And the cart is on a wheel; And the wheel is on a hill; And the   
   hill is shifting sand; And inside these laws we stand" (Ferron)   
      
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